Sorting
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This article is about data sorting. For other uses, see Sort (disambiguation) and Sorting (sediment).
Sorting refers to ordering data in an increasing or decreasing manner according to some linear relationship among the data items.
- ordering: arranging items in a sequence ordered by some criterion;
- categorizing: grouping items with similar properties.
Ordering items is the combination of categorizing them based on equivalent order, and ordering the categories themselves.