spaghetti sort

Meaning

1. noun A linear-time algorithm for sorting a sequence of items, analogous to standing a number of strands of spaghetti of different lengths upright on a surface and noting the order in which they are encountered when lowering one's hand from above.

Similar words

karmarkar's algorithm bead sort kaczmarz method fibonacci search technique de casteljau's algorithm kosaraju's algorithm cubesort strassen algorithm index calculus algorithm linear congruential generator