This dimension sorts algorithms by their basic category, sorting, searching, graph or numerical. Wikipedia defines an algorithm as "any well-defined set of instructions that when followed terminates after a finite number of steps that comprise a solution to a given computational problem." Browsing by category keeps algorithms solving the same kind of problem grouped together.
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1. Wikipedia: Sorting algorithm
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Among the authors of early sorting algorithms around 1951 was Betty Holberton, who worked on ENIAC and UNIVAC.
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