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This dimension names the person credited with inventing a specific algorithm. Wikipedia notes that computer science includes the study of "algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory," a field where individual algorithms are commonly credited to the researcher who first described them. Browsing this way collects every algorithm invented by the same person.

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Era of Emergence
1951 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Sorting algorithm
WikipediaSorting algorithm, History section
Quote, Sorting algorithm, History section
Among the authors of early sorting algorithms around 1951 was Betty Holberton, who worked on ENIAC and UNIVAC.
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