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: Knuth-Morris-Pratt algorithm
WikipediaKnuth-Morris-Pratt algorithm, History sectionQuote, Knuth-Morris-Pratt algorithm, History section
The three also published the algorithm jointly in 1977.
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