alphasort
UK/ˈæl.fə.sɔːt/US/ˈæl.fə.soɹt/
alphasort noun: the process of sorting in alphabetical order, especially when performed in an automated fashion.
Noun
alphasort (plural alphasorts)
- The process of sorting in alphabetical order, especially when performed in an automated fashion.
- We solved the problem, for us, by starting every entry with an initial letter. So far, since upper or lower case can be of vital significance (e.g. MW, mW), we have had to accept the shortcoming inherent in the system, and have two alphasorts.1985, Verónica Lawson, Tools for the trade: translating and the computer 5
- At the fastest reported sort rate of lGB per minute on the alphasort machine [NBC+ 94], re-computation of the cube for a data collection rate of 10GB a day would require roughly one day to sort 4 month data collection.1997, Nick Roussopoulos. Yannis Kotidis, Mema Roussopoulos, “Cubetree: organization of and bulk incremental updates on the data cube”, in SIGMOD '97 Proceedings of the 1997 ACM SIGMOD international...
Forms of alphasort
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Origin of alphasort
Blend of alphabet + sort.
Questions about alphasort
- What does alphasort mean?
- Alphasort means the process of sorting in alphabetical order, especially when performed in an automated fashion.
- What part of speech is alphasort?
- Alphasort is a noun.
- How do you pronounce alphasort?
- Alphasort is pronounced /ˈæl.fə.sɔːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of alphasort?
- The plural of alphasort is alphasorts.
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