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bogosort

bogosort noun: an intentionally poor sorting algorithm that operates by randomly permuting the elements repeatedly until they happen to fall into the correct order.

Noun

bogosort (uncountable)

  1. (informal) An intentionally poor sorting algorithm that operates by randomly permuting the elements repeatedly until they happen to fall into the correct order.

Origin of bogosort

From bogus and sort.

Words formed from bogosort

Questions about bogosort

What does bogosort mean?
Bogosort means an intentionally poor sorting algorithm that operates by randomly permuting the elements repeatedly until they happen to fall into the correct order.
What part of speech is bogosort?
Bogosort is a noun.

Words near bogosort in the dictionary

  1. Bogosian
  2. Bogosians
  3. bogosities
  4. bogosity
  5. Bogoslav
  6. bogosort
  7. Bogost
  8. Bogota
  9. Bogota bag
  10. Bogota bags
  11. Bogotan

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