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Timsort

Timsort proper noun: a sorting algorithm derived from mergesort and insertion sort, designed to perform well on many kinds of real-world data.

Proper noun

Timsort

  1. A sorting algorithm derived from mergesort and insertion sort, designed to perform well on many kinds of real-world data.

Origin of Timsort

From Tim + sort, named after Tim Peters, who implemented it in 2002 for the Python programming language.

Questions about Timsort

What does Timsort mean?
Timsort means a sorting algorithm derived from mergesort and insertion sort, designed to perform well on many kinds of real-world data.
What part of speech is Timsort?
Timsort is a proper noun.

Words near Timsort in the dictionary

  1. timru
  2. Tims
  3. Timsbury
  4. Timsina
  5. Timsinas
  6. Timsort
  7. TIMSS
  8. TIMTOWTDI
  9. Timuay Danda
  10. Timucua
  11. Timucuan

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