Bubble Sort
Sorting Terms
Comparison Function
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A function which tells whether one element is greater than,
less than, or equal to another. Note that this class of
functions is not limited to numbers. For example, the C
Standard Library function strcmp() uses a comparison
function to compare strings.
Sorting Algorithm
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An algorithm, or series of steps, that takes an unsorted
list and uses a comparison function to put the list into
sorted order.
Heap
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A binary tree in which each node has a greater value than its children.
