Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gnome sort

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: gnome -sort
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variation of the insertion sort that does not use nested loops.

Etymology

Named by Dutch computer scientist Dick Grune, based on a metaphor of a gnome walking along a line of flowerpots in order to sort them.

Inflected Forms

gnome sorts (plural)

Questions

What does gnome sort mean?: A variation of the insertion sort that does not use nested loops.
Where does gnome sort come from?: Named by Dutch computer scientist Dick Grune, based on a metaphor of a gnome walking along a line of flowerpots in order to sort them.

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