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I hate when computer scientists use “sorting” for “ordering”. It’s been mistranslated into other languages, too.
I am very new to the world of CS but I appreciate precise vocabulary. Is my understanding below correct?
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Sorting = Assigning each object to one category (“bin”).
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Ordering = Like sorting, but the categories themselves have an inherent hierarchy/order (numerical, alphabetical, etc.)
Yes but people say “sorting algorithms” when describibg programs that put elements of a list in the correct order.
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It’s missing the original, before being reduced to data, being completely different from the “story”.
Not to mention that the story quite obviously does not fit the data at all.
