counting sort

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Synonyms: counting out, counting for

Antonyms: counting out, counting for

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|sorting algorithm}} A [[sorting]] [[algorithm]] that [[count]]s how many times each [[integer]] [[key]] appears in an [[array]] and then reorders the array based on those counts.

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