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binary search algorithm

Summary

binary search algorithm is a search algorithm[1]. It draws 184 Wikipedia views per month (search_algorithm category, ranking #4 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • binary search algorithm's image is recorded as Binary Search Depiction.svg[3].
  • binary search algorithm's image is recorded as Bisectie-discreet.svg[4].
  • binary search algorithm's instance of is recorded as search algorithm[5].
  • binary search algorithm's instance of is recorded as divide-and-conquer algorithm[6].
  • binary search algorithm's Commons category is recorded as Binary search algorithm[7].
  • binary search algorithm's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01cmz[8].
  • binary search algorithm's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/binary-search[9].
  • binary search algorithm's uses is recorded as array data structure[10].
  • binary search algorithm's MathWorld ID is recorded as BinarySearch[11].
  • binary search algorithm's Quora topic ID is recorded as Binary-Search[12].
  • binary search algorithm's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as binærsøk[13].
  • binary search algorithm's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 080876[14].
  • binary search algorithm's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Binary_search[15].
  • binary search algorithm's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as binarySearch[16].
  • binary search algorithm's TDKIV term ID is recorded as 000000440[17].
  • binary search algorithm's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[18].
  • binary search algorithm's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 121610932[19].
  • binary search algorithm's Brilliant Wiki ID is recorded as binary-search[20].
  • binary search algorithm's PlanetMath ID is recorded as BinarySearch[21].
  • binary search algorithm's Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID is recorded as ricerca-dicotomica[22].
  • binary search algorithm's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C121610932[23].
  • binary search algorithm's TDKIV Wikibase ID is recorded as World Brain[24].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include search algorithm[5] and divide-and-conquer algorithm[6].

Why It Matters

binary search algorithm draws 184 Wikipedia views per month (search_algorithm category, ranking #4 of 19).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Wikibase TDKIV. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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