sorting network
abstract network that sorts a fixed number of values, made of wires carrying values and comparators connecting pairs of wires, swapping wrongly ordered pairs of values
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sorting network
Summary
sorting network ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- sorting network's image is recorded as SimpleSortingNetwork2.svg[2].
- sorting network's image is recorded as Six-wire-pyramid-sorting-network.svg[3].
- sorting network's subclass of is recorded as sorting algorithm[4].
- sorting network's has use is recorded as sorting algorithm[5].
- sorting network's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1954-00-00T00:00:00Z[6].
- sorting network's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02q7jn[7].
- sorting network's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Ajtai-Komlos-Szemeredi-sorting-network[8].
- sorting network's uses is recorded as parallel algorithm[9].
- sorting network's Quora topic ID is recorded as Sorting-Network[10].
- sorting network's schematic is recorded as SimpleSortingNetworkFullOperation.svg[11].
- sorting network's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 64540648[12].
- sorting network's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C64540648[13].
Why It Matters
sorting network ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]