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    computer science, merge sort (also commonly spelled as mergesort and as merge-sort) is an efficient, general-purpose, and comparison-based sorting algorithm....
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  • A polyphase merge sort is a variation of a bottom-up merge sort that sorts a list using an initial uneven distribution of sub-lists (runs), primarily used...
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  • Cascade merge sort is similar to the polyphase merge sort but uses a simpler distribution. The merge is slower than a polyphase merge when there are fewer...
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    consecutive Fibonacci numbers. Fibonacci numbers are used in a polyphase version of the merge sort algorithm in which an unsorted list is divided into two lists...
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  • The Sort/Merge utility is a mainframe program to sort records in a file into a specified order, merge pre-sorted files into a sorted file, or copy selected...
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  • tape merge. The oscillating merge sort "was designed for tapes that can be read backward and is more efficient generally than either the polyphase or cascade...
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  • optimal hashing optimal merge optimal mismatch optimal polygon triangulation problem optimal polyphase merge optimal polyphase merge sort optimal solution optimal...
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  • for a particular sort/merge application, the sort/merge program does not choose the most efficient technique, you can request sort to use another technique...
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    sorting 5.4. External sorting 5.4.1. Multiway merging and replacement selection 5.4.2. The polyphase merge 5.4.3. The cascade merge 5.4.4. Reading tape...
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    alternators, producing frequencies between 100 and 300 hertz. After 1891, polyphase alternators were introduced to supply currents of multiple differing phases...
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