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Common Expressions: EXTERNAL SORTING

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External sortingExternal sorting is a generic term for a class of sorting algorithms that can handle massive amounts of data. External sorting is required when the data being sorted does not fit into the main memory of a computing device (usually RAM) and a slower kind of memory (usually a hard drive) needs to be used. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: EXTERNAL SORTING

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External sortingComputingA sort requiring the use of auxiliary storage because the set of items to be sorted cannot be held in the available internal storage at one time. Source: European Union. (references)

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