The current English meaning of the terms “searching” and “sorting” also holds good in computer science. Sometimes, this is not the case. For example, the current English meaning of the terms “root,” “garbage” or “tree” is very different from their meaning in computer science.
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Searching is the process of finding the location of a desired element from a group of elements.
For searching, generally following methods are used:
Linear search,
Binary search,
Interpolation search.
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Sorting is the process of arranging the elements in desired order (e.g., ascending or descending, etc.), given ...
