Timsort
A sorting algorithm derived from mergesort and insertion sort, designed to perform…A sorting algorithm derived from mergesort and insertion sort, designed to perform well on many kinds of real-world data.
Meaning
1 sensesA sorting algorithm derived from mergesort and insertion sort, designed to perform well on many kinds of real-world data.
Origin
From Tim + sort, named after Tim Peters, who implemented it in 2002 for the Python programFrom Tim + sort, named after Tim Peters, who implemented it in 2002 for the Python programming language.
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