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Sort may refer to:
  • Sorting
    Sorting
    Sorting is any process of arranging items in some sequence and/or in different sets, and accordingly, it has two common, yet distinct meanings:# ordering: arranging items of the same kind, class, nature, etc...

    , any process of arranging items in sequence or in sets
    • Sorting algorithm
      Sorting algorithm
      In computer science, a sorting algorithm is an algorithm that puts elements of a list in a certain order. The most-used orders are numerical order and lexicographical order...

      , any algorithm for arranging elements in lists
    • Sort (Unix)
      Sort (Unix)
      sort is a standard Unix command line program that prints the lines of its input or concatenation of all files listed in its argument list in sorted order. Sorting is done based on one or more sort keys extracted from each line of input. By default, the entire input is taken as sort key...

      , a Unix utility which sorts the lines of a file
    • Sort (C++)
      Sort (C++)
      sort is a function in C++ Standard Library that takes two random-access iterators, the start and the end, as arguments and performs a comparison sort on the range of elements between the two iterators, front-inclusive and end-exclusive. The specific sorting algorithm is not mandated and may vary...

      , a function in the C++ Standard Template Library
  • Sort (typesetting)
    Sort (typesetting)
    In typesetting by hand compositing, a sort is a piece of type representing a particular letter or symbol, cast from a matrix mould and assembled with other sorts bearing additional letters into lines of type to make up a forme from which a page is printed.-See also:* History of western typography*...

    , a piece of metal type
  • Sort, Lleida
    Sort, Lleida
    Sort is the capital of the comarca of Pallars Sobirà, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, in the country of Spain. It is located at 692 metres above the sea, by the river Noguera Pallaresa, a tributary to the Segre. Population 2,113 ....

    , a town in Catalonia
  • Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty, a treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation
  • Special Operations Response Team
    Special Operations Response Team
    The US Federal Bureau of Prisons, or BOP for short, is a component of the US Department of Justice . The BOP is responsible for maintaining the custody of anyone convicted of committing a federal crime. To achieve this goal, the BOP maintains a number of correctional facilities, which are divided...

    , a group trained to respond to disturbances at a correctional facility
  • In mathematical logic, a domain in a many-sorted structure
  • Symantec Operations Readiness Tools, a web-based suite of services from Symantec Corporation

See also

  • Many-sorted logic
    Many-sorted logic
    Many-sorted logic can reflect formally our intention, not to handle the universe as a homogeneous collection of objects, but to partition it in a way that is similar to types in typeful programming...

  • Check weigher
    Check weigher
    A checkweigher is an automatic machine for checking the weight of packaged commodities.It is normally found at the offgoing end of a production process and is used to ensure that the weight of a pack of the commodity is within specified limits...

    , an automatic machine for checking the weight of packaged commodities
  • qsort, a sorting function in the C standard library
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