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Give meaning and explanation using names, labels or terms most accepted by your team or community at large.

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Why is Quicksort called "Quicksort"?

I believe it's because, at the time it was invented, it was very much quicker than all (or, rather, most, as speed also depends heavily on the kind of data and in some cases other algorithm become muc …
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