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noun
A form of insertion sort that leaves gaps between elements to accelerate subsequent insertions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
By analogy with a librarian who leaves gaps between books so that inserting a new book does not require moving so many of the existing books.
