Radix sort is a non-comparative integer sorting algorithm that processes numbers digit by digit, starting from the least significant digit to the most significant. It is efficient for sorting large lists of integers, especially when the range of the numbers is not significantly greater than the number of items to be sorted.

Radix Sort

Radix sort

Sorting algorithms are fundamental procedures in computer science used to arrange data in a specified order, typically numerical or lexicographical. They are crucial for optimizing the efficiency of other algorithms that require sorted data as input and come in various types, each with different time and space complexities suited to different kinds of data and applications.

sorting algorithm

non-comparative integer sorting

numbers digit by digit

least significant digit

Most Significant Digit

Efficient Sorting

large lists of integers

range of the numbers

number of items to be sorted

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