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Definition: Combine k sorted data streams into a single sorted stream.
Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
multiway merge, merge.
Aggregate parent (I am a part of or used in ...)
k-way merge sort.
Author: PEB
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Entry modified 30 November 2007.
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Cite this as:
Paul E. Black, "k-way merge", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology. 30 November 2007. (accessed TODAY)
Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/kwaymerge.html
