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<p><b>External sorting</b> is a class of <a href="page.php?w=sorting_algorithm">sorting algorithm</a>s that can handle massive amounts of <a href="page.php?w=data">data</a>. External sorting is required when the data being sorted do not fit into the <a href="page.php?w=main_memory">main memory</a> of a computing device (usually <a href="page.php?w=RAM">RAM</a>) and instead they must reside in the slower <a href="page.php?w=Auxiliary_memory">external memory</a>, usually a <a href="page.php?w=disk_drive">disk drive</a>. Thus, external sorting algorithms</p><p>
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