quicksort

Etymology
, from its computational efficiency.

Noun

 * 1)  A sorting algorithm that operates by recursively partitioning the items to be sorted into two sets.

Translations

 * Finnish: pikalajittelu, pikajärjestäminen

Verb

 * 1)  To sort with such an algorithm.
 * 2) * 1991, Maguire et al, Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Applications
 * The first and last subsets are then recursively quicksorted.