Sorting Method Used by Microsoft SORT
PSS ID Number: Q11802
Article last modified on 10-25-1990
PSS database name: B_SORT

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MS-DOS


Summary:   
   Microsoft SORT uses the Binary Insertion Method to sort files.
Records are read in sequential order from the disk into RAM. 
   This approach is considered to be the most time efficient for
sorting and merging data files. 

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1990.