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== 4.2.1 Sorting Algorithms ==
Have you ever had a messy pile of toys and wanted to put them in order, maybe from smallest to largest, or by color? That's what '''sorting algorithms''' do for computers! They take a list of items (like numbers, words, or even pictures) and arrange them in a specific order, like from smallest to largest, or alphabetically.