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○ Just going through each element until it finds a match
● Binary search
○ For finding an item in a sorted list
○ Also known as half-interval search
○ Compare the target to the element in the middle
○ Eliminate lower half if target is higher and opposite for lower
○ List can have duplicate
○ Faster than sequential search
● Bubble sort
○ Compares adjacent items and swap them if they are in the wrong
order then move to the next adjacent items
○ Slow for big list
○ Having one loop through the list without any swaps means the list is
sorted
● Selection sort
, ○ Loop through the list to get the lowest/highest number and swap it
with the current one
○ Repeat for each elements
4.3.1 Fundamental operations
● Fundamental operations of the cpu
○ Add
■ Can be adding two numbers together
■ Can also be adding a number to the CPUs
○ Compare
○ Retrieve (or Load)
○ Store (or Save)
● Conditional instructions
○ And
○ OR
○ XOR
■ Either but not both
○ Neither
4.3.2 Complexity of instructions
● Fundamental instruction vs compound instruction
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