# 11.10 Sorting Algorithms¶

- Sorting data is one of the most important computing applications
- Virtually every organization must sort some data, and often massive amounts of it
- The end result—the sorted array—will be the same no matter which algorithm you use to sort the array
- Choice of algorithm affects only the run time and memory use of the program.

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