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Merge Sort

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2026 exam
Verified for the 2026 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Merge Sort is an efficient, comparison-based sorting algorithm that divides an unsorted list into smaller sublists, sorts those sublists recursively, and then merges them back together to obtain a sorted list.

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