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Which of the following best describes sorting ?

a.

Adding a new record to the data structure

b.

Arranging the data (record) in some given order

c.

Finding the location of the record with a given key

d.

Accessing and processing each record exactly once

Answer: (b).Arranging the data (record) in some given order

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