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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Algorithms</strong><br />

<strong>Online</strong> vs. Offline algorithms<br />

• Offline algorithms receive all their inputs at one time.<br />

• <strong>Online</strong> algorithms receive and process their inputs in<br />

partial amounts<br />

e.g. Sorting<br />

• Quick Sort is an <strong>of</strong>fline sorting algorithm while Insertion<br />

Sort is an online sorting algorithm<br />

• Why?

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