Output conversion routines may be applied to sortkey items before they are sorted.
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Sortkey
Synonyms for "sortkey"
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Translations
3 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- lajitteluavain noun (Translations)
French
1 entries- clé de tri noun (Translations)
Polish
1 entries- klucz sortowania noun (Translations)
Sample sentences
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Sortkeys are made by picking out delimiting characters and special signs.
Source: wiktionary
In data-processing terminology, descriptors by which a file is ordered are called sortkeys. (Likewise, descriptors used in searching are called search keys.) A library catalog may be arranged by sortkey 1: author, and sortkey 2: title.
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