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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>linearithmic</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../L.html" title="L"/><link rel="previous" href="line-noise.html" title="line noise"/><link rel="next" href="link-farm.html" title="link farm"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">linearithmic</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="line-noise.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="link-farm.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="linearithmic"/><dt xmlns="" id="linearithmic"><b>linearithmic</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Of an algorithm, having running time that is <tt class="literal">O(N log
N)</tt>. Coined as a portmanteau of &#8216;linear&#8217; and
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