Usually means: Sequentially checks each element once.
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  1. Linear search: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. linear search: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
  2. Linear search, Linear search: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Linear search)

▸ noun:  In computer science, linear search or sequential search is a method for finding an element within a list.


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