A gambling technique by which a player determines whether a face-down playing card is likely to be low or high, by observing and exploiting subtle unintentional differences on the backs of some types of card, after arranging for the croupier to cooperate by unwittingly sorting the cards into low and high.

(computing) Any of various sorting algorithms in which items are processed according to the value of each digit or character in turn

plural of bubble sort

(banking, UK, Ireland) A code assigned to a specific branch of a bank.

(computing theory) A form of insertion sort that leaves gaps between elements to accelerate subsequent insertions.

plural of sorting table

(archaeology) A table on which finds are sorted by date, origin etc.

Badly matched or unmatched

A building in which mail is collected together, then sorted prior to delivery.

plural of sorting office