COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
DATA STRUCTURES
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Question
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The data would need to be saved
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Each item of data would need to be looked at one by one, until the searched for data was found
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A new set of data to look at would be needed
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unlike a binary search, linear searching does not require an ordered list.
Detailed explanation-2: -Linear search sequentially checks each element of a given list for the target value until a match is found. If no match is found, a linear search would perform the search on all of the items in the list.
Detailed explanation-3: -This type of searching algorithm is used to find the position of a specific value contained in a sorted array. The binary search algorithm works on the principle of divide and conquer and it is considered the best searching algorithm because it’s faster to run.
Detailed explanation-4: -We often need to find one particular item of data amongst many hundreds, thousands, millions or more. For example, you might need to find someone’s phone number on your phone, or a particular business’s address in the UK. This is why searching algorithms are important.