bogosort

highly ineffective sorting algorithm that successively generates permutations of its input until it finds one that is sorted
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bogosort

Summary

bogosort is a sorting algorithm[1]. bogosort draws 312 Wikipedia views per month (sorting_algorithm category, ranking #3 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • bogosort's image is recorded as Bogo sort animation.gif[3].
  • bogosort's instance of is recorded as sorting algorithm[4].
  • bogosort's instance of is recorded as Las Vegas algorithm[5].
  • bogosort's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0pgn7[6].
  • bogosort's uses is recorded as array data structure[7].
  • bogosort's worst-case time complexity is recorded as \infty[8].
  • bogosort's best-case time complexity is recorded as O ( n )[9].
  • bogosort's average time complexity is recorded as O ((n+1)!)[10].
  • bogosort's worst-case space complexity is recorded as O(n)[11].
  • bogosort's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Sorting_algorithms/Bogosort[12].
  • bogosort's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as bogosortI[13].
  • bogosort's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as bogosort[14].
  • bogosort's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as stupidSort[15].
  • bogosort's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 12366468[16].
  • bogosort's GitLab topic ID is recorded as bogosort[17].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include sorting algorithm[4] and Las Vegas algorithm[5].

Why It Matters

bogosort draws 312 Wikipedia views per month (sorting_algorithm category, ranking #3 of 29).[2] bogosort has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] bogosort is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Sorting the Slow Way: An Analysis of Perversely Awful Randomized Sorting Algorithms. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Sorting the Slow Way: An Analysis of Perversely Awful Randomized Sorting Algorithms. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Sorting the Slow Way: An Analysis of Perversely Awful Randomized Sorting Algorithms. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Sorting the Slow Way: An Analysis of Perversely Awful Randomized Sorting Algorithms. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). bogosort. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/bogosort
MLA “bogosort.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/bogosort.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_bogosort_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{bogosort}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/bogosort}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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