60. OCR GCSE (J277) 2.1 Merge sort


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OCR J277 Specification Reference - Section 2.1

The merge sort is one of three sorting algorithms students need to know for GCSE exams. This video explains the merge sort technique.

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00:00 Merge sort
00:05 Intro
00:10 Merge sort
00:55 Breakfast cereal example
04:12 The GCSE specification
04:33 Coded example of a merge sort
04:53 Essential algorithms for A Level Computer Science text book
06:13 Outro

Last updated: 10.03.26