Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Data Structures (4th Edition) (What's New in Computer Science)
Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Data Structures (4th Edition) (What's New in Computer Science)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780134787961
Author: Tony Gaddis, Godfrey Muganda
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 2MC
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The algorithm which repeatedly divides the portion of the array and the element is being search from the half is referred as “binary search”.

Hence, the correct answer is option “B”.

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