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  2. Alphabetical order - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, lexicographical order is a means of ordering sequences in a manner analogous to that used to produce alphabetical order. [16] Some computer applications use a version of alphabetical order that can be achieved using a very simple algorithm, based purely on the ASCII or Unicode codes for characters. This may have non-standard ...

  3. Lexicographic order - Wikipedia

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    The lexicographical order is one way of formalizing word order given the order of the underlying symbols. The formal notion starts with a finite set A, often called the alphabet, which is totally ordered. That is, for any two symbols a and b in A that are not the same symbol, either a < b or b < a. The words of A are the finite sequences of ...

  4. The ABC Song - Wikipedia

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    Music for the alphabet song including some common variations on the lyrics. " The ABC Song " [ a ] is the best-known song used to recite the English alphabet in alphabetical order. It is commonly used to teach the alphabet to children in English-speaking countries. "The ABC Song" was first copyrighted in 1835 by Boston music publisher Charles ...

  5. Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Alphabet. An alphabet is a standard set of letters written to represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Specifically, letters largely correspond to phonemes as the smallest sound segments that can distinguish one word from another in a given language. [1] Not all writing systems represent language in this way: a syllabary assigns ...

  6. History of the alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The history of the alphabet goes back to the consonantal writing system used to write Semitic languages in the Levant during the 2nd millennium BCE. Nearly all alphabetic scripts used throughout the world today ultimately go back to this Semitic script. [1] Its first origins can be traced back to a Proto-Sinaitic script developed in Ancient ...

  7. Dictionary order - Wikipedia

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    Dictionary order may refer to: Alphabetical order § Treatment of multiword strings. Other collation systems used to order words in dictionaries. Lexicographic order in mathematics. Category: Disambiguation pages.

  8. Longest word in English - Wikipedia

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    The longest word whose letters are in alphabetical order is the eight-letter Aegilops, a grass genus. However, this is arguably a proper noun. There are several six-letter English words with their letters in alphabetical order, including abhors, almost, begins, biopsy, chimps and chintz. [32]

  9. Alphabetic numeral system - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. An alphabetic numeral system is a type of numeral system. Developed in classical antiquity, it flourished during the early Middle Ages. [1] In alphabetic numeral systems, numbers are written using the characters of an alphabet, syllabary, or another writing system. Unlike acrophonic numeral systems, where a numeral is represented by ...