Locating the Largest Word in a File Using a Modified Memory
Edward J. Gauss · Journal of the ACM · 1961
Three algorithms are presented.One deals with locating the largest word in a file.The second and third deal with locating words greater or less than an arbitrary 2 ~.The algorithms use a memory that can read out a given bit of all words with one operation.With the first algorithm a time gain over a conventional system can be obtained equal to the quotient of the number of words divided by the number of bits.