<s>
Spaghetti	B-Algorithm
sort	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
linear-time	O
,	O
analog	O
algorithm	O
for	O
sorting	B-Algorithm
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
items	O
,	O
introduced	O
by	O
A	O
.	O
K	O
.	O
Dewdney	O
in	O
his	O
Scientific	O
American	O
column	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
requires	O
a	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
processor	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
simplicity	O
,	O
assume	O
we	O
are	O
sorting	B-Algorithm
a	O
list	O
of	O
natural	O
numbers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sorting	B-Algorithm
method	O
is	O
illustrated	O
using	O
uncooked	O
rods	O
of	O
spaghetti	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
possible	O
because	O
the	O
hand	O
,	O
the	O
spaghetti	O
rods	O
and	O
the	O
table	O
work	O
as	O
a	O
fully	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
device	O
.	O
</s>
