--- title: Stable algorithm slug: stable-algorithm qid: snapshot: enwiki-001073874804 content_hash: license: CC BY-SA 4.0 source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1073874804 tags: [23118434, 3564997, 3566086, 4410601] --- # Stable algorithm > [!note] Provenance > Snapshot `enwiki-001073874804` · content root `…` > Derived from · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 * In computer science, a stable sorting algorithm preserves the order of records with equal keys. * In numerical analysis, a numerically stable algorithm avoids magnifying small errors. An algorithm is stable if the result produced is relatively insensitive to perturbations during computation. In computer science, a stable sorting algorithm preserves the order of records with equal keys. In numerical analysis, a numerically stable algorithm avoids magnifying small errors. An algorithm is stable if the result produced is relatively insensitive to perturbations during computation.