Alphabetical Order

Brain Lenses

Alphabetical Order

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Alphabetical Order

Colin Wright

Sep 21, 2021

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Brain Lenses

Alphabetical Order

Alphabetical order, in the modern world, is a very common method of collation—putting things in a standardized order—for cultures with languages oriented around alphabets. The concept is fairly simple, but actually took a while to emerge and then to evolve into its contemporary form…

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