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adds note explaining origin of the name 'radix sort' (#293)

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@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ is required, but because integers can represent strings of characters
(e.g., names or dates) and specially formatted floating point numbers, radix (e.g., names or dates) and specially formatted floating point numbers, radix
sort is not limited to integers. sort is not limited to integers.
*Where does the name come from?*
In numeral systems, the word **radix** represents how many digits are possible.
For example, a binary system (using numbers 0 and 1) has a radix of 2 and a decimal
system (using numbers 0 to 9) has a radix of 10.
## Efficiency ## Efficiency
The topic of the efficiency of radix sort compared to other sorting algorithms is The topic of the efficiency of radix sort compared to other sorting algorithms is