DEVICE FOR INFORMATION SORTING Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: automation and computer engineering, in particular, information processing equipment for compiling vocabularies, databases, design of information retrieval systems. SUBSTANCE: device has input and output channels, two stack memory units, comparison gate, memory unit, control unit, memory devices, counters, registers, comparators, stack, commutators, code generator, bus generator, NOR gate, AND gate. Goal of invention is achieved by selection of words from data flow which conform to conditions with respect to known samples. Device provides sorting of input data while they are entered. Ordered output array can have ascending or descending order. In addition device provides selection of words from input flow using their comparison to samples with respect to greater than, less than or equal to relations. EFFECT: increased functional capabilities. 9 dwg