Question

choose the term that completes the sentence. a bubble starts by comparing the first item in the list to the rest of the items. if the first one is greater than a later item, the items are swapped.

Explanation:

Bubble sort is a sorting algorithm that compares adjacent elements and swaps them if they are in the wrong order. In the described process, it starts by comparing the first element to others and swapping when necessary, which is characteristic of a sorting operation.

Answer:

sort