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The Order of Growth

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An order of growth is a geometric prediction of cost as problem size increases — constant stays flat, linear grows with the input, other shapes follow.

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A commute that lengthens with every added stop is linear; a flat fare is constant.

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The shape predicts scale; the count at one size does not.