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 One way to sort numbers stored on different machines in JavaScript is to use the merge sort algorithm. The basic idea behind merge sort is to divide the array into two halves, sort each half, and then merge the two sorted halves back together. This can be done recursively, with the base case being an array of one element, which is already sorted.

Here is an example implementation of the merge sort algorithm in JavaScript:

function mergeSort(arr) {
  if (arr.length <= 1) return arr;
  const middle = Math.floor(arr.length / 2);
  const left = arr.slice(0, middle);
  const right = arr.slice(middle);
  return merge(mergeSort(left), mergeSort(right));
}
function merge(left, right) {
  const result = [];
  let leftIndex = 0;
  let rightIndex = 0;

  while (leftIndex < left.length && rightIndex < right.length) {
    if (left[leftIndex] < right[rightIndex]) {
      result.push(left[leftIndex]);
      leftIndex++;
    } else {
      result.push(right[rightIndex]);
      rightIndex++;
    }
  }
  return result.concat(left.slice(leftIndex)).concat(right.slice(rightIndex));
}

You will need to use some kind of remote procedure call (RPC) mechanism to communicate between the different machines and combine the sorted numbers.

Alternatively, you could use a distributed sorting algorithm such as the MapReduce algorithm, which is designed to work with distributed data sets and can be implemented using a framework like Hadoop.

The merge sort algorithm is a divide-and-conquer algorithm that is used to sort an array of elements. It works by dividing the array into two halves, sorting each half, and then merging the two sorted halves back together. The merge function takes two sorted arrays as input and creates a new, sorted array by comparing the first elements of each input array and taking the smaller one. It then proceeds to the next elements and repeats the process until one of the input arrays is exhausted. The remaining elements of the other array are then added to the result array. This process is repeated recursively until the entire array is sorted.

The example implementation in JavaScript uses two functions: mergeSort() and merge().

• mergeSort() function takes an array as an input and checks if the array has only one element. If the array has only one element it returns the array, otherwise it divides the array into two halves using the slice method. The left half and the right half are then passed to the mergeSort() function recursively, which sorts them. The two sorted halves are then passed to the merge() function to combine them into a single, sorted array.
• merge() function takes two sorted arrays as input and creates a new, sorted array. It uses two pointers, leftIndex and rightIndex, to keep track of the current element in each input array. It compares the first element of each array and pushes the smaller one to the result array. It then increases the pointer of the array from which the element was taken. This process is repeated until one of the input arrays is exhausted. The remaining elements of the other array are then added to the result array.

In order to sort numbers stored on different machines, you will need to use some kind of remote procedure call (RPC) mechanism to communicate between the different machines and combine the sorted numbers. You could use a distributed sorting algorithm such as the MapReduce algorithm, which is designed to work with distributed data sets and can be implemented using a framework like Hadoop.