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PART C: Reading Comprehension — Read the passage and answer the question by choosing the best option.

PASSAGE 2 (excerpt)

Some of the most important applications of sorting are

a) Solving the "togetherness" problem, in which all items with the same identification are brought together. Suppose that we have 10,000 items in random order, many of which have equal values; and suppose that we want to rearrange this file so that all items with equal-values appear in consecutive positions. This is essentially the problem of "sorting" in the older sense of the word; and it can be solved easily by sorting the file in the new sense of the word, so that the values are in ascending order, v₁ ≤ v₂ ≤ … ≤ v₁₀,₀₀₀. (The efficiency which is possible in this procedure explains why the original meaning of "sorting" has changed.)

Q17. What does the underlined word "consecutive" in part (a) mean?