Here is a web site that has Java applets that
illustrate various sorting algorithms.  Have fun
with them! <br>

<a href="http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/harrison/Java/sorting-demo.html"> University of British Columbia</a> <br>
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A good site for algorithm animation in general:
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<a href="http://www.cs.hope.edu/~alganim/ccaa">The Complete Collection of
Algorithm Animations</a>