What does O(N) Linear Time mean?
It means the runtime of the algorithm grows directly and proportionally with the size of the input data.
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Almost always, assuming it iterates from 0 to N. If the loop increments by multiplying (i *= 2), it is logarithmic, not linear.
Methods like 'indexOf' or 'includes' cannot magically find data; they run a hidden for-loop through the array to check each element, which takes O(N) time.
Yes, because Big O classifies the algorithm based on its worst-case potential, which would be searching the entire array without finding the item until the end.
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