"Microsoft Sort"@en . . "Microsoft Sort is a software utility developed by the Microsoft Corporation in 1982-83. It was sold in two versions - as a standalone utility and as a version hosted in Microsoft COBOL.The 95 page ring-bound manual describes the function of the software as follows: \"Microsoft Standalone SORT is a programmable sorting and merging utility. It accepts data files and arranges the records contained in these files in the order you assign."@en . . . . . . .