Asearch for an item x in a portion of a sorted array works by repeatedly selecting the middle item and comparing it to x. if x is not found there, the search method selects either the portion of the array to the left of the middle item, or the portion of the array to the right of the middle item and continues the search. this method is called

Binary Search

Explanation:

According to my research on information technology, I can say that based on the information provided within the question this method is called a Binary Search. Like mentioned in the question this search method, tries to find the position of a specific value within a sorted array by repeatedly selecting the middle element in the array to compare to the value and moving left or right if not found.

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