The document discusses different sorting algorithms:
1) Linear search is used to search for a key in an unsorted list by checking each element sequentially until a match is found or the whole list has been searched.
2) Binary search improves on linear search by only checking the middle element and then narrowing the search space to the upper or lower half.
3) Insertion sort iterates through the list and inserts each element into the sorted portion, building up the sorted list one element at a time.
4) Bubble sort iterates through adjacent elements and swaps them if out of order, repeating until the list is fully sorted.