Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ordering \Or"der*ing\, n.
   Disposition; distribution; management. --South.

Order \Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordered}; p pr. & vb. n.
   {Ordering}.] [From {Order}, n.]
   1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to
      arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence,
      to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.

            To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps.
                                                  1. 23.

            Warriors old with ordered spear and shield.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to
      advance.

   3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order
      a carriage; to order groceries.

   4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive
      into the ranks of the ministry.

            These ordered folk be especially titled to God.
                                                  --Chaucer.

            Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of
                                                  Com. Prayer.

   {Order arms} (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought
      to a position with its but resting on the ground; also,
      the position taken at such a command.

Source : WordNet®

ordering
     n 1: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements;
          "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order
          of their presentation" [syn: {order}, {ordination}]
     2: putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of
        items on the list" [syn: {order}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

ordering
     
        A relation.
     
        See {partial ordering}, {pre-order}, {total ordering}.