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algorithm

Syllabification: (al·go·rithm)
Pronunciation: /ˈalgəˌriT͟Həm/
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Definition of algorithm

noun

  • a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer:a basic algorithm for division

Derivatives

algorithmic

Pronunciation: /ˌalgəˈriT͟Hmik/
adjective

algorithmically

adverb

Origin:

late 17th century: variant (influenced by Greek arithmos 'number') of Middle English algorism, via Old French from medieval Latin algorismus. The Arabic source, al-Ḵwārizmī 'the man of Ḵwārizm' (now Khiva), was a name given to the 9th-century mathematician Abū Ja῾far Muhammad ibn Mūsa

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