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Algorithm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A step-by-step problem-solving procedure, especially an established, recursive computational procedure for solving a problem in a finite number of steps.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.

n. Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem; a set of procedures guaranteed to find the solution to a problem.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An erroneous form of algorism.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

Word Usage

"They have very intense and high-level discussions about their work with Dad quite often, and the word algorithm features extremely heavily."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

rule formula

Cross Reference

program data structure function

Hyponym

stemmer stemming algorithm sorting algorithm

Form

randomized algorithm parallel algorithm genetic algorithm semi-algorithm greedy algorithm

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

algorithmic rule algorithmic program

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

methodology technique protocols equation implementation