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algorithm [n]

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

Synonyms :

algorithmic_program algorithmic_rule

See Also:

formula sorting_algorithm stemmer

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

A detailed sequence of actions to perform to accomplish some task. Named after an Iranian mathematician, Al-Khawarizmi.

Technically, an algorithm must reach a result after a finite number of steps, thus ruling out brute force search methods for certain problems, though some might claim that brute force search was also a valid (generic) algorithm. The term is also used loosely for any sequence of actions (which may or may not terminate).

{Paul E. Black's Dictionary of Algorithms, Data Structures, and Problems (http://www.nist.gov/dads/)}.

(2002-02-05)

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