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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
algorithm
    n 1: a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve
         some problem [syn: algorithm, algorithmic rule,
         algorithmic program]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Algorism \Al"go*rism\, Algorithm \Al"go*rithm\, n. [OE.
   algorism, algrim, augrim, OF. algorisme, F. algorithme (cf.
   Sp. algoritmo, OSp. alguarismo, LL. algorismus), fr. the Ar.
   al-Khow[=a]rezm[imac] of Khow[=a]rezm, the modern Khiwa,
   surname of Abu Ja'far Mohammed ben Mus[=a], author of a work
   on arithmetic early in the 9th century, which was translated
   into Latin, such books bearing the name algorismus. The
   spelling with th is due to a supposed connection with Gr. ?
   number.]
   1. The art of calculating by nine figures and zero;
      computation with Arabic figures.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. the Arabic system of numeration.

   Syn: decimal system
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. The art of calculating with any species of notation; as,
      the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
algorithm \algorithm\ 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.

   Syn: algorithmic rule, algorithmic program
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
algorithm

   <algorithm, programming> A detailed sequence of actions to
   perform to accomplish some task.  Named after the Iranian,
   Islamic mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and geographer,
   Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi.

   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>.

   (2002-02-05)


Thesaurus Results for algorithm:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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