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Word: Algorithm
Speech Type: Noun
late 17th century (denoting the Arabic or decimal notation of numbers): 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, author of widely translated works on algebra and arithmetic
ˈalɡərɪð(ə)m
a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer
Short Definition:process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations
Examples:- a basic algorithm for division
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