algorithm

CEFRB1

/ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A set of steps used to solve a problem or complete a task.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A flowchart illustrating a decision-making process for human users, especially health care professionals.

Examples

  • I need an algorithm to create cellular automata.

  • No algorithm that can solve this problem in polynomial time has been found yet.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈæɫɡəɹɪðm̩]
  • /ˈalɡəɹɪð(ə)m/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.

  2. A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. 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.

  3. recommender systems and the curation of feeds

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In context

  • This algorithm doesn't converge.

  • Informally, an algorithm is any well-defined computational procedure that takes some value, or set of values, as input and produces some value, or set of values, as output. An algorithm is thus a sequence of computational steps that transform the input into t...

  • Informally, an algorithm is any well-defined computational procedure that takes some value, or set of values, as input and produces some value, or set of values, as output. An algorithm is thus a sequence of computational steps that transform the input into the output.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English algorisme, augrym, from Anglo-Norman algorisme, augrim, from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy), the nisba of Persian mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī and a toponymic name meaning "person from Chorasmia". The spelling change (-s- > -th-) was influenced by unrelated Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós) (whence English arithmo-).