algorithm
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.
Other meanings
A illustrating a process for human users, especially health care professionals.
recommender systems and the curation of
Related words
- algocracy
- algorithmist
- algorithmocracy
- autoalgorithm
- multialgorithm
- polyalgorithm
- subalgorithm
- algorethics
- superalgorithm
Word history
From Arabic "الخَوَارِزْمِيّ".
Where this comes from
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