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.
Noun 3 meanings
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.
A flowchart illustrating a decision-making process for human users, especially health care professionals.
recommender systems and the curation of feeds
Etymology
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 "the Chorasmian".
ALGORITHM at a glance
ALGORITHM has 9 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (A 1 + L 1 + G 2 + O 1 + R 1 + I 1 + T 1 + H 4 + M 3) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,752 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with algorithm
All rhymes- RHYTHM17
- LOGARITHM15
- BIORHYTHM22
- POLYRHYTHM26
- CRYPTARITHM23
- ANTILOGARITHM19
- COLOGARITHM19
- ISARITHM13
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