Definition of Algorethm
{ Al"go*rism (&?;), Al"go*rithm (&?;), }
n. [OE. algorism, algrim, augrim,
OF. algorisme, F. algorithme (cf. Sp. algoritmo, OSp.
alguarismo, LL. algorismus), fr. the Ar. al-
Khowārezmī of Khowārezm, the modern Khiwa, surname of
Abu Ja'far Mohammed ben Musā, 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.
2. The art of calculating with any species of
notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds,
etc.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
<algorithm, programming> A detailed sequence of actions to
perform to accomplish some task. Named after an Iranian
mathematician, Al-Khawarizmi.
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)
- The Free Online Computing Dictionary
- Any well-defined procedure describing how to carry out a particular task
1990: Cormen, Leiserson, and Rivest, Introduction to Algorithms: page 1. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 1999 (23rd printing) - 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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