Associations to the word «Algorithm»

Wiktionary

ALGORITHM, noun. 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.
ALGORITHM, noun. (archaic) Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.

Dictionary definition

ALGORITHM, noun. A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis