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Noun: algorithm  'al-gu`ri-dhum
  1. A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem
    - algorithmic rule, algorithmic program

Derived forms: algorithms

See also: algorithmic

Type of: formula, rule

Encyclopedia: Algorithm Algorithm, complexity of description of an Algorithm, computational complexity of an