algorithm
noun/ˈælɡərɪðəm/
/ˈælɡərɪðəm/
(computing)- a set of rules that must be followed when solving a particular problem
- The company uses machine-learning algorithms to recommend jobs to those looking for work.
- to apply a complex/sophisticated algorithm
- to develop/design/tweak an algorithm
- From internet shopping to the airport runway, algorithms are everywhere in modern life.
Word Originlate 17th cent. (denoting the Arabic or decimal notation of numbers): variant (influenced by Greek arithmos ‘number’) of Middle English algorism, via Old French from medieval Latin algorismus. The Arabic source, al-K̲wārizmī ‘the man of K̲wārizm’ (now Khiva), was a name given to the 9th-cent. mathematician Abū Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Mūsa, author of widely translated works on algebra and arithmetic.Definitions on the go
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