algorithm
Meaning of algorithm
noun
- a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.
a basic algorithm for division
late 17th century (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-Ḵwārizmī ‘the man of Ḵwārizm’ (now Khiva), was a name given to the 9th-century mathematician Abū Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Mūsa, author of widely translated works on algebra and arithmetic.
Information about algorithm
- It is a name.
- The plural form of algorithm is: algorithms.
- Languages in which algorithm is used:
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Hyphenation of algorithm
al-go-rithm
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- algorithm is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Translation of algorithm
- German: Algorithmus
- French: algorithme
- Spanish: algoritmo
- Italian: algoritmo
- Portuguese: algoritmo
Anagrams of algorithm
Words that rhyme with algorithm
antilogarithm, cologarithm, cryptarithm, dilogarithm, isarithm, isorithm, logarithm, semilogarithm
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