Definition of ALGORITHM

algorithm

Meanings

Plural: algorithms

Noun

  • a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem
  • A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. 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.
  • A flowchart illustrating a decision-making process for human users, especially health care professionals.
  • Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
  • recommender systems and the curation of feeds
  • software that makes content display determinations on a platform, in totality of effect upon all end users (within a potential audience).
  • recommender systems and the curation of feeds
  • the influenced zeitgeist: e.g. what content ends up trending or viral, what persons become a main character or cancelled
  • recommender systems and the curation of feeds
  • the actual personalized selections of content seen by specific user(s), the microtargeting to which they are subject

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Arabic ال (al-)
Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š)
Classical Persian خْوَارَزْم (xwārazm)bor.
Arabic خَوَارِزْم (ḵawārizm)
Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)
Arabic خَوَارِزْمِيّ (ḵawārizmiyy)
Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy)bor.
Medieval Latin algorismusbor.
Anglo-Norman algorismebor.
Middle English algorisme
English algorism
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-éyti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey-der.
Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós)bor.
English arithmo-influ.
English algorithm
From Middle English algorisme, augrym, from Anglo-Norman algorisme, augrim, from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy), the nisba of Persian mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī and a toponymic name meaning "person from Chorasmia". The spelling change (-s- > -th-) was influenced by unrelated Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós) (whence English arithmo-).

Synonyms

algorithmic program, algorithmic rule

Scrabble Score: 15

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Words With Friends Score: 17

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