algorithm
suomi-englanti sanakirjaalgorithm englannista suomeksi
algoritmi
Substantiivi
algorithm englanniksi
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.
1990, Cormen, Leiserson, and Rivest, ''Introduction to Algorithms'': page 1. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 1999 (''23rd printing'')
- Informally, an ''algorithm'' is any well-defined computational procedure that takes some value, or set of values, as input and produces some value, or set of values, as output. An algorithm is thus a sequence of computational steps that transform the input into the output.
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A (l) illustrating a (l) process for human users, especially health care professionals.
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Calculation with numerals; algorism.
The algorithm|recommendation algorithm used by social media websites to determine the contents of one's feed.
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