ALGORITHM meaning: Set of steps solving problems

We found 61 dictionaries that define the word algorithm:

General (23 matching dictionaries)

algorithm: Merriam-Webster.com
algorithm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
algorithm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
algorithm: Collins English Dictionary
algorithm: Vocabulary.com
Algorithm, algorithm: Wordnik
algorithm: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
algorithm: Wiktionary
algorithm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
algorithm: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
algorithm: Infoplease Dictionary
algorithm: Dictionary.com
algorithm: Online Etymology Dictionary
Algorithm (Muse song), Algorithm (My Heart to Fear album), Algorithm (album), Algorithm (disambiguation), Algorithm, The Algorithm (band), The Algorithm, The algorithm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Algorithm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
algorithm: Rhymezone
Algorithm: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
algorithm: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
algorithm: Free Dictionary
algorithm: Mnemonic Dictionary
algorithm: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (3 matching dictionaries)

algorithm: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
algorithm: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)

Algorithm: Investopedia
BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
WebmasterWorld Webmaster and Search Engine Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (13 matching dictionaries)

algorithm: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
algorithm: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
algorithm: Netlingo
Algorithm, algorithm: CCI Computer
Algorithm: Cybernetics and Systems
Algorithm: Game Dictionary
algorithm: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
Algorithm: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
Videoconfererencing Glossary (No longer online)
algorithm: Hacking Lexicon
I T Glossary (No longer online)
Technopedia (No longer online)
algorithm: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)
algorithm: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

algorithm: A Word A Day
algorithm: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (8 matching dictionaries)

A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
Algorithm: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
Mathematical Programming (No longer online)
Statistics (in particular, re-randomisation statistics) (No longer online)
The Computational Beauty of Nature (No longer online)
algorithm: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)

algorithm: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See algorithmic as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (countable) 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.
▸ noun:  (loosely) A flowchart illustrating a decision-making process for human users, especially health care professionals.
▸ noun:  2023, Lee SG, Blood AJ, Cannon CP, Gordon WJ, Nichols H, Zelle D, Scirica BM, Fisher NDL, “Remote cardiovascular hypertension program enhanced blood pressure control during the COVID-19 pandemic”, in J Am Heart Assoc, volume 12, number 6, →DOI, ��PMID, page e027296:
▸ noun:  (uncountable, obsolete) Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
▸ noun:  (informal, social media, by extension, usually preceded with "the") The recommendation algorithm used by social media websites to determine the contents of one's feed.

Opposite:

randomness, intuition, improvisation, spontaneity, chaos

Types:

greedy, divide and conquer, brute force, backtracking, hill climbing, branch and bound, genetic algorithm, more...

Phrases:

genetic algorithm, Search algorithm, clustering algorithm, scheduling algorithm, encryption algorithm, more...

Adjectives:

genetic, new, efficient, simple, parallel, based, basic, iterative, adaptive, standard, recursive

Colors:

blue, green, red, yellow, orange, more...

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