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  • 11Algorithm characterizations — The word algorithm does not have a generally accepted definition. Researchers are actively working in formalizing this term. This article will present some of the characterizations of the notion of algorithm in more detail. This article is a… …

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  • 12Algorithm examples — This article Algorithm examples supplements Algorithm and Algorithm characterizations. = An example: Algorithm specification of addition m+n =Choice of machine model:This problem has not been resolved by the mathematics community. There is no… …

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  • 13algorithm — algorithmic, adj. /al geuh ridh euhm/, n. a set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps, as for finding the greatest common divisor. [1890 95; var. of ALGORISM, by assoc. with Gk arithmós number. See ARITHMETIC] * * * Procedure …

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  • 14Algorithm BSTW — The Algorithm BSTW is a data compression algorithm, named after its designers, Bentley, Sleator, Tarjan and Wei in 1986. BSTW is a dictionary based algorithm that uses a move to front transform to keep recently seen dictionary entries at the… …

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  • 15Algorithm March — The Algorithm March is a dance fad created in Japan, based on the children s television series PythagoraSwitch . It is attributed to Arugorizumu Koushin Itsumo Kokokara.The basic steps are as follows, repeating as necessary:# Bend knees, reach… …

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  • 16algorithm — A systematic process consisting of an ordered sequence of steps, each step depending on the outcome of the previous one. In clinical medicine, a step by step protocol for management of a health care problem …

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  • 17algorithm — n. a sequential set of instructions used in calculations or problem solving. A reconstruction algorithm is a complex mathematical formula used by a computer to construct images from the data acquired by CT, MRI, or other scanners. A diagnostic… …

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  • 18algorithm — noun /ˈælɡəɹɪðm/ A precise step by step plan for a computational procedure that begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps. Informally, an algorithm is any well defined computational procedure that takes… …

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  • 19algorithm — (derived from the name of the Islamic mathematician Al Khowarizmi) A set of rules or instructions that will result in the solution of a problem. An algorithm gives a decision procedure, or computable method for solving a problem. Although an… …

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  • 20algorithm — [13] Algorithm comes from the name of an Arab mathematician, in full Abu Ja far Mohammed ibn Musa al Khwarizmi (c. 780–c. 850), who lived and taught in Baghdad and whose works in translation introduced Arabic numerals to the West. The last part… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins