algorithm
/ˈælgərɪðəm/noun
- a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer（尤指计算机）运算法则：
a basic algorithm for division
除法基本法则。
派生词
algorithmic
adjectivealgorithmically
adverb词源
late 17th cent. (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 Ḵ wārizm' (now Khiva)， was the cognomen of the 9th-cent. mathematician Abū Ja' far Muhammad ibn Mūsa， author of widely translated works on algebra and arithmetic.