algorithim

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It's spelled "algorithm".

Last updated: 1997-02-25

algorithm

<algorithm, programming>

A detailed sequence of actions to perform to accomplish some task. Named after the Iranian, Islamic mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and geographer, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi.

Technically, an algorithm must reach a result after a finite number of steps, thus ruling out brute force search methods for certain problems, though some might claim that brute force search was also a valid (generic) algorithm. The term is also used loosely for any sequence of actions (which may or may not terminate).

Paul E. Black's Dictionary of Algorithms, Data Structures, and Problems.

Last updated: 2002-02-05

ALgorithm DEScription

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(ALDES) ["The Algorithm Description Language ALDES", R.G.K. Loos, SIGSAM Bull 14(1):15-39 (Jan 1976)].

Last updated: 1995-04-19

algorithmic art

<algorithm, recreation>

Visual works created using computers for pleasure.

Examples.

Last updated: 2019-11-07

ALgorIthmic ASsembly language

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(ALIAS) A machine oriented variant of BLISS. ALIAS was implemented in BCPL for the PDP-9.

["ALIAS", H.E. Barreveld, Int Rep, Math Dept, Delft U Tech, Netherlands, 1973].

Last updated: 1997-03-13

Algorithmic Language

Algol 60

Algorithmic Model

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A method of estimating software cost using mathematical algorithms based on the parameters which are considered to be the major cost drivers. These estimate of effort or cost are based primarily on the size of the software or Delivered Source Instructions (DSI)s, and other productivity factors known as Cost Driver Attributes.

See also Parametric Model.

Last updated: 1996-05-28

Algorithmic Processor Description Language

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(APDL) An ALGOL 60-like language for describing computer design, for the CDC G-21.

["The Description, Simulation, and Automatic Implementation of Digital Computer Processors", J.A. Darringer, Ph.D Thesis EE Dept, CMU May 1969].

Last updated: 1995-11-26

Algorithmic Test Case Generation

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A computational method for identifying test cases from data, logical relationships or other software requirements information.

Last updated: 1996-05-10

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