Definitions
a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem
Word origin
From Middle English algorisme, augrym, from Anglo-Norman algorisme, augrim, from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy), the nisba of Persian mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī and a toponymic name meaning "person from Chorasmia". The spelling change (-s- > -th-) was influenced by unrelated Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós) (whence English arithmo-).
Used in a sentence
“Mark Zuckerberg: No, I need the algorithm you used to rank chess players. / Eduardo Saverin: Are you OK? / Mark Zuckerberg: We're ranking girls.”
“It’s a computer – an algorithm – and if you’ve been in Iran lately, they take you out of the system.”
“Glover began his acceptance speech by saying, “First, I want to thank the great algorithm that put us all here.””
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Set of steps”9 letters
02“Step-by-step rule”9 letters
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