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"algorithmic" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often computational (13 letters).
Definitions
of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm
Word origin
From algorithm + -ic.
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Step-by-step in style”11 letters
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