Wednesday, October 13, 2010

1. What Is an Algorithm



Summary:silahkansaja
The word algorithm comes from a Persian mathematician, Abu Ja'far Mohammed ibn Musa al Khorwarizmi (825 A.D.). The word has taken on special significance in mathematics, computer science and related subject in which it refer to methods that can be used to solved a problem. In formal definition algorithm is a finite sequences of instructions to accomplish a particular task.

The following criteria should be met to achieve a good algorithm:
It may has zero or more input.
It must produce one or more output.
Each instruction should be clear and unambiguous.
It should terminate after a finite steps of instruction.
It must be feasible.

What Is an Algorithm Originally published in Shvoong: http://www.shvoong.com/internet-and-technologies/software/2062634-algorithm/

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