Programme vs Algorithm - What's the difference?
programme | algorithm |
(UK)
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* 1961 , New Scientist (volume 9, number 226, page 679)
(UK) (verb )
A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
* 1990 , Cormen, Leiserson, and Rivest, Introduction to Algorithms'': page 1. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 1999 (''23rd printing )
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
, volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (archaic) Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
As nouns the difference between programme and algorithm
is that programme is uK alternative form of lang=en while algorithm is a precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.As a verb programme
is uK alternative form of lang=en (verb.programme
English
Noun
(en noun)- Thus once a computer programme has been prepared, vastly different conditions can be inserted and experimented with at the expense of a few hours of computer time.
Usage notes
See usage notes at .Verb
(programm)Derived terms
* (l) British English forms ----algorithm
English
(wikipedia algorithm)Alternative forms
* algorism (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Informally, an algorithm''''' is any well-defined computational procedure that takes some value, or set of values, as input and produces some value, or set of values, as output. An ' algorithm is thus a sequence of computational steps that transform the input into the output.
How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
