algorithm

algorithm
[ˈalgərɪð(ə)m]
noun

a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer
（尤指计算机）运算法则
a basic algorithm for division.
除法基本法则。

派生
algorithmic
adjective
algorithmically
adverb
语源

late 17th cent. (denoting the Arabic or decimal notation of numbers): variant (influenced by Greek arithmos 'number') of Middle English algorism, via Old French from medieval Latin algorismus. The Arabic source, al-Ḵwārizmī 'the man of Ḵwārizm' (now Khiva), was the cognomen of the 9th-cent. mathematician Abū Ja ‘far Muhammad ibn Mūsa, author of widely translated works on algebra and arithmetic