ALGORITHM

Algorithm
In mathematics, computer science and related disciplines, an algorithm (from the Latin, and this dixit algorithmus to turn the Persian mathematician al-Jwarizmi) is a well-defined, finite and orderly operations that allows the solution to a trouble. Given an initial state and input, through well-defined steps and reach a final state, obtaining a solution. The algorithms are studied in the algorithms. In everyday life algorithms are used on numerous occasions to resolve various problems. Some examples are instructive in the (user manuals), which are algorithms to use the device in question, or even in the instructions received by an employee by his employer. There are also examples of mathematical nature, such as the division algorithm to compute the quotient of two numbers, the Euclidean algorithm to compute the greatest common divisor of two integers, or the Gauss method for solving a linear system of equations.
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