We should take this opportunity to mention that al-Khwārizmī’s name is the origin of the word "algorithm." So the one word that we probably use more than any ot

We should take this opportunity to mention that al-Khwārizmī’s name is the origin of the word "algorithm." So the one word that we probably use more than any other in our field derives from the name of a man who was born in what's now Usbekistan, was an ethnic Persian, and lived and taught in Baghdad.