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The pop culture definition of algorithm is basically any process by which a computer makes a decision without human intervention.
by empath75 8y ago
The pop culture definition of algorithm is basically any process by which a computer makes a decision without human intervention.
- csin 8y agoI've seen guys in a poker room use it as a fancy way of saying their "decision making strategy".
- Plough_Jogger 8y agoThis isn't necessarily a misuse of the word.
- munificent 8y agoThat's an entirely valid use of the term. "Algorithm" comes from "al-Khwarizmi", a Persian mathematician from 700-800s. "Euclid's algorithm" is from 300 BC. In its original conception, "algorithm" just referred to any series of steps one could follow mechanically to reach a solution to a problem. Delegating those mechanical steps to a computer (another word that used to refer to a person!) came much later.
- jp555 8y ago“A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem solving operations” A recipe is an algorithm.