algorithm
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 算法
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 algorisme
- 源自 ←盎格鲁-诺曼语 algorisme
- 源自 ←中世纪拉丁语 algorismus
- 源自 ←阿拉伯语 الخَوَارِزْمِيّ
词源说明
From Middle English algorisme, augrym, from Anglo-Norman algorisme, augrim, from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy), the nisba of Persian mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī and a toponymic name meaning "the Chorasmian". The spelling change (-s- > -th-) was influenced by unrelated Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós) (whence English arithmo-).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (countable, computer science, mathematics) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. 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.
- (loosely) A flow chart illustrating a decision-making process for human users, especially health care professionals.
- (uncountable, obsolete) Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
- (informal, metonymic) A software system that makes decisions for end users