ALGORITHMIC PROGRAM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

Synonyms:

algorithm; algorithmic program; algorithmic rule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("algorithmic program" is a kind of...):

formula; rule ((mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "algorithmic program"):

sorting algorithm (an algorithm for sorting a list)

stemmer; stemming algorithm (an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem)