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algorithm

[al-guh-rith-uhm] / ˈæl gəˌrɪð əm /


NOUN
program
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A key ingredient to the Algorithm, McNeill told me, is the sense of urgency that it injects into everyday work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

At the turn of the 21st century, IBM and Stanford University jointly demonstrated the first implementation of Shor’s Algorithm, a quantum algorithm that can factor large numbers into their prime components.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

Raye has been nominated for two other Grammys, including Songwriter of the Year and Best Engineered Album for her work on Lucky Daye's album "Algorithm."

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2025

Algorithm designers should routinely question the size and composition of the data used to train a model to make sure they are representative of the range of a condition’s presentation and of users’ demographics.

From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2022

He had worked for Ford Aerospace, where he had invented a computer-networking technique known as the "Nagle Algorithm," and for the prominent Californian computer-graphics firm "Autodesk," where he was a major stockholder.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce




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