Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #424 of 1319

algorithm (n.)

a set of steps for a task

Examples

  • Search algorithms.

Key rules

  • An algorithm is a set of steps for solving a problem or doing a task
  • Search algorithms, a computer algorithm
  • Algorithm is countable

Common mistakes

  • Algorithms is complicated → An algorithm is complicated
  • It uses an algorithms → It uses an algorithm
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