Algorithm vs. Algebra

Algorithmnoun

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.

Algorithmnoun

(archaic) Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.

Algorithmnoun

a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem; a set of procedures guaranteed to find the solution to a problem.

Algorithmnoun

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

Algorithm

In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm ( (listen)) is a finite sequence of well-defined, computer-implementable instructions, typically to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation. Algorithms are always unambiguous and are used as specifications for performing calculations, data processing, automated reasoning, and other tasks.

Algebranoun

A system for computation using letters or other symbols to represent numbers, with rules for manipulating these symbols.

Algebranoun

The surgical treatment of a dislocated or fractured bone. Also (countable): a dislocation or fracture.

Algebranoun

The study of algebraic structures.

Algebranoun

A universal algebra.

Algebranoun

An algebraic structure consisting of a module over a commutative ring (or a vector space over a field) along with an additional binary operation that is bilinear over module (or vector) addition and scalar multiplication.

Algebranoun

A collection of subsets of a given set, such that this collection contains the empty set, and the collection is closed under unions and complements (and thereby also under intersections and differences).

Algebranoun

One of several other types of mathematical structure.

Algebranoun

(figurative) A system or process, that is like algebra by substituting one thing for another, or in using signs, symbols, etc., to represent concepts or ideas.

Algebranoun

That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.

Algebranoun

A treatise on this science.

Algebranoun

the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations

Algebra

Algebra (from Arabic: الجبر‎, romanized: al-jabr, lit. 'reunion of broken parts, bonesetting') is one of the broad areas of mathematics, together with number theory, geometry and analysis. In its most general form, algebra is the study of mathematical symbols and the rules for manipulating these symbols; it is a unifying thread of almost all of mathematics.