Algorithm vs. Procedure

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.

Procedurenoun

A particular method for performing a task.

Procedurenoun

A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.

Procedurenoun

(uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.

Procedurenoun

The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

Procedurenoun

(obsolete) That which results; issue; product.

Procedurenoun

(computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.

Procedurenoun

(medicine) A surgical operation.

Procedurenoun

The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.

Procedurenoun

A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

Procedurenoun

That which results; issue; product.

Procedurenoun

a particular course of action intended to achieve a result;

Procedurenoun

a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work;

Procedurenoun

a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

Procedurenoun

a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

Procedurenoun

an established or official way of doing something

Procedurenoun

a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner

Procedurenoun

a surgical operation

Procedurenoun

another term for subroutine