algorithmic

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Arabic ال (al-)

Old Persian *𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼- (*u-v-a-r-)

Old Persian *𐏀𐎷𐎡- (*z-mi-i-)

Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y)der.

Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š /⁠ʰUvārazmiš⁠/)

Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭥𐭦𐭬 (ḥʿʿzm /⁠Xwārazm⁠⁠/)

Classical Persian خْوَارَزْم (xwārazm)bor.

Arabic خَوَارِزْم (ḵawārizm)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic خَوَارِزْمِيّ (ḵawārizmiyy)

Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy)bor.

Medieval Latin algorismuslbor.

Anglo-Norman algorismebor.

Middle English algorisme

English algorism

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English arithmo-influ.

English algorithm

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

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Latin -icusbor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English algorithmic

From algorithm + -ic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăl'gərĭth'mĭk
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌælɡəˈɹɪðmɪk/

    • Audio (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US):

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Adjective

algorithmic (not comparable)

1. (mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
   • 2017 May 23, Gavin Haynes, “Why BTS are the K-pop kings of social media”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 March 2020:

     In an age when the charts have become an algorithmic spaghetti of streaming plays, radio and downloads, the purest way of measuring who is up and who is down in pop might be the Billboard Social 50, a sub-chart that measures reach across social networks.

   • 2025 November 15, Rachel Hall, “Teletubbies creator warns parents over ‘empty’ YouTube programmes for children”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     [Anne] Wood and other figures in children’s TV shared their concerns that the algorithmic and endless scroll functionalities on YouTube did not prioritise high-quality content for children in the same way that public service broadcasters could, after the children’s laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, told MPs that much programming on YouTube served as “sedation”.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

Derived terms

• algorave
• algorithmically
• algorithmic art
• algorithmic complexity
• algorithmic composition
• algorithmic efficiency
• algorithmic entropy
• algorithmic game theory
• algorithmic information theory
• algorithmicize
• algorithmic learning theory
• algorithmic medium
• algorithmic number theory
• algorithmic probability
• algorithmic randomness
• algorithmic trading
• algotorial
• multialgorithmic
• neuroalgorithmic
• nonalgorithmic
• unalgorithmic

Related terms

• algorithmicity

Translations

relating to an algorithm

• Armenian: ալգորիթմական (algoritʻmakan)
• Azerbaijani: alqoritmik
• Catalan: algorítmic (ca)
• Czech: algoritmický
• Danish: algoritmisk
• Dutch: algoritmisch (nl)
• Esperanto: algoritma (eo)
• Finnish: algoritminen (fi), algoritmi- (fi)
• French: algorithmique (fr)
• Georgian: ალგორითმული (algoritmuli)
• Icelandic: algóritmískur, algrímskur
• Indonesian: algoritmis, algoritmik
• Italian: algoritmico (it)
• Kazakh: алгоритмді (algorıytmdi), алгоритмдік (algorıytmdik)
• Persian: خوارزمیک (xârazmik), الگوریتمی (fa) (algoritmi)
• Polish: algorytmiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: algorítmico (pt)
• Romanian: algoritmic (ro)
• Russian: алгоритми́ческий (ru) (algoritmíčeskij)
• Spanish: algorítmico (es)
• Swedish: algoritmisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: алгоритмі́чний (alhorytmíčnyj)

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