algorithm

Summary

algorithm ranks in the top 0.46% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,999 views/month, #358 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi is named after algorithm^[2].
• algorithm is a type of procedure^[3].
• algorithm is a type of work^[4].
• algorithm is a type of mathematical concept^[5].
• algorithm is part of computer science^[6].
• algorithm is part of algorithmics^[7].
• algorithm is part of mathematics^[8].
• algorithm's Commons category is recorded as Algorithms^[9].
• algorithm's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Algorithms^[10].
• algorithm's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[11].
• algorithm's described by source is recorded as The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms, 3rd edition^[12].
• algorithm's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[13].
• algorithm's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• algorithm's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• algorithm's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• algorithm's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[17].
• algorithm's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox algorithm^[18].
• algorithm's topic has template is recorded as Q22821733^[19].
• algorithm's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/algorithm^[20].
• algorithm's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://cs.stackexchange.com/tags/algorithms^[21].
• algorithm's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://tex.stackexchange.com/tags/algorithms^[22].
• algorithm's has characteristic is recorded as computational complexity^[23].
• algorithm's has characteristic is recorded as algorithmic efficiency^[24].
• algorithm's has characteristic is recorded as algorithmic stability^[25].
• algorithm's different from is recorded as Algorithm^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include procedure^[3], work^[4], and mathematical concept^[5].

Origins

Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi is named after algorithm^[2].

Use and Application

Part of include computer science^[6], an academic discipline^[27]; algorithmics^[7], a branch of science^[28]; and mathematics^[8], an academic discipline^[29].

Influence

Things named for algorithm include algorave^[30], a music genre^[31], founded in 2011^[32]; Algolia^[33], an organization^[34], in France^[35], founded in 2012^[36], headquartered in Paris^[37]; and Algoneer^[38], a software^[39].

Why It Matters

algorithm ranks in the top 0.46% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,999 views/month, #358 of 77,819).^[1] algorithm has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] algorithm is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for algorithm include algorave^[30], a music genre^[31], founded in 2011^[32]; Algolia^[33], an organization^[34], in France^[35], founded in 2012^[36], headquartered in Paris^[37]; and Algoneer^[38], a software^[39].