Question

What is an algorithm?

Answer 1

SOLUTION :  

Algorithm : This word ‘algorithm’ comes from the name of the 9th century Persian mathematician al-Khwarizmi.

An algorithm means a series of well defined steps which provides a procedure  of calculation repeated successively on the results of earlier steps till the desired result is obtained.

Euclid's division algorithm :  

Euclid's division algorithm is a technique to compute the highest common factor (HCF) of two or three given positive integers.

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Answer 2

In mathematics and computer science, and algorithm is an unambiguous specification of how to solve a class of problems. Algorithms can perform calculation, data processing and automated reasoning tasks.