algorithm

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

al·go·rithm [algorithm algorithms] BrE [ˈælɡərɪðəm] NAmE [ˈælɡərɪðəm] noun (computing)
a set of rules that must be followed when solving a particular problem

Word Origin:
late 17th cent. (denoting the Arabic or decimal notation of numbers): variant (influenced by Greek arithmos ‘number’) of Middle English algorism, via Old French from medieval Latin algorismus. The Arabic source, al-K̲wārizmī ‘the man of K̲wārizm’ (now Khiva), was a name given to the 9th-cent. mathematician Abū Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Mūsa, author of widely translated works on algebra and arithmetic.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  algorithmic rule, algorithmic program