What is an Algorithm?
Learn about the different characteristics that make an algorithm effective.
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An algorithm is an explicit, precise, unambiguous, mechanically executable sequence of elementary instructions, usually intended to accomplish a specific purpose. For example, here is an algorithm for singing that annoying song “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” for arbitrary values of the starting number of beer bottles:
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