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Algorithm (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's topic entry on the algorithm, its definition as a finite sequence of exact instructions, and the word's origin in the Latinized name of the ninth century Persian mathematician al-Khwarizmi.

Facts
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for an uncontested topic definition and etymology.
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Algorithm (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)

This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Concepts, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

7

Concepts

Holds

2

Concepts

Connected

1

Concepts

General References

1

Concepts

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