a set of rules that must be followed when solving a particular problem 算法;计算程序 The company uses machine-learning algorithms to recommend jobs to those looking for work. 该公司使用机器学习算法向求职者推荐工作。 to apply a complex/sophisticated algorithm 应用复杂的算法 to develop/design/tweak an algorithm 开发/设计/调整算法 From internet shopping to the airport runway, algorithms are everywhere in modern life. 从网上购物到机场跑道,算法在现代生活中无处不在。
Word Originlate 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.