Algorithm
Algorithm noun - A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem.
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Synonyms for Algorithm
Device and algorithm are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Device" instead a noun "Algorithm".
Nearby Word: algorithmic
Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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The lock's combination constantly changes based on an algorithm and the single decoding device was confirmed to be on another continent at the time of the robbery.
Source: Safecracking -
Every electronic device is open to monitoring, and a hundred or more companies, governments and secret organizations can and are accumulating all this information on individuals into a huge database of discrete files which a simple algorithm can use to divine anyone's actions.
Source: Sinister Surveillance
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