Algorithm
Algorithm noun - A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem.
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Method and algorithm are semantically related in process topic. In some cases you can use "Method" instead a noun "Algorithm".
Nearby Word: algorithmic
Method
Method noun - The means or procedure for doing something.
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Algorithm and method are semantically related in process topic. You can use "Algorithm" instead a noun "Method".
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- This is mostly to Hand Wave very-hard-to-decrypt messages, since providing a real-life encryption method/algorithm would allow more tech-saavy players an advantage in explaining how they'd decrypt the message.
Source: Hollywood Encryption - The algorithm, which uses a novel first approximation of Newton's Method to get an almost perfect second approximation, runs roughly four times faster than traditional implementations, and still faster than other "optimized" algorithms of the time.
Source: Sugar Wiki / Genius Programming -
One of the possible methods of demise for Dreadsylvania sleaze zombiesnote Dreadslyvania monster names are randomly generated from an algorithm that goes [first name] "[nickname]" [last name], [method of demise] is "who crushed her head between her own thighs."
Source: Murderous Thighs
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