Algorithm and Procedure

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Algorithm noun - A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem.

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Procedure and algorithm are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Procedure" instead a noun "Algorithm".

Nearby Word: algorithmic

Procedure noun - A usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result.

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Algorithm and procedure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Algorithm" instead a noun "Procedure".

Nearby Word: procedural

If he can simplify things out to a fixed procedure, like his "friendship algorithm" shows, he can cope.

Source: Blue And Orange Morality / Live-Action TV
Sorting Algorithm of Evil: Discussed, and ultimately defied in Comic 220, where Clanor complains to Lord Secundus about the standard villain procedure he's following of slowly confronting the heroes with progressively stronger opponents.

Source: Webcomic / Well That Was Unexpected

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