algorithmic, a.
(ælgəˈrɪðmɪk)
[f. algorithm + -ic.]
Expressed as or using an algorithm or algorithms. Cf. Algol2 and prec. 2.
| 1881 J. Venn Symbolic Logic iv. 98 ‘Symbolic’, as I understand it, being almost exactly the equivalent of ‘algorithmic’. 1940 Mind XLIX. 249 He thinks of the subject [sc. the calculus] not merely as an algorithmic method. 1959 [see Algol2]. 1960 Communic. Assoc. Comput. Mach. III. 300 The algorithmic language has three different kinds of representation—reference, hardware, and publication. 1964 Language XL. 167 Further syllabic studies for algorithmic prediction of English parts of speech. |