What is an Algorithm...?

What is an Algorithm...?

                 An algorithm (pronounced AL-go-rith-um) is a procedure or formula for  solving a problem. The word derives from the name of the mathematician,  Mohammed ibn-Musa al-Khwarizmi, who was part of the royal court in  Baghdad and who lived from about 780 to 850. Al-Khwarizmi's work is the  likely source for the word algebra as well.

A computer program can be viewed as an elaborate algorithm. In  mathematics and computer science, an algorithm usually means a small  procedure that solves a recurrent problem.

Different types of algorithms:-

1)      Brute force

2)      Divide and conquer

3)      Decrease and conquer

4)      Dynamic programming

5)      Greedy algorithm

6)      Transform and conquer

7)      Backtracking algorithm