From the Latinized name of 9th-century Persian mathematician al-Khwārizmī ('the one from Khwarezm'), whose treatise on Hindu-Arabic numerals made his name synonymous with computation itself.
A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or accomplishing a task, especially by a computer.
From Medieval Latin 'algorismus', a Latinization of the name of the 9th-century Persian mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī. 'Al-Khwārizmī' means 'the one from Khwarezm' (modern Khiva, Uzbekistan). His treatise on Hindu-Arabic numerals was translated into Latin as 'Algoritmi de numero Indorum' ('Al-Khwarizmi on the numbers of the Indians'), and his name became synonymous with decimal arithmetic. The spelling was later
The word 'algorithm' is literally one man's name — al-Khwārizmī — so mangled by medieval Latin scribes that it became unrecognizable. His hometown of Khwarezm (now Khiva, Uzbekistan) is thus embedded in every line of code ever written. He also gave us 'algebra' from the title of another of his books.
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