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Algorithm and Data Structure

Understand algorithm and data structure

The word Algorithm comes from the name of a Persian author Abu

Jafar Mohammad ibn Musba al Khowarizmi (c. 825 A.D.), who wrote

the textbook on mathematics.

This word has taken special significance in computer science, where

Algorithm has come to refer to a method that can be used by a
computer for the solution of a problem. This is what makes algorithm

different from words such as process, technique or method. An

Algorithm is a finite set of instructions that if followed,
accomplishes a particular task in a finite amount of time. .

A data structure is a specialized format for organizing and

storing data. General data structure types include the array, the file,
the record, the table, the tree, and so on. Any data structure is

designed to organize data to suit a specific purpose so that it can be

accessed and worked with in appropriate ways

Abu Jafar
Mohammad
ibn Musba al
Khowarizmi

Algorithm is a
finite set of
instructions