How to say "algorithm" in Japanese

• アルゴリズムCommon
  nounThe common word for 'algorithm' in its general sense, especially in computing and mathematics; when you need to say 'algorithm', this is the word to reach for.
  このソフトウエアはギブスサンプリングのアルゴリズムによりマルコフ連鎖れんさモンテカルロ法ほうの計算けいさんを行おこないます。↗

  This software carries out Markov Chain Monte Carlo calculations by the use of Gibbs Sampling.
• 演算手順えんざんてじゅん
  nounCovers 'algorithm' as a concrete, step-by-step calculation procedure: a descriptive term for the sequence of operations, and a less common alternative to アルゴリズム.
• 算法さんぽう
  nounA less common word that can mean either 'arithmetic' or 'algorithm'; because of that double meaning it is ambiguous, and for 'algorithm' in the ordinary sense アルゴリズム is almost always the word you want.

Use 「アルゴリズム」 for 'algorithm' in its ordinary sense, especially in computing; 演算手順 presents it as a concrete step-by-step calculation procedure; 算法 is a less common word that can also mean 'arithmetic'.

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• アルゴリズムalgorithm
• 演算手順えんざんてじゅんalgorithm
• 算法さんぽうarithmetic