which scientist gave the word algorithm?
The term algorithm derives from the name of Muhammad ibn Mūsā al'Khwārizmī, a ninth-century Persian mathematician. His latinized name, Algoritmi, meant “the decimal number system” and was used in this meaning for centuries.
The term algorithm derives from the name of Muhammad ibn Mūsā al'Khwārizmī, a ninth-century Persian mathematician. His latinized name, Algoritmi, meant “the decimal number system” and was used in this meaning for centuries.
