COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
ALGORITHMS
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Question
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the steps are interepted only in one unique way
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the person or device executing the instruction must know how to accomplish the instruction without any extra information.
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the steps should be clear
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -If the problem is that of computations, being “unambiguous” usually means that a human of average intelligence must be able (if only in principle) to follow the instructions with pencil and paper.
Detailed explanation-2: -Algorithms have unambiguous operations It must be told to search for the smallest number, how to find the smallest number, how to compare numbers together, etc. The operation “Sort these numbers” is ambiguous to a computer because the computer has no basic operations for sorting.
Detailed explanation-3: -An algorithm is a well-ordered collection of unambiguous and effectively computable operations that, when executed, produces a result and halts in a finite amount of time.
Detailed explanation-4: -An algorithm should have the following characteristics − Unambiguous − Algorithm should be clear and unambiguous. Each of its steps (or phases), and their inputs/outputs should be clear and must lead to only one meaning. Input − An algorithm should have 0 or more well-defined inputs.