Problem-Solving Instruction Followed by a Computer

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Past and Present Tech, Group 1455, Puzzle 5 (Dictaphone).

Question is: Problem-Solving Instruction Followed by a Computer

and the answer is: ALGORITHM

Word Meaning:

ALGORITHM — (countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.

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