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Home/Glossary/Algorithm
AI Glossary Term

What does “Algorithm” mean?

Definition

A defined set of rules or steps that a computer follows to solve a problem or complete a task.

Related terms

Chain-of-Thought
A reasoning style where an AI model decomposes a problem into intermediate steps.
Prompt Template
A reusable prompt pattern with variables, formatting rules, and task-specific instructions.
ReAct
A prompting pattern that interleaves reasoning steps with tool-use actions to solve tasks more reliably.
Backpropagation
The core training algorithm that updates model weights by propagating prediction errors backward through the network.
Classification
A task where a model assigns an input to one or more predefined categories.
Computer Vision
The branch of AI that extracts meaning from images and video.

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