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This dimension groups algorithms by the ACM subject area they fall under. Wikipedia notes that the ACM Computing Classification System "is a subject classification system for computing devised by the Association for Computing Machinery," used to organize computing subjects by area. Browsing this way collects every algorithm classified under the same ACM area.

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Era of Emergence
1975 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Computational geometry
WikipediaComputational geometry, lead section, term-origin sentence
Quote, Computational geometry, lead section, term-origin sentence
A groundlaying book in the subject by Preparata and Shamos dates the first use of the term "computational geometry" in this sense by 1975.
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