This dimension sorts algorithms by their basic category, sorting, searching, graph or numerical. Wikipedia defines an algorithm as "any well-defined set of instructions that when followed terminates after a finite number of steps that comprise a solution to a given computational problem." Browsing by category keeps algorithms solving the same kind of problem grouped together.
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1. Wikipedia: Computational geometry
WikipediaComputational geometry, lead section, term-origin sentenceQuote, 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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