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Time Complexity

This dimension groups algorithms by their time complexity, how the time an algorithm takes grows with the size of its input. Wikipedia notes that an algorithm "terminates after a finite number of steps," and how many steps it needs is exactly what time complexity measures. Browsing by time complexity keeps algorithms of a similar efficiency grouped together.

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Era of Emergence
1975 CE 1
Time Complexity
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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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