Algorithm vs. Scheme — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Algorithm and Scheme
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Algorithm
In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm ( (listen)) is a finite sequence of well-defined, computer-implementable instructions, typically to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation. Algorithms are always unambiguous and are used as specifications for performing calculations, data processing, automated reasoning, and other tasks.
Scheme
A systematic plan of action
"Did you ever carry out your scheme of writing a series of sonnets embodying all the great epochs of art?" (Edith Wharton).
Algorithm
A finite set of unambiguous instructions that, given some set of initial conditions, can be performed in a prescribed sequence to achieve a certain goal and that has a recognizable set of end conditions.
Scheme
A secret or devious plan; a plot
A scheme to defraud investors.
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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Scheme
An orderly plan or arrangement of related parts
An irrigation scheme with dams, reservoirs, and channels.
Algorithm
Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
Scheme
A chart, diagram, or outline of a system or object.
Algorithm
A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem; a set of procedures guaranteed to find the solution to a problem.
Scheme
To contrive a plan or scheme for; plot
Scheming their revenge.
Algorithm
A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem
Scheme
To make plans, especially secret or devious ones.
Scheme
An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
Scheme
(astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
Scheme
A systematic plan of future action.
Scheme
A plot or secret, devious plan.
Scheme
An orderly combination of related parts.
Scheme
A chart or diagram of a system or object.
Scheme
(mathematics) A mathematical structure that enlarges the notion of algebraic variety in several ways, such as taking account of multiplicities and allowing "varieties" defined over any commutative ring (e.g. Fermat curves over the integers).
Scheme
A council housing estate.
Scheme
(internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as
http: or news:.Scheme
A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.
Scheme
(intransitive) To plot, or contrive a plan.
Scheme
(transitive) To plan; to contrive.
Scheme
A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.
The appearance and outward scheme of things.
Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity.
Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy.
The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life.
Scheme
A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme.
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
Scheme
Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.
To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France.
Scheme
A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
A blue silk case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity.
He forms the well-concerted scheme of mischief;'T is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to death.
Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours;I founded palaces, and planted bowers.
Scheme
To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.
That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction.
Scheme
To form a scheme or schemes.
Scheme
An elaborate and systematic plan of action
Scheme
A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
Scheme
A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole;
A vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
Scheme
An internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
Scheme
A schematic or preliminary plan
Scheme
Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
Scheme
Devise a system or form a scheme for
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