algorithmics

noun, plural in form but singular in construction

al·​go·​rith·​mics ¦al-gə-¦rit͟h-miks 

: the study, analysis, and development of algorithms

This week, he is the chief organizer of a heavyweight conference there titled "New Directions in Cluster Supercomputing," which will examine, among other things, "the use of parallel algorithmics and cluster computing in phylogenetics, genomics and neurobiology."

—John Kifner, New York Times, 12 June 2001

Word History

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

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