Computer Science: An Overview: Global Edition (12th Edition)

Published by Pearson Higher Education
ISBN 10: 1292061162
ISBN 13: 978-1-29206-116-0

Chapter 5 - Algorithms - Section 5.1 - The Concept of an Algorithm - Questions & Exercises - Page 221: 3

Answer

Some points of vagueness in our informal definition of an algorithm were introduced.

Work Step by Step

The informal definition fails to require that the steps be ordered and unambiguous. It merely hints at the requirements that the steps be executable and lead to an end.
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