CMPS 002 - Computer Literacy

Prof. Paulo Franca

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Datacare   Ahshay

Idea of Algorithm

• most programming problems are too complex to solve at once
• break problem into smaller parts
  • stepwise refinement
• top down
  • main idea
  • work down to details
• Algorithm
  • series of steps to solve the original problem