Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science · Syllabus 0478 · Algorithm Design and Problem-Solving
Accumulator Methods
What is Accumulator Methods?
Accumulator methods are the five standard techniques that build a result across a set of values — totalling, counting, finding a maximum, finding a minimum and calculating an average — each depending on a correctly chosen initial value before the loop begins.
This definition is part of the Algorithm Design and Problem-Solving chapter in Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science.