Explaining an Algorithm's Purpose

What is Explaining an Algorithm's Purpose?

Explaining an algorithm's purpose is stating what it accomplishes overall and describing the processes it uses to do so, judged by reading the whole algorithm rather than by paraphrasing its opening line.

This definition is part of the Algorithm Design and Problem-Solving chapter in Cambridge O Level Computer Science.

Concepts related to Explaining an Algorithm's Purpose

• Trace Table
• Pseudocode
• output
• standard method