Design and Analysis of Algorithm help to design the algorithms for solving different types of problems in Computer Science.
It also helps to design and analyze the logic on how the program will work before developing the actual code for a program.
An algorithm is a set of commands that must be followed for a computer to perform calculations or other problem-solving operations.According to its formal definition, an algorithm is a finite set of instructions carried out in a specific order to perform a particular task.
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