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What term is derived from al-Khwarizmi's name?

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Algorithm, a term derived from the name of the 9th-century Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, refers to a set of well-defined instructions or steps used to solve a problem or perform a task.
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