Algorithm

['ælgərɪð(ə)m] or ['ælgə'rɪðəm]

(noun.) a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem.

Typist: Maura--From WordNet

(n.) The art of calculating by nine figures and zero.

(n.) The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.

Checker: Wilbur