________ is a step by step procedure for calculations, data processing and automated reasoning.

[ A ] None of these
[ B ] Flow Chart
[ C ] Program
[ D ] Algorithm
[ E ] Mathematical

Answer : Option D

Explanation :

An algorithm is an effctive method expressed as a finite list of well-defined instructions for calculating a function, Starting from an initial state and intial input (perhaps empty), the instructions describe a computation that, when executed, proceeds through a finite number of well-defined successive states, eventually producing output and terminating at a final ending state.

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