Algorithm

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• A mathematical set of steps designed to solve a problem or run instructions in a program. For example, an algorithm in a case management program would perform the function, “Check the filing date of the complaint in this matter, determine the date to file an answer, determine if the answer has been sent out and, if not, send email to the attorney in charge of the case warning him of the impending date.” ^[1]

1. ^[1] Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005). ↩