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Lesson 24 - Order of Algorithms
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  1. A cubic algorithm is one where the number of steps increases as a cube of N, or N3.

  2. An exponential algorithm is one where the number of steps increases as the power of a base, like 2N.

  3. Both of these categories are astronomical in the number of steps required. Such algorithms are avoided when possible, and for large values of N can run slowly on small computers.


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