a function has a unique value for any input in its domain, and the algorithm is a process that produces this particular value as output.

Formal definition

Deterministic algorithms can be defined in terms of a state machine: a state describes what a machine is doing at a particular instant in time. State machines pass in a discrete manner from one state to another. Just after we enter the input, the machine is in its initial state or start state.

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