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Adaptive Huffman Coding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Aho-Corasick Algorithm    is a    String Algorithm

AKS (rimality Test)    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

A-law Algorithm    is a    Lossy Compression Algorithm

Ant Colony Optimization    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Arithmetic Coding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Asymmetric (public Key) Encryption    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Baby-Step Giant-Step    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Banker's Algorithm    is an    Operating Systems Algorithm

Bellman-Ford Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

BFGS Method    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Biconjugate Gradient Method    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Binary GCD Algorithm    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Bitap Algorithm    is a    String Algorithm

Blakey's Scheme    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Blowfish    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Bluestein's FFT Algorithm    is a    Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

Blum Blum Shub    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Blum Blum Shub    is a    General Combinatorial Algorithm

Blur Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Boehm Garbage Collector    is a    Memory Allocation/Deallocation Algorithm

Booth's Multiplication Algorithm    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Boruvka's Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Borwein's Algorithm    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Boyer-Moore-Horspool Algorithm    is a    String Algorithm

Boyer-Moore String Search Algorithm    is a    String Algorithm

Branch and Bound    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Bresenham's Line Algorithm    is a    Computer Graphics Algorithm

Bruun's FFT Algorithm    is a    Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

Buchberger's Algorithm    is a    Numerial Algebra Algorithm

Buddy Memory Allocation    is a    Memory Allocation/Deallocation Algorithm

Bully Algorithm    is an    Operating Systems Algorithm

Burrows-Wheeler Transform    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Byzantine Fault Tolerance    is a    Distributed Systems Algorithm

Chain Matrix Multiplication    is an    Optimization Algorithm

CHS Conversion    is a    Software Engineering Algorithm

Coloring Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Congruence of Squares    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Conjugate Gradient    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Cooley-Tukey FFT Algorithm    is a    Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

CORDIC    is a    Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

Cyclic Redundancy Check    is a    Software Engineering Algorithm

Dancing Links    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Data Encryption Standard (DES)    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

DDA Line Algorithm    is a    Computer Graphics Algorithm

De Boor Algorithm    is a    Numerical Algorithm

De Casteljau's Algorithm    is a    Numerical Algorithm

DEFLATE    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Dekker's Algorithm    is a    Process Synchronisation Algorithm

Delta Encoding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm    is a    Quantum Algorithm

Differential Evolution    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Digital Signature Algorithm    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Dijkstra's Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Discrete Fourier Transform    is a    Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

Discrete Logarithm    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Dixon's Algorithm    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Dynamic Markov Compression    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Edmonds-Karp Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Eigenvalue Algorithm    is a    Numerial Algebra Algorithm

Elevator Algorithm    is an    Operating Systems Algorithm

ElGamal    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Elias Delta|Gamma|Omega Coding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Elser Difference-Map Algorithm    is a    Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

Entropy Encoding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Euclidean Algorithm    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Euclidean Distance Transform    is a    Computational Geometry Algorithm

Evolution Strategy    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Exponentiating by Squaring    is a    Numerial Algebra Algorithm

Extended Euclidean Algorithm    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

EZW (Embedded Zerotree Wavelet)    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

False Position Method    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Fast Fourier Transform    is a    Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

Fermat's Factorization Method    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Fibonacci Coding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Fitness Proportionate Selection    is a    Genetic Algorithm

Flood Fill    is a    Computer Graphics Algorithm

Floyd's Cycle Finding Algorithm    is a    General Combinatorial Algorithm

Floyd-Warshall Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Ford-Fulkerson Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Fortuna    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Fortune's Algorithm    is a    Computational Geometry Algorithm

Fractal Compression    is a    Lossy Compression Algorithm

Gauss-Jordan Elimination    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Gauss-Legendre Algorithm    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Gauss-Newton Algorithm    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Gauss–Seidel Method    is a    Numerical Algorithm

General Number Field Sieve    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Generational Garbage Collector    is a    Memory Allocation/Deallocation Algorithm

Genetic Algorithm    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Gift Wrapping Algorithm    is a    Computational Geometry Algorithm

Gilbert-Johnson-Keerthi Distance Algorithm    is a    Computational Geometry Algorithm

Global Illumination Algorithm    is a    Computer Graphics Algorithm

Goertzel Algorithm    is a    Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

Golomb Coding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Gouraud Shading    is a    Computer Graphics Algorithm

Gradient Descent    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Graham Scan    is a    Computational Geometry Algorithm

Gram-Schmidt Process    is a    Numerial Algebra Algorithm

Grover's Algorithm    is a    Quantum Algorithm

Hash Table    is a    Search Algorithm

Hirschberg's Algorithm    is an    Approximating Matching Algorithm

HMAC    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Huffman Coding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Hungarian Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Incremental Encoding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Index Calculus Algorithm    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Integer Factorization    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Interior Point Method    is an    Optimization Algorithm

International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA)    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Interpolation    is a    Computer Graphics Algorithm

Intersection Algorithm    is a    Distributed Systems Algorithm

Iridix    is a    Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

Johnson Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Kadane's Algorithm    is a    String Algorithm

Kahan Summation Algorithm    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Karmarkar's Algorithm    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Knuth-Bendix Completion Algorithm    is a    Numerial Algebra Algorithm

Knuth-Morris-Pratt Algorithm    is a    String Algorithm

Kruskal's Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Lagged Fibonacci Generator    is a    General Combinatorial Algorithm

Lamport Ordering    is a    Distributed Systems Algorithm

Lamport's Bakery Algorithm    is a    Process Synchronisation Algorithm

Lempel-Ziv-Markov Chain-Algorithm    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Lempel-Ziv-Oberhumer    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Lenstra Elliptic Curve Factorization    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Levenberg–Marquardt Algorithm    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Levenshtein Edit Distance    is an    Approximating Matching Algorithm

Levinson Recursion    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Linear Congruential Generator    is a    General Combinatorial Algorithm

Linear Feedback Shift Register    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Linear Predictive Coding    is a    Lossy Compression Algorithm

Line Drawing Algorithm    is a    Computer Graphics Algorithm

Line Search    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Line Segment Intersection    is a    Computational Geometry Algorithm

Local Search    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Longest Common Subsequence    is a    String Algorithm

Longest Common Substring    is a    String Algorithm

Longest Increasing Subsequence    is a    String Algorithm

LZ77    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

LZW    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Mark and Sweep    is a    Memory Allocation/Deallocation Algorithm

Marzullo's Algorithm    is a    Distributed Systems Algorithm

Mersenne Rwister    is a    General Combinatorial Algorithm

Message-Digest Algorithm    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Metaphonein English    is an    Approximating Matching Algorithm

Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Miller-Rabin Primality Test    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

MISER Algorithm    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Mu-law Algorithm    is a    Lossy Compression Algorithm

Multi Level Feedback Queue    is a    Scheduling Algorithm

Multiplication Algorithms    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Multivariate Division Algorithm    is a    Numerial Algebra Algorithm

Nearest Neighbour Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Needleman-Wunsch Algorithm    is an    Approximating Matching Algorithm

Nelder-Mead Method    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Newton's Method in Optimization    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Newton's Method    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Nonblocking Minimal Spanning Switch    is a    Graph Algorithm

NTRUEncrypt    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

NYSIIS    is an    Approximating Matching Algorithm

Odlyzko-Schönhage Algorithm    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Osem    is a    Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

Package-Merge    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Page Replacement Algorithm    is an    Operating Systems Algorithm

Painter's Algorithm    is a    Computer Graphics Algorithm

Parity    is a    Software Engineering Algorithm

Particle Swarm    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Perturbation Methods Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Peterson's Algorithm    is a    Process Synchronisation Algorithm

Phong Shading    is a    Computer Graphics Algorithm

Pohlig-Hellman Algorithm    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Point in Polygon    is a    Computational Geometry Algorithm

Pollard's P-1 Algorithm    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Pollard's Rho Algorithm for Logarithms    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Pollard's Rho Algorithm    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

PPM Compression Algorithm    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Primality Tests    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Prime Factorization Algorithm    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Prim's Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Pseudorandom Number Generators    is a    General Combinatorial Algorithm

Quadratic Sieve    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Rabin-Karp String Search Algorithm    is a    String Algorithm

Rader's FFT Algorithm    is a    Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

Rainflow-Counting Algorithm    is a    Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

Random-Restart Hill Climbing    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Range Encoding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Rayrole's Algorithm    is a    Software Engineering Algorithm

Ray Tracing    is a    Computer Graphics Algorithm

RC4 (cipher)    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Reference Counting    is a    Memory Allocation/Deallocation Algorithm

Rice Coding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Richardson-Lucy Deconvolution    is a    Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

RIPEMD-160    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Risch Algorithm    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Robinson-Schensted Algorithm of Young Tableaux    is a    General Combinatorial Algorithm

Rounding Functions    is a    Numerical Algorithm

RSA    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Run-length Encoding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Scanline Rendering    is a    Computer Graphics Algorithm

Secant Method    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Selection Algorithm    is a    Search Algorithm

SEQUITUR Algorithm    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

SHA-1    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Shamir's Scheme    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Shannon-Fano Coding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Shifting Nth-Root Algorithm    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Shor's Algorithm    is a    Quantum Algorithm

Shortest Common Supersequence    is a    String Algorithm

Shortest Job Next    is a    Scheduling Algorithm

Shortest Seek First    is an    Operating Systems Algorithm

Sieve of Atkin    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Sieve of Eratosthenes    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Simplex Algorithm    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Simulated Annealing    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Smith-Waterman Algorithm    is an    Approximating Matching Algorithm

Snapshot Algorithm    is a    Distributed Systems Algorithm

Soundex Algorithm    is an    Approximating Matching Algorithm

Special Number Field Sieve    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Spline Interpolation    is a    Computer Graphics Algorithm

Spring Based Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Square Root    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Stochastic Tunneling    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Stochastic Universal Sampling    is a    Genetic Algorithm

Strassen Algorithm    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Subset Sum Algorithm    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Symbolic Cholesky Decomposition    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Symmetric (secret Key) Encryption    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Tabu Search    is an    Optimization Algorithm

Tiger (TTH)    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Tiny Encryption Algorithm    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

Topological Sort    is a    Graph Algorithm

Tournament Selection    is a    Genetic Algorithm

Transform Coding    is a    Lossy Compression Algorithm

Trial Division    is a    Number Theoretic Algorithm

Tridiagonal Matrix Algorithm (Thomas Algorithm)    is a    Numerical Algorithm

Truncated Binary Encoding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Truncation Selection    is a    Genetic Algorithm

Unary Coding    is a    Lossless Compression Algorithm

Unicode Collation Algorithm    is a    Software Engineering Algorithm

Vector Clocks    is a    Distributed Systems Algorithm

Vector Quantization    is a    Lossy Compression Algorithm

Wavelet Compression    is a    Lossy Compression Algorithm

Woodhouse-Sharp Algorithm    is a    Graph Algorithm

Xiaolin Wu's Line Algorithm    is a    Computer Graphics Algorithm

Yarrow Algorithm    is a    Cryptographic Algorithm

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