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How Algorithm Got Its Name

The latinization of the name of an ancient scholar from Khwārezm in Central Asia gave English the word.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published January 8, 2018
Data acquired August 20, 2017

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Terra > MODIS