polynomial-time algorithm
<complexity> A known algorithm (or Turing Machine) that is guaranteed to 
terminate within a number of steps which is a polynomial function of the size of 
the problem.
 
See also computational complexity, exponential time, nondeterministic 
polynomial-time (NP), NP-complete.
 
(1995-04-13)
 
  
 
  
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