PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
Both dates describe different editorial claims. Oxford/MacTutor reports the spelling in 1699 for numeral calculation; Merriam-Webster gives 1926 for the currently defined finite-procedure sense.
/ˈælɡəˌrɪðəm/ · noun
A finite or stepwise procedure, descended through medieval arithmetic vocabulary from the Latinized name of al-Khwārizmī.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Reports the 1699 spelling evidence and the 1926 technical-sense record.
ALGORITHM entrySupplies the separate lexicographic first-known-use framing.
Etymology and First Known UseSET-U stores both attestations and labels the sense boundary.