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GCSE Computer Science · key term
How quickly an algorithm completes a task, considered through the amount of processing it needs for a given input.
Used by AQA
Paper 1
Revise: Algorithmic EfficiencyTime efficiency concerns how quickly they complete the task.
How quickly an algorithm completes its task, which can be estimated by counting the steps it performs for a given input.
For this AQA topic, comparisons concern time efficiency only. Formal complexity notation and calculations are not required.
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