The term "Algorithm" is often used imprecisely. Most of the time it doesn't matter, but sometimes it does.

Specifically, an algorithm:

The transition from one state to the next is not necessarily deterministic; some algorithms, known as probabilistic algorithms, incorporate randomness.

Examples include
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