An algorithmic paradigm or algorithm design paradigm is a generic model or framework which underlies the design of a class of algorithms. An algorithmic paradigm is an abstraction higher than the notion of an algorithm, just as an algorithm is an abstraction higher than a computer program.^[1]^[2]

List of well-known paradigms

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v t e Data structures and algorithms
Data structures	Array Associative array Binary search tree Fenwick tree Graph Hash table Heap Linked list Queue Segment tree Stack String Tree Trie
Algorithms	Backtracking Binary search Breadth-first search Brute-force search Depth-first search Divide and conquer Dynamic programming Graph traversal Fold Greedy Hash function Minimax Online Randomized Recursion Root-finding Sorting Streaming Sweep line String-searching Topological sorting
List of data structures List of algorithms

List of well-known paradigms

General

Parameterized complexity

Computational geometry

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