big O notation

== English == === Etymology === From the capital letter O (short for order, originally German Ordnung) used in the notation. === Pronunciation === === Noun === big O notation (uncountable) (mathematics, computing theory) A particular notation, useful in the analysis of algorithms, which describes the limiting behavior of a function when the argument tends towards a particular value or infinity, usually in terms of simpler functions. ==== See also ==== time complexity === Further reading === big O notation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia