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    Sorry, but I must know ! When someone talks about the efficency of an algorithm, they use O(number / variable). What does that mean? Sorry, but thanks !
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    Its an upper bound on the number of primitive operations that an algorithm can take.

    For functions f and g,
    f =O(g) means that there are some constants n0 and c such that for all n > n0, f(n) <= c*g(n).

    Looking up "big-O" notation might make things clearer. There are others as well, but O is the most commonly used one.
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    OK, thanks Zach .
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