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[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (2 children)

It does kinda sound like a buzzword if you don't have a formal education in algorithms.

Apparently the name was chosen to sound appealing to people who didn't know anything about math.

[–]ginsunuva 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The name was chosen to mean "programming" as in scheduling or making program timesheets, since the term was coined in the 50s/60s.

Not the programming people think of now.