solver

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person or thing that finds the answer to a problem, puzzle, or equation

   The first solver of the puzzle received a prize.

2. 2
   noun

   a computer program or algorithm designed to calculate a solution

   The optimization solver found a feasible schedule in seconds.

Common collocations

• problem solver Noun + noun

Formed from solve + the agent suffix -er. It first names a person who solves; mathematics and computing extend the same agent idea to algorithms and programs that calculate solutions.

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