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Big O Notation

Big O notation tells you how fast an algorithm is. It does not tell you the speed in seconds, rather Big O notation lets you compare the number of operations and tells you how fast the algorithm grows. a notation that expresses computing time (complexity) as the term in a function that increases most rapidly relative to the size of a problem

What does Big O notation look like?

O(n) where n is the number of operations

What does Big O count?

The number of operations.

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