Recursive algorithm
A recursive algorithm was a programming code block which called itself over and over again, eventually terminating when an end condition was met.

One specific type was the "recursive search algorithm" which was used to reconstruct damaged memory. ()

In 2154, T'Pol and Hoshi Sato attempted to reconstruct the memory from the data recorder of a destroyed Rigelian freighter using a recursive algorithm. ()

Most Cardassian encryption codes are based on a recursive encryption algorithm. However, a transmission received by Deep Space 9 in 2373 used a completely different coding system. ()

In 2375, Harry Kim used a recursive algorithm to stabilize the holomatrix of the holographic Doctor Crell Moset. ()

That same year,  Torres ran a recursive search algorithm to retrieve a gap in the memory index of a Druoda series 5 long-range tactical armor unit that had taken over The Doctor. She found that the armor unit had been launched accidentally, and was deliberately ordered to crash on an uninhabited planet by its people. The missile however did not believe the orders were genuine. ()

In 2378, Harry Kim employed a recursive algorithm to determine that an image of the R'Kaal Supreme Archon Loth was in fact a hologram. ()

See also
 Subspace infrared algorithm

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Computer programming