P stands for polynomial time. NP stands for non-deterministic polynomial time. Definitions: Polynomial time means that the complexity of the algorithm is O (n^k), where n is the size of your data (e. g. number of elements in a list to be sorted), and k is a constant. Complexity is time measured in the number of operations it would take, as a ...

Informally, it asks whether every problem whose solution can be quickly verified can also be quickly solved. Here, quickly means an algorithm that solves the ...

Oct 29, 2009 ... Roughly speaking, P is a set of relatively easy problems, and NP is a set that includes what seem to be very, very hard problems, so P = NP ...

P vs NP question is open. One of the most significant open problems in computer science is whether P equals NP. If P equals NP, all problems in NP would also be in P. Example. Sorting, searching, shortest path problems. Traveling Salesman, Boolean Satisfiability. Related Articles: NP-Hard Class.

P stands for Primary and NP represents Non-Primary, indicating the priority levels of computer science problems. P means Public, representing open-source ...