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Divide and conquer

Divide and conquer can mean either:

• In politics and sociology, a strategy to gain or maintain power: see divide and conquer (politics)
• In computer science, an algorithm design paradigm based on recursion: see divide and conquer (computer science).

The name "Divide and conquer" is derived from the latin saying "Divide et imperia". See the list of Latin phrases.

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