NP-complete is a [[complexity]] class in [[computer science]]. The NP is short for "[[nondeterministic]] [[polynomial]]," and the term is used to refer to a class of problems with the following properties:
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'''NP-complete''' is a [[complexity]] class in [[computer science]]. The NP is short for "[[nondeterministic]] [[polynomial]]," and the term is used to refer to a class of problems with the following properties:
* Solutions to NP-complete problems can be verified in polynomial time.
* Solutions to NP-complete problems can be verified in polynomial time.