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Let \(X\) be a completely regular Hausdorff space, \(E\) be a locally convex algebra, \(\mathbb{P}\) be a family of seminorms on \(E\) which defines the topology of \(E\), \(V\) be a Nachbin family [see \textit{R. K. Singh} and \textit{J. S. Manhas}, J. Indian Math. Soc., New. Ser. 60, No. 1-4, 59-69 (1994; Zbl 0889.46026)], \(C(X,E)\) be the set of all continuous functions from \(X\) to \(E\), \({C_{b}}(X,E)\) be the subset of bounded functions in \(C(X,E)\) and \(CV(X,E)\) (\({CV_0}(X,E)\)) be the subset of all such \(f\in C(X;E)\) for which \(vP\circ f\) is bounded (respectively, vanishes at infinity) for every \(v\in V\) and \(P\in \mathbb{P}\). The algebraic operations on \(CV(X,E)\) (and \({CV_{0}}(X,E)\)) are defined point-wise and these algebras are equiped with the topology \(w_{V,E}\) defined by the family of seminorms \(\{{q_{v,P}}: v\in V\), \(P\in \mathbb{P}\}\) where \({q_{v,P}}(f) = \sup\{v(t)P(f(t)): t\in X\}\) for each \(f\in CV(X,E)\) (respectively, \(f\in {CV_{0}}(X,E)\)). Necessary and/or sufficient conditions for which \(C(X,E)\) is an algebra (without topology) and a locally convex algebra with respect to the topology of uniform convergence on the compact sets of \(X\) are given. An example of such a compact space and an \(A\)-normed algebra \(E\) are brought for which \(C(X,E)\) is not an algebra. The relationship between properties of \(CV(X)\), \(E\) and \(CV(X,E)\) and \({CV_{0}}(X)\), \(E\) and \({CV_{0}}(X,E)\) are described and conditions under which \(CV(X,E)\) and \({CV_{0}}(X, E)\) are locally \(A\)-convex algebras are given. Moreover, \(CV(X,E)\) and \({CV_{0}}(X,E)\) are equiped with two (locally \(m\)-convex if \(E\) is so) weighted topologies and the conditions under which these topologies have the same bounded sets with \(w_{V,E}\) or coinside on bounded sets of \(CV(X,E)\) and \({CV_{0}}(X)\) are found. In the end of the paper several results for \(CV(X,E)\) and \({CV_{0}}(X)\), analogous to those which have been obtained by \textit{R. C. Buck} for \({C_{b}}(X,E)\) for a locally compcact space \(X\) [see Mich. Math. J. 5, 95-104 (1958; Zbl 0087.31502)], are presented.