“To me, an algorithm is any piece of automated code that accepts some number of variables and data, [then] uses those variables and data to make decisions. But that’s the boring computer science ...

Data structures and algorithms are vital elements in many computing applications. When programmers design and build applications, they need to model the application data. What this data consists of ...

Few of us remember enough math to be able to precisely define "algorithm" -- but it has become increasingly clear that these little "sets of rules that precisely define a sequence of operations" will ...

In the age of Facebook and Netflix, the word “algorithm” has become so ubiquitous, and its connotation so amorphous, that it’s verging on jargon—maybe even cliché. The Atlantic’s Ian Bogost has ...

This piece isn’t about these issues, or about breaking down the complex nature of how algorithms work. To return to my very first point, algorithms are important because they are the key process in ...