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What does algorithm mean? Digital Challenges for dummies


Algorithms seem to be defining our world, we hear so much talk about them that some of us have come to wonder what they actually are. Not a complicated description that will take time, commitment and competence to understand. A simple description that let's us know what we're talking about and decide whether we need to delve deeper or stop there.

The friendship algorithm of Dr. Sheldon Cooper, Ph. D. Photo credits http://nonciclopedia.wikia.com

Algorithms seem to be defining our world, we hear so much talk about them that some of us have come to wonder what they actually are. Not a complicated description that will take time, commitment and competence to understand. A simple description that let’s us know what we’re talking about and decide whether we need to delve deeper or stop there.

The word algorithm was first coined in the early middle ages to indicate calculations based on Arab numerals.

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