Computers use algorithms as a way to process information. All computer programs are created with algorithms (or series of algorithms) that give the computer a list of instructions to follow. Computers usually read data from an input device when using an algorithm to process information. In order to be successful algorithms need to be
carefully defined for a computer to read them. Program designers need to consider every possible scenario that could arise and set up a series of algorithms to resolve the problem. Designers have to be very careful not to change the order of the instructions; computers cannot cope with an algorithm that is in the wrong place. Flow of control
refers to how the list of algorithms must start at the top and go all the way to the bottom, following every single step on the way. Internet search engines use algorithms to aid in search engine optimization. Google's web crawler's use a link analysis algorithm to index and rank web pages. In an attempt to prevent webmasters from using underhanded
schemes to influence search engine optimization, many internet search engines disclose as little about the algorithms they use in their optimization techniques.
. Algorithms are a finite set of carefully defined instruction. Algorithms are procedures
that are used for accomplishing some task which will end in a defined end-state. Algorithms are used in linguistics, computers, and mathematics.
algorithm ~ ancient mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi ~ founder of algebra: An algorithm is a finite set of instructions to be gone through step-by-step in the process of solving problems... With the rise in computing power, machines can loop through far more steps than were ever possible by the human brain alone, allowing modern-day algorithms to be exquisitely complex-
