So, an algorithm is the process a computer uses to transform input data into output data. A simple concept, and yet every piece of technology that you touch involves many algorithms.

In his book The Master Algorithm, Pedro Domingos offers a masterfully simple definition: “An algorithm is,” Domingos writes, “a sequence of instructions telling a computer what to do.” ...

“John the Ripper” Open Source Password Cracker Offers Increased Speed Through 17 Percent Improvement in Gate Count for Data Encryption Standard (DES) Algorithm ...