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.

The algorithm is responsible for calculating taxes, but using the wrong algorithm in the wrong situation can cause detrimental consequences. I want to learn more about 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.” ...