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In computer science and mathematics, an algorithm is a set of specific instructions that, when executed, lead to producing an output. The computation proceeds through a finite number of successive states until it terminates in an ending state (output).


A cooking recipe is one real life example of an algorithm. Ingredients (input) are successively added and processed (computation) in a pre-defined time frame, which results in a particular dish (output). Several different recipes may result in a similar dish.


Algorithms are commonly used for data processing purposes, calculation, and automated reasoning. The constantly updated Google search algorithm is just one example Check out this Gizmodo blog post to understand more about 'the algorithm that rules the Web'.


You can also check out the Algorithm problems for dummies blog for some more easy-to-digest examples. And here is another blog about algorithms. Interested in creating algorithms yourself? Check out this top coder tutorial site for some valuable resources on the subject.

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    SEO4World - News and Updates on SEO, SEM, SMM, SMO, PPC, Adwords, Adsense, Google, Yahoo, Bing — Authority Authority: 101
    By Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Land Google has confirmed reports of a Panda update with us. Thye company told us they have done a data refresh of the Google Panda algorithm about a week ago, and added that there were no additional signals or algorithm changes. This was only a data refresh. I saw reports over ...
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  • New Lossless Color Image Compression: ImageZero


    My Personal Blog — Authority Authority: 114
    A new lossless color image compression algorithm called ImageZero is being developed after the author has been dissapointed with the current algorithm available on the market. By simply looking at the benchmarks results, it is quite remarkable: Method File Size Compression Decompression uncompressed ...
    14 hours ago

  • Six Degrees of Separation.


    Dr Anil Khetarpal — Authority Authority: 105
    I have always been enthralled by the theory that any 2 people in the world are 6 steps away from being known to each other; and these 6 steps mean 6 people. The world is so small then; so beautifully small. And I must bow to my friends and superiors with enviable data analytical capabilities, with strong statistical ...
    2 days ago

  • Understand Linux-based RAM and it’s cache


    Mick Genie's Blog — Authority Authority: 100
    Linux Operating System that powered by Linux kernel have an advanced disk cache algorithm that used to store frequently access data from Hard disk. This is to explain why some Linux server’s RAM still getting high memory usage even you … Continue reading →
    3 days ago

  • Idea #163 – Algorithm for Weighted voting on websites!


    A 1000 Ideas - That will change the world for the better! — Authority Authority: 112
    Idea #163 – Algorithm for Weighted voting on websites! A1000Ideas Ever experienced an article being voted down on Digg within seconds? Or ever exspirienced not getting that quality likes you exspected for something on Facebook or YouTube? Thing is, everybody has ONE vote, just like old school democracy, but ...
    4 days ago

  • Google’s Algorithm Update Targets Ad Heavy Sites


    Search Engine Optimization Journal - Search Optimization Blog — Authority Authority: 89
    Just last week, Danny Sullivan over at Search Engine Land reported the latest Google algorithm update which targets ad heavy websites. As Google’s official blog post announcing the page layout algorithm says, the update affects “… sites where there is only a small amount of visible content above-the-fold ...
    5 days ago

  • Google’s New Page Layout Algorithm


    The Search Engine Optimization Blog @ MoreVisibility — Authority Authority: 95
    Google announced a new algorithm update on January 19 that it will start applying to search results. Simply called, the “page layout algorithm,” it’s having only a small impact so far (less than 1% of searches, according to Google). Still, the new update is causing a bit of buzz and confusion.The page layout ...
    1 week ago

  • Page Layout Algorithm Changes from Google


    Tech At Hand Dot Net — Authority Authority: 115
    In a recent post from Google Inside search blog, they have informed the public that they are making an algorithm changes that will affect the Page Layout of the site . The change says that user experience is of high importance to Google and it will penalized those site that has lots of ads on it. The key point of ...
    1 week ago

  • Minimising cellphone power consumption possible


    Thaindian News — Authority Authority: 534
    Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) Minimising power consumption of both small cell phones and giant data centres may now be possible, thanks to the first ever systematic power profile study.Their results may point the way to how companies like Google, Apple, Intel and Microsoft can make software and hardware to lower energy ...
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  • Rajinikanth’s New Website runs without Internet !


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    South film Superstar Rajinikanth’s new website has entered the ‘Breaking News’ sections all over India... more »
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  • New Google Algorithm Update Dings Sites With Excessive Ads


    Bloggeries — Authority Authority: 122
    It’s been a while since we heard about a  major algorithm update from Google  (everyone needs a vacation, right?), but it looks like the search giant is back in full swing with a new one. The latest change penalizes sites in Google’s search engine results pages (SERPs) if they have too many ads above the fold ...
    1 week ago

  • Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) Will De-Promote Irrelevant Websites


    Internet Marketing, SEO and SMO Blog — Authority Authority: 104
    Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) – a new concept of Google has been pioneered for SEO purpose. Originally, used for Google Adsense purpose, this program used to determine which Adverts are most relevant to a site. In basic and non-mathematical term, LSI is the ability of search engines to look for websites on the ...
    1 week ago

  • Google Today Roll out a new algorithm change in terms of Page layout


    SEO Tips | SEO Guide| SEO Tutorials — Authority Authority: 79
    It is said that the process of innovation has no end and we can always find something to change and make it more better so is Google on the way to make a new algorithm change from possible 500 changes in current year. Today they officially declared that they are to consider the visible content in a page for end users ...
    1 week ago

  • Google Decides Where You Should Put Your Ads, But What About Their Own Pages?


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  • Why You Need Backlinks


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    When we think of Internet marketing, the word “ backlink ” doesn’t automatically come to mind. In fact, most people who aren’t involved with a website would not even know what a backlink means. To put it simply, a backlink is any URL link from another website that will take web surfers directly to your ...
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  • The faster Fourier transform


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    A quicker picker-upper. "[A] group of MIT researchers will present a new algorithm that, in a large range of practically important cases, improves on the fast Fourier transform."
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  • Why Content Is Supreme?


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  • Faster-than-fast Fourier transform


    VizWorld.com — Authority Authority: 115
    At the upcoming ACM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms conference, a group of MIT researchers is presenting a new Fourier Transform algorithm that can improve on the now-standard “Fast Fourier Transform” (FFT) algorithm by a full order of magnitude. In the SODA paper, they do this by repeatedly cutting the slice ...
    1 week ago

  • MIT NEWS: The faster-than-fast Fourier transform


    Quantum Day — Authority Authority: 463
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Fourier transform is one of the most fundamental concepts in the information sciences. It’s a method for representing an irregular signal — like the voltage fluctuations in the wire that connects an MP3 player to a loudspeaker — as a combination of pure frequencies. It’s universal in ...
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  • Google Adwords Tips - Learn Before Trying


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    Google Adwords Tips – Learn Before Trying One of the best Google adwords tips I can give you is to not consider this a do it yourself type of traffic tool. Adwords has many elements to it and if you want to make more money than you spend you will need to find someone, or some course, to teach you how to get the ...
    1 week ago

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