Learn what an algorithm is with this KS1 primary computing guide from BBC Bitesize for years 1 and 2. We will define what an algorithm is and how they work.

The word algorithm is indispensable in our lives in Google searches, social media analysis, programs that execute and process specific tasks, the development of artificial intelligence, etc ...

Those results were originally calculated using an algorithm, which was set to be the method for grading the GCSEs. But just what is an algorithm and how does it work?

To create the algorithm, the researchers used data, including behavioral, demographic and epidemic disease trends, to create a model of disease spread that captures underlying population dynamics ...