A computer program is an algorithm, written in a computer programming language, that a computer can understand and execute.

Learn what an algorithm is and how they can be represented in Bitesize KS3 Computer Science.

The world of computing is full of buzzwords: AI, supercomputers, machine learning, the cloud, quantum computing and more. One word in particular is used throughout computing – algorithm.

Other algorithms: what do they do? The purpose of an algorithm is to achieve a particular computing goal. Certain companies, for example, may have a data scientist, computer scientist, business ...

Quantum computers promise enormous computational power, but the nature of quantum states makes computation and data ...

That’s why there is serious work underway to design new types of algorithms that are resistant to even the most powerful quantum computer we can imagine. What do these algorithms even do?

The goal of cognitive computing is to simulate human thought processes in a computerized model. Using self-learning algorithms that use data mining, pattern recognition and natural language ...

One notable example is the $34 million secured by British quantum algorithms specialist Phasecraft from a group of investors, including an entity linked to Danish pharmaceutical ...

Chinese researchers claim to have successfully used a quantum computer to attack key encryption algorithms used in blockchain and banking.