basically it is impossible for a computer program to tell if it will or will not halt. If it can, then p=np, and a proof of that has a million dollar prize. It is not simple by any means.

Earlier this year, Andrew Smith wrote about "Franken-algorithms" for The Guardian, suggesting that software in our lives had become complex and unpredictable and the consequences could be deadly.

Learn what a computer program is with this KS1 primary computing guide from BBC Bitesize for years 1 and 2. ... It is a special type of algorithm that a computer can understand.

The use of algorithms to create music is not new. Researchers used computer programs to generate piano sheet music as far back as the 1950s, and musicians from that era such as Iannis Xenakis and ...

A Bachelor of Computer Science degree takes a minimum of three or four years (90 – 120 credits) of full-time study, depending on your academic background. The core provides a basic and broad study of ...

Learn what a computer program is with this KS1 primary computing guide from BBC Bitesize for years 1 and 2. ... It is a special type of algorithm that a computer can understand.