Algorithms are turning up in the most unlikely places, promising to assert mathematical probability into corners of our lives where intuition, instinct and hunches have long held sway.

As anyone who has ever taken an introductory programming class knows, algorithms are at the heart of computer programming and computer science.

Computer programming is a lot like chess. It is fairly simple to teach people the moves. But knowing how the pieces move isn’t the reason you can win. You have to understand how the pieces wo… ...

An algorithm proposed two decades ago that demonstrated the benefit of using quantum mechanics to solve certain problems has finally been run on a quantum computer.

We call a list of instructions an algorithm. The list of instructions we give to a computer is called a computer program. It is a special type of algorithm that a computer can understand.

Making the real-world connection, the guide then walks programmers through implementing the algorithms on IBM's publicly available 5-qubit IBMQX4 quantum computer and others.

A NEW breed of art has evolved. A computer program has been built that creates digital artworks using algorithms that mimic natural selection. Yasuhiro Suzuki at Nagoya University in Japan and ...

There are concerns about whether or not the programmers building the savvy algorithms that run our lives are still in control of their creations.

To prove it, Lovelace wrote what is often regarded as the first computer program in history, an algorithm with which the Analytical Engine would calculate the Bernoulli sequence of numbers.

Learn about and revise algorithms with this BBC Bitesize GCSE Computer Science Eduqas study guide.