Download In not more than 150 words: Define what you understand by the term

Date: 23/5/2012
COURSE: ICS 801
REG. NO: P58/76170/2012
NAME: Wycliffe Mutangili M.
In not more than 150 words:
Define what you understand by the term ALGORITHM.
An algorithm is a step by step computational procedure that uses a pseudo code, natural
language, or a flow chart to solve a problem by producing a value/solution as an output stored
in a data structure. The output is given within a given period of time which is counted in time
units and speed.
It can be used to solve different types of problems including:
1. Routing packets and searching Data.
Algorithms can be used to determine the best route to use in computer Networks to transmit
data using shortest routes possible and searching for data from the internet using search
engines such as Google and Bing.
2. DNA analysis and matching.
Algorithms are used in solving biological problems by matching and analyzing DNA.