The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

Define 'algorithm.'

• a series of steps or procedure that is used in order to complete a task.

• processing data and information

• reflecting on problems

• a computer virus

All algorithms solve a problem.

• True

• False

Algorthms are little more than

• a series of step by step instructions

• questions and answers

• math problems

The first algorithm was developed by who?

• a Greek mathematician

• a noble prize winner

• a computer science engineer

Two PhD students from Stanford created Google in their garage.

• True

• False

Google was created using what algortihm?

• Filter Sort

• Page Rank

• Bubble Sort

• Rank Sort

Page Rank put the most interested at the bottom.

• True

• False

Google handles over ______________ searches a day.

• 300 million

• 800 billion

• 3.5 billion

• 1.5 million

Google is worth more than ___________________.

• $200 million

• $850 billion

• $450 billion

• $900 million

Bubble sort considers things in _________and swap them over if they are in the wrong order.

• groups

• pairs

• integers

• sequences