Algorithm

What is an algorithm

• A beat in music
• A sequence of events
• A flow chart
• A computer language

What is a flow chart

• A visual way of seeing an algoritm
• A chart on how fast a river flows
• A computer language
• Meaningless shapes

What does this shape represent?

• Start/End
• A Process
• A Decision

What does this shape represent?

• Start/End
• A Process
• A Decision

What does this shape represent?

• Start/End
• A Process
• A Decision

Which is more efficient?

• Bubble sort
• Merge sort

Which sort looks at two numbers at a time and decides which is higher?

• Bubble sort
• Merge sort

Which is more efficient?

• Linear search
• Binary search

Which search looks at each item in order they are stored until it finds what it is looking for?

• Linear search
• Binary search

Which search has to put the items in order first?

• Linear search
• Binary search