Define Algorithm Meaning

Algorithm
Something programmers use when they don't want to explain their code.

How did you translate the data from the hashtable to a few characters?
An algorithm.

How did you make the game run faster?
I optimized the running time of the algorithm.
By Charlene
Algorithm
An algorithm is a precise process for solving a specific problem in a finite number of steps

An example of an algorithm is how your computer works. You tell it what to do and it utilizes all aspects to complete the job as quickly as possible.
By Una
Algorithm
A set of steps used to solve a problem. A word primarily used in the fields of mathematics and computer science, but can be applied to almost anything.

Fred: Hey man, find a job yet?
Greg: No man, I developed an algorithm to make some mad cash!
Fred: ...
Greg: Step 1: Obtain a case of beer. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit!
Greg: Can't argue with that logic. Beer me.
By Kevyn
Algorithm
Word used by programmers when they do not want to explain what they did.

How did you code that?

Erm, I created an algorithm...
By Maurizia
Algorithm

Bush: How does Al Gore get his groove on?
Dick: I don't know...I thought I shot him.
Condi: The Algorithm! (gaptoothed snicker)
By Jacquetta
Algorithm
what al gore doesn't have

By Daron
Algorithm
The mythical genie that lives on the internet that controls what will go viral.

Hey man, have you figured out how to get on the youtube trending page.

Yea man, you need to please the youtube algorithm
By Marice
Algorithm
Word used by programmers when they do not want to explain what they did.

"And so this is the algorithm I used to make Google search..."
By Jana
Algorithms
Algorithms = The sound Al Gore's kids heard when he was boning Mrs Gore

Algorithms,Squeaky bed, Humping noises
By Margaretha
Algorithm
the act or practice of quoting Al Gore; an Al Gore quote.

If I may make an algorithm here, I would say it's nothing more than an "inconvenient truth". The internet is abound with algorithms, the most famous being "I used to be the next president of the United States ..."
By Daloris