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Algorithms

Algorithms are step-by-step sets of instructions for solving a problem or completing a task, much like a recipe tells you exactly what to do to bake a cake. Computers rely on algorithms to do everything from sorting lists of numbers to recommending videos, and a big part of studying algorithms is comparing how fast or efficient different methods are at solving the same problem. Learning algorithms means learning to think clearly and systematically about how to break a problem into precise, repeatable steps.