What is an algorithm and how is it created?

Question

For example, Tiktok, Instagram, etc. all have an “algorithm”. But what is that? Who creates it?

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Answer 1

An algorithm is just a fancy word for a series of repeatable steps. A recipe is a kind of algorithm. The way you were taught to do long division is an algorithm. Generally it’s a term used in technical fields, predominately computer science, where the steps are usually wriiten and executed as code. But with AI and tools like Power Automate algorithms are being built with little to no code by every day people.