Today, an algorithm usually refers to “a sequence of instructions that tells a computer what to do.” A computer program is an algorithm, written in a computer programming language, ...

In other domains, what’s described above as a model is itself called an algorithm. Though that’s confusing, under the broadest definition it is also accurate: models are rules (learned by the ...

BREAKING DOWN 'Algorithm' Algo trading, also known as automated trading or black-box trading, uses a computer program to buy or sell securities at a pace not possible for humans.

Algorithms are a series of steps that, when combined, form the basis of a computer program. A flowchart is a visual representation of the algorithm. Advertisement ...

Now that said, an algorithm needs to be defined and told what to do. Whether the algorithm exists for the planning & buying of media, or within dynamic creative, a DSP, an SSP, a Facebook optimizing ...

Sort Algorithms: Imagine being handed a jumbled pile of numbered cards and being asked to arrange them in ascending or descending order. Sort algorithms do precisely that, but in the digital domain.

Filterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the algorithms that dictate what we watch, read and listen to. He argues that machine-guided curation makes us docile consumers.