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 IHazABone March 16, 2015

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 holy guacomole February 24, 2020

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 Sgt. Slaughter October 27, 2005

Algorithmed

Having your comments, art or videos hidden from view by an automatic process employed by a tech company, often as a result of a form of soft censorship that is built into the algorithm employed by the tech company to suggest or deliver content to a viewer.

Usually the algorithm selects which content to hide based on political or financial interests of the tech company or its internal culture, when it lacks the human resources needed to hide such content.

Half my videos are demonetised and the rest can't be discovered by new people because Youtube has me algorithmed because we talk about things they don't want us to talk about.

by TheSpeakerOfTheHouse February 25, 2020

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 Flying_Banana March 19, 2017

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.
<Greg and Fred both crack a beer and proceed to get drunk>

by vaxt February 21, 2006

algorithm

How Al Gore gets his groove on.

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 Kanav March 10, 2006