What does Shor's algorithm actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

What does algorithm driven actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

Melanie Mitchell, Davis professor of complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, offered a simple explanation of a computer algorithm.

Peter Shor, a computer scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, explains why he devised an algorithm for a quantum computer that could unravel our online data encryption. Celeste ...