{"id":543,"date":"2008-12-01T09:48:38","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T09:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/?p=543"},"modified":"2008-12-01T09:48:38","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T09:48:38","slug":"get-it-sorted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/2008\/12\/get-it-sorted\/","title":{"rendered":"Get it sorted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lewis.dsruptiv.net\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/RIXLUTS3a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-345\" alt=\"RIXLUTS3a\" src=\"http:\/\/lewis.dsruptiv.net\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/RIXLUTS3a.jpg\" width=\"106\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Computers don\u2019t just automatically know how to do things \u2013 they need software programmed for them by people. Amobile phone, for example, has software installed to tell the on-board computer how to carry out different functions. This includes running the menus, digitising your voice to transmit it, and even playing music or games. The softwarebreaks down these functions into individual tasks, each of which is processed by a particular algorithm. \u2018Algorithm\u2019 may sound technical, but it is just a way of describing how to do something. An algorithm is a list of instructions, like following a recipe to bake a cake.<\/p>\n<p>Download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rigb.org\/christmaslectures08\/html\/activities\/get-it-sorted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"StumbleUpon\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"Lewis_Dartnell\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Get%20it%20sorted\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computers don\u2019t just automatically know how to do things \u2013 they need software programmed for them by people. Amobile phone, for example, has software installed to tell the on-board computer how to carry out different functions. This includes running the menus, digitising your voice to transmit it, and even playing music or games. 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