4.2 Algorithms

Imagine you have a recipe for baking cookies. That recipe tells you exactly what ingredients to use and what steps to follow, in order, to get your delicious cookies. In computer science, an algorithm is very similar! It's a set of clear, step-by-step instructions that a computer can follow to solve a problem or complete a task.

Algorithms are super important because they are the "brains" behind all the apps, games, and websites you use every day. Without algorithms, computers wouldn't know what to do!