4.2.2 Searching Algorithms

Imagine you have a huge pile of papers, and you're looking for one specific paper with your name on it. How do you find it? You use a searching algorithm! In computer science, searching algorithms are step-by-step methods that computers use to find a specific piece of information within a larger collection of data.

Bibliography:

Searching Algorithm. (n.d.). GeeksforGeeks. Retrieved July 11, 2025, from https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/searching-algorithms/
Searching algorithms: What's it all about? (n.d.). Techopedia. Retrieved July 11, 2025, from https://www.csunplugged.org/en/topics/searching-algorithms/whats-it-all-about/

Further Reading:

In-depth guide to how Google Search works (n.d.). Google Search Central. Retrieved from https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/how-search-works