I would presume that processors do division using some more efficient method, given that they don't seem to take an hour when I tell them to divide seven into two billion, but how do they do it?

The current installment covers using Newton’s algorithm to do division. Steve Martin had a famous bit about how to be a millionaire and never pay taxes.

The main reason for the new digital divide, in my opinion as someone who studies information systems, is that so few people understand how algorithms work.

Study proposes a communication-efficient, divide and conquer algorithm that combines information from sub-machines using confidence distributions. The theoretical relationship between the number ...

Learn what an algorithm is with this KS1 primary computing guide from BBC Bitesize for years 1 and 2. We will define what an algorithm is and how they work.