Have you ever wondered exactly what is happening in that millisecond that you wait for Google to find what you're searching for? I had Lewis Bell, a junior in Computer Science at the University of Maryland, better explain algorithms to me as I read John MacCormack's "Nine Algorithms that Changed the Future" to further understand the awesome PageRank algorithm that changed the Internet forever. Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the co-founders of Google, used this algorithm to have a search engine like no other site. Their complex process of finding the ultimate search-match is what helped them become number one in the search engine business today. Their unique PageRank basis of the calculation, which they still use today, makes you appreciate algorithms and their role in our everyday lives, no matter how simple or complex they are.
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