Why do we need searching algorithms?
We often need to find one particular item of Units of information. In computing there can be different data types, including integers, characters and Boolean. Data is often acted on by instructions. amongst many hundreds, thousands, millions or more. For example, you might need to find someone’s phone number on your phone, or a particular business’s address in the UK.
This is why searching A sequence of logical instructions for carrying out a task. In computing, algorithms are needed to design computer programs. are important. Without them you would have to look at each item of data – each phone number or business address – individually, to see whether it is what you are looking for. In a large set of data, it will take a long time to do this. Instead, a searching algorithm can be used to help find the item of data you are looking for.
There are many different types of searching algorithms. Two of them are linear search (also known as serial search) and binary search.
