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Algorithms are procedures that take in some input and produce some output. The reason why algorithms should be studied is because it does not rely specifically on technology. Algorithms do not require you to know java or c++ or whatever technology comes out tomorrow. It requires that you have an understanding of the concept of the steps that are involved to solve a problem for a given set of programming languages with common features.

In the past, there were no such things as having multiple processors in the early days. When the newer technology arrived, computer scientists, through the study of algorithms, were able to develop newer ways of solving problems...there are a lot of different programming languages that offer multi-core programming and it doesn't matter as much which language you use...you can get the same rate of growth of performance/memory as the ones developed by computer scientists.

The topic of algorithms is important in computer science because it allows for analysis on different ways to compute things and ultimately come up with the best way to solve a particular problem. By best I mean one that consumes the least amount of resources or has the fastest running time.

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