Have you ever wondered how your GPS can find the fastest route to your destination by selecting a path from seemingly countless options in a matter of seconds? Or how your credit card number is protected when you make a purchase online? The answer lies in algorithms. But how do these mathematical formulations translate into your GPS, laptop, or smartphone? This book offers an engagingly written guide to the fundamentals of computer algorithms. In "Algorithms Unlocked," Thomas Cormen, co-author of the leading textbook on the subject, provides a general explanation with limited mathematics of how algorithms enable computers to solve problems. Readers will learn what computer algorithms are, how to describe them, and how to evaluate them. They will discover simple ways to search for information in a computer and methods for restructuring information within a computer.