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https://digitalage19.sites.grinnell.edu/reading/data-search-linear-and-binary-search/ CSC 105, Spring 2019 Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:48:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://digitalage19.sites.grinnell.edu/reading/data-search-linear-and-binary-search/#comment-71 Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:48:22 +0000 https://digitalage19.sites.grinnell.edu/?p=614#comment-71 In computer science, understanding the difference between linear and binary search potentially saves millions of dollars. Through the in-class examples, we learned that binary search significantly compresses the amount of storage compared to a linear search. This way, binary search not only saves time by compressing data, but the money needed to store it is primarily decreased. This is relevant in our Digital Age where trillions of megabytes of data are stored throughout the world. For every bite needed to store such massive amounts of information, there comes an increasing price of storage. Due to the increase of storage space through linear search, all of the current technological advancements would take an increasing amount of time and money. Since understanding search algorithms can save millions of dollars, I agree with your statement to prioritize the understanding of foundational search algorithms.

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