-- Posted by tiara at 5:15 am on Nov. 14, 2008 Yeah I'm doing a lab for computers and in order to get full marks I need to know what this means?? Those who do programming do  you have to write out algorithm and if so what are they?? -- Posted by allsmiles at 5:33 am on Nov. 14, 2008 Algorithms are sets of instructions for something to follow. Yes, programmers generally have to write out algorithms.