What is some basic stuff?

[Tom]

What does std stand for and what does the algorithm header do?

 

[Jeff Schwab]

What does std stand for
standard

and what does the algorithm header do?

It declares functions, classes and templates that encapsulate algorithms.

 

[osmium]

I think this link will be quite helpful.

http://www.litho.ucalgary.ca/opt/SPRO/stdlib/stdref/Alg_5157.htm#Algorithms
by Category

I think Microsoft's Outlook Express is going to screw up the link, though so
you will have to patch it. I only have version 5.0 so it is in a kind of
pre-release state so far. I am looking forward to Windows 3000, with some
hope.

 

[Rolf Magnus]

I think Microsoft's Outlook Express is going to screw up the link,
though so you will have to patch it. I only have version 5.0 so it is
in a kind of pre-release state so far. I am looking forward to
Windows 3000, with some hope.

Well, a far more effective thing to do would be to use a newsreader
instead of Outlook Express. ;-)