Third person singular present tense of evaluate; to assess or determine the value, quality, or importance of something.
From Latin 'evaluare' (e- out + valuare from valere to be worth), literally meaning to find the value of. This sense developed in medieval commerce and finance.
Google's PageRank algorithm evaluates web pages by analyzing millions of links—Sergey Brin and Larry Page essentially created a mathematical way for computers to 'understand' worth, transforming how we find information.
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