# Algorithmic bias | ![img \|150](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/02-Sandvig-Seeing-the-Sort-2014-WEB.png/320px-02-Sandvig-Seeing-the-Sort-2014-WEB.png) | **Algorithmic bias** describes systematic and repeatable errors in a computer system that create "unfair" outcomes, such as "privileging" one category over another in ways different from the intended function of the algorithm. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Algorithmic bias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_bias) |