An algorithm is a finite sequence of rigorous, well-defined instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation. Algorithms are used as specifications for performing calculations and data processing, and are a fundamental concept in mathematics and computer science.
Machine learning (ML) is a field of study in artificial intelligence concerned with the development and study of statistical algorithms that can learn from data and generalize to unseen data. It is seen as a part of artificial intelligence, where systems learn from data to improve their performance on a specific task without being explicitly programmed. Machine learning algorithms build a model based on sample data, known as training data, to make predictions or decisions.