[ThreeFx]

Best known is indeed meant as "most widely known" (although that may be true for only my little bubble). I think it's taught in most type theory / formal methods courses though. If anybody has facts for/against this claim I'd be happy to update the page.

[kevincox]

It might make sense to update to "most widely known" to avoid that source of ambiguity. You can take that sentence as ((best known) algorithm) or (best (known algorithm))

[p0llard]

Yeah I think you're definitely right, and Algorithm W is how HM was introduced to me when I studied it.

kevincox's comment sums up my misunderstanding.