What is insert tech word here
Simple explanations for complicated tech topics.
Brought to you by a software engineer with a lot of explaining to do.
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What is: Malware
What is malware? Basically, it’s any software that was written specifically to cause problems and hurt people. This can range from turning your computer into a brick, to accessing your online bank accounts and draining all your funds, to enlisting your electric toothbrush in an attack to take down the entire internet.
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What is: Hacking
Maybe someone you know got locked out of their Facebook account. Or maybe you got an email from your grocery store telling you that you won a prize with a link which you clicked, and now someone on the internet has the banking information you stored on your computer the last time you bought something…
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What is: The Internet
Okay, okay, I know. You’re on the internet right now reading this. But the internet is kind of like electricity. Lots of people use it. Few understand what it actually is. After this article, you will be part of the few. A Simple Definition So what is the internet, really? Remember that talk we had…
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What is: Big Data
Big Data is a very, very large collection of information, which has lots of different formats and also changes a lot. This is both super useful and a huge problem.
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What is: Machine Learning
To learn, humans have a brain, eyes to see, and hands to recreate. AI has none of that. So how does it work? How do machines actually learn? The answer might not surprise you. The answer is math. It’s all just math.
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What is: AI
“An attempt will be made to find how to make machines use language, form abstractions and concepts, solve kinds of problems now reserved for humans, and improve themselves”. So there you have it. That’s what AI is. The study of how to make machines talk, solve problems, and learn. Except not really?
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What Is: Blockchain
When it comes to hype, few technologies have made it like Blockchain. There’s just something about this software that captures people’s imaginations, while completely bypassing the part of their brain asking annoying questions like “wait, how does this work again?” and “are we sure we want to invest our life savings in this?” So today,…
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What is: The Cloud
At this point, each one of us has enough personal information stored on the Cloud to give your average privacy advocate a nervous breakdown. It’s therefore a bit worrying that so few people actually know what Cloud is. It’s even more worrying that it’s so hard to find a decent explanation. I discovered this recently…
