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  2. Advent of Code - Wikipedia

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    Advent of Code is an annual set of Christmas-themed computer programming challenges that follow an Advent calendar. [1] [2] It has been running since 2015.[3]The programming puzzles cover a variety of skill sets and skill levels and can be solved using any programming language.

  3. History of free and open-source software - Wikipedia

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    The history of free and open-source software begins at the advent of computer software in the early half of the 20th century. In the 1950s and 1960s, computer operating software and compilers were delivered as a part of hardware purchases without separate fees.

  4. Semaphore - Wikipedia

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    The telegraph continued to be used commercially for over 100 years and Morse code is still used by amateur radio enthusiasts. Telecommunication evolved replacing the electric telegraph with the advent of wireless telegraphy, teleprinter, telephone, radio, television, satellite, mobile phone, Internet and broadband. [23] [24]

  5. Bill Gates says Steve Ballmer was the business partner he ...

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    Bill Gates found a kindred spirit, a social connector, a confidant, a study buddy, and a true business partner in Steve Ballmer, he writes in his new memoir, "Source Code: My Beginnings."

  6. Book excerpt: "Source Code: My Beginnings" by Bill Gates - AOL

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    The page included a sample program written in BASIC telling the computer how to add two numbers. Ready . . . 10 INPUT X,Y. 20 LET A=X+Y. 30 PRINT A. ... When I wrote imprecise code, the computer ...

  7. Cryptography - Wikipedia

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    In colloquial use, the term "code" is often used to mean any method of encryption or concealment of meaning. However, in cryptography, code has a more specific meaning: the replacement of a unit of plaintext (i.e., a meaningful word or phrase) with a code word (for example, "wallaby" replaces "attack at dawn"). A cypher, in contrast, is a ...

  8. Information Age - Wikipedia

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    For example, workers in the United States were once well paid in comparison to those in other countries. With the advent of the Information Age and improvements in communication, this is no longer the case, as workers must now compete in a global job market , whereby wages are less dependent on the success or failure of individual economies.

  9. India axes import tax on some smartphone parts in boost to ...

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    India has removed import duties on some components key to producing mobile phones, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the annual budget on Saturday, in a boost for local production ...