Author: Administrator

Return On Investment Calculator

Posted on by Administrator Posted in Computer Science, Python - Beginner, Python Challenges, Solved Challenges

A group of students have setup a young enterprise at the start of the year and are now evaluating how successful their business was. One approach to evaluate the profitability of a business is to calculate both the profit (or…

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Storage Units Conversions – Quiz

Posted on by Administrator Posted in Computer Science, Computing Concepts, GCSE Concepts, GCSE Quiz, Quizzes

The following diagram is a quick recap of the main storage units used to estimate the size of a file or the storage capacity of a storing device. Take the Quiz! (open full screen)

Flappy Bird Animation using Pygame

Posted on by Administrator Posted in Computer Science, Python - Advanced, Python Challenges

In this blog post we are going to investigate how to animate a sprite when creating a video game using Python and the Pygame library. We will aim to create a frame-based animation using a rnage of graphics for our…

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Adding a Timer using Python

Posted on by Administrator Posted in Computer Science, Python - Intermediate, Python Challenges

In this blog post we will investigate how we implement a timer to add in any of our Python game/projects. To do so we will use the time library in Python. So, to import the time library we will add…

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The MafiaBoy dDoS attack

Posted on by Administrator Posted in A Level Concepts, Computer Science, Solved Challenges, UK Legislation

This post is part of series of blog posts investigating different impacts of UK legislation relevant to Computer Science with a particular focus on: Data Protection Legislation Intellectual Property Protection (incl. Copyright and Trade Marks legislation) Computer Misuse Act (1990)

Snake Game Using Python

Posted on by Administrator Posted in Computer Science, OOP Concepts, Python - Advanced, Python Challenges, Solved Challenges

In this Python programming challenge, we are going to revisit the classic game called Snake. In this game, the player controls a snake using the arrow keys of the keyboard. The snake can go in all four directions (up, down,…

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The Environmental Impacts of Computer Science

Posted on by Administrator Posted in A Level Concepts, Computer Science, GCSE Concepts, Solved Challenges

This post is part of series of blog posts investigating different ethical, environmental and legal impacts of Computer Science in today’s world.

The Apple–FBI Encryption Dispute

Posted on by Administrator Posted in A Level Concepts, Computer Science, Solved Challenges, UK Legislation

This post is part of series of blog posts investigating different impacts of UK legislation relevant to Computer Science with a particular focus on: Data Protection Legislation Intellectual Property Protection (incl. Copyright and Trade Marks legislation) Computer Misuse Act (1990)

Unveiling the World of Ethical Hacking

Posted on by Administrator Posted in A Level Concepts, Computer Science, Solved Challenges, UK Legislation

This post is part of series of blog posts investigating different impacts of UK legislation relevant to Computer Science with a particular focus on: Data Protection Legislation Intellectual Property Protection (incl. Copyright and Trade Marks legislation) Computer Misuse Act (1990)

Mickey Mouse Enters the Public Domain

Posted on by Administrator Posted in A Level Concepts, Computer Science, Solved Challenges, UK Legislation

This post is part of series of blog posts investigating different impacts of UK legislation relevant to Computer Science with a particular focus on: Data Protection Legislation Intellectual Property Protection (incl. Copyright and Trade Marks legislation) Computer Misuse Act (1990)