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Hashing Algorithms for Memory Addressing

Posted on by Administrator Posted in A Level Concepts, Algorithms, Computer Science, Computing Concepts

In this blog post, we will investigate the use of hashing algorithms to quickly locate a record in a large database. Let’s consider the database of members of a social network such as Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. Every time the…

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Recursive vs. Iterative Palindrome Check

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

For this challenge we will investigate two algorithms used to find out if a word is a palindrome or not. The first algorithm will use an iterative approach, the second algorithm will use a recursive approach. Iterative Approach An iterative…

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Blackbeard’s Hidden Treasures

Posted on by Administrator Posted in A Level Quiz, Coding Quiz, Computer Science, Computing Concepts, GCSE Concepts, GCSE Quiz, Quizzes, Solved Challenges

The period of the late 17th and early 18th centuries is known as the Golden Age of Piracy. During this period the most notorious and the most feared of all pirates was Blackbeard. There are many legends based around Blackbeard’s…

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Blackbeard’s Treasure Map

Posted on by Administrator Posted in A Level Concepts, A Level Quiz, Coding Quiz, Computer Science, GCSE Concepts, GCSE Quiz, Python - Intermediate, Python Challenges, Solved Challenges

We have all heard of the famous English pirate called Blackbeard who sailed the seven seas during the XVIII century. Through his numerous acts of piracy, Blackbeard accumulated a huge collection of riches including golden coins, jewels, golden plates and…

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The Pigpen Cipher

Posted on by Administrator Posted in Computer Science, Cryptography, HTML, CSS & JavaScript, JavaScript

The Pigpen cipher (a.k.a. tic-tac-toe cipher) is a geometric substitution cipher, which exchanges letters for symbols which are fragments of a grid. Secret Message Using the key provided on the right, can you decode the following secret message?   Pigpen…

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The Rail Fence Cipher

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

The rail fence cipher (sometimes called zigzag cipher) is a transposition cipher that jumbles up the order of the letters of a message using a basic algorithm. The rail fence cipher works by writing your message on alternate lines across…

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Semaphore Code Using Python Turtle

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

Flag semaphore is a telegraphy system conveying information at a distance by means of visual signals with hand-held flags. Information is encoded by the position of the flags. The current flag semaphore system uses two short poles with square flags,…

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Is my credit card valid?

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

In this challenge we will use the Luhn Algorithm to check if a debit card or credit card number is a valid card number. This method is used every time you scan or enter your credit card number (e.g. when…

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Cryptographic Challenge: Base64 to Hex

Posted on by Administrator Posted in Computer Science, Computing Concepts, Cryptography

Extension Task Using the same approach, we can encode message in a range of encoding schemes such as Hexadeximal (4-bits per character), Base32 (5 bits per character), Base64 (6 bits per character), Extended ASCII (8 bits per character). You can…

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Name the Logic Gate

Posted on by Administrator Posted in A Level Concepts, A Level Quiz, Computer Hardware, Computer Science, Computing Concepts, Physical Computing

Look at the logic gates diagrams below. For each of these diagrams, complete the Truth Table corresponding to the diagram. Can you name the logic gate that each diagram is equivalent to? Check Your Answers You can now recreate these…

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