A Level Concepts - 101 Computing

CPU Design using Logic Gates

Administrator — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 08:45:17 +0000

Let’s embark on an exciting journey to dissect and understand a small, fully functional CPU made entirely of logic gates. This design serves as a proof of concept, illustrating how the main components of a CPU work together to execute…

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Designing a 4-Byte RAM Circuit using Logic Gates

Administrator — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 15:52:13 +0000

In the world of digital electronics, memory storage is a fundamental concept that underpins the functionality of computers and other digital systems. At the heart of these systems are logic gates and circuits that work together to store and retrieve…

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The Uses and Characteristics of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs)

Administrator — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:17:55 +0000

A Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is a specialised electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to perform complex calculations on large data sets and/or to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to…

Software Development Methodologies

Administrator — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:24:52 +0000

Software development methodologies are structured approaches to the process of creating software. They provide a framework that guides business analysts, system designers, software developers, system testers and project managers through the various stages of software development, from initial concept to…

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Lossless Compression Algorithms using Python

Administrator — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:44:42 +0000

In today’s data-driven world, efficient storage and transmission of information are more critical than ever. Lossless compression techniques play a pivotal role in achieving this efficiency by reducing data size without compromising its integrity. Unlike lossy compression, which sacrifices some…

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Scheduling Algorithms – Python Challenge

Administrator — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:32:31 +0000

One of the main purpose of the Operating System is to control the hardware and more specifically the CPU. The CPU performs all the jobs/processes requested by the different applications. A scheduler is a program of the Operating System that…

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Parameter Passing: Take the Quiz

Administrator — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:25:54 +0000

When we call a function in a programming language, we often need to pass data (or parameters) to that function for it to operate on. The way these parameters are passed — either by value or by reference — plays…

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MS-DOS Emulator

Administrator — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 16:19:50 +0000

MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an early operating system developed by Microsoft in the early 1980s. It was widely used on IBM-compatible personal computers and is known for its command-line interface, where users type commands to perform tasks rather…

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Smoothies Ingredients Data Set

Administrator — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:01:21 +0000

For this programming challenge, we are going to practise reading and extracting data from a JSON file. We will be using a JSON file storing information about the ingredients and recipes for 20 different smoothies. JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) JavaScript…

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Paris 2024 – JSON Challenge

Administrator — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:45:20 +0000

The Paris 2024 Olympics provided a great opportunity for around 10,500 athletes to compete in 329 events, each event giving an opportunity for competing athletes to win one of the three medals: Gold, Silver and Bronze. All together, 206 countries…

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