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Increase your knowledge about how computers work, and what it means to program them.
What Is Unicode?
Learn about the Unicode standard, a global way to encode the characters that computers use.
How to Determine if Your Computer Is 32-Bit or 64-Bit
Follow these steps if you want to find out if your computer is 32-bit or 64-bit.
How Bits and Bytes Work
A useful introduction into how bits and bytes go together with computers.
The Open Source Definition
Discover the criteria that open source software must comply to.
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