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Coding

The category “Coding” covers anything related to communicating with computers. People use coding to give computers and other machines instructions on what actions to perform. Further, we use it to program the websites, apps, and other technologies we interact with every day. While coding means writing codes from one language to another, programming means to program a machine with a given set of instructions to run. For this section of Jackson Journal we use “Coding” and “Programming” interchangeably.

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History of Coding

By: Darwin Cabrera, Journalist

The history of Coding. Ada Lovelace was the first to create an algorithm to process the Analytical Engine. The first computers used a written binary code to store information.in 1949 Assembly language...

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2025 Is the Year of the Coder

By: Noor Ouertatni, Journalist
Human coders are needed to find bugs, and errors in computer code, and humans can do this task better than AI most of the time. The world will always need more coders, and 2025 is a great year to learn how.
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Google Willow Quantum Chip

By: Joseph Park, Journalist
The 105- qubit computer completed an RCS(Random Circut Sampling) calculation in 5 minutes. A program that would take the worlds fastest super computer 10 septillion years (1025 ). 
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History Of Websites

By: Basheir Khalid, Journalist
The internet as we know it today is a vast space filled with information, entertainment, and communication. But to understand the websites we visit daily, it’s important to look back at their history and evolution. The journey of websites reflects the rapid advancement of technology and changes in society’s internet use.
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What Goes Into Creating A Video Game

By: Vaibhav Saravanan, Journalist
Video games are a popular pastime for many people. While most of us have played them, have you ever wondered what goes into creating a video game?
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History Of The Xbox

By: Junior Alvarado, journalist

5 Fun Facts about Xbox: Xbox was invented on November 15, 2001, and the latest Xbox was invented in November 2020. The most popular Xbox game is Fortnite Over 200 million monthly active users...

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How To Use the GameMaker Studio 2

By: Anas Abukar, Journalist
GameMaker is a free 2D game developing software, it was used by many indie game developers to create popular games like: Hotline Miami, Deltarune, and Terraria.
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Generative AI is becoming the future

Generative AI is becoming the future

By: Esah Sheikh, Journalist
Generative AI is a huge advancement in AI. The future is relying on automation and this technology helps us move further.
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Laser Maze Security System

Laser Maze Security System

By: Gary Taylor, Benjamin Nguyen, and David Leach
For our engineering project, we made a laser maze security system. A laser maze security system uses a laser that connects to a LDR(Light Dependant Resistor), and when that beam is crossed, an alarm goes off.
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What is an FPGA?

By: Tyler Cline, Journalist
An FPGA is an integrated circuit made out of a semiconductor, where the user can reconfigure the logic multiple times after manufacturing to meet their requirements. This property makes them very different from application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) because ASICs can only do the specific task they were designed for.
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Top 10 most useful Linux commands

By: Jiaxiang Xie, Journalist
Commands are really useful when using any Linux based Operating System like Raspberry Pi OS, especially as a maker. Of course, there are hundreds of other individual commands that can be altered, changed, and added onto. This guide will introduce you to the wonderful world of Linux commands.
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The History Behind The Unbreakable Machine: Enigma

By: Rachel Cao, Journalist
They discovered that at this pace it would take them 20 million years to decode Enigma. Cracking this code was a silent victory for the Allies, saving 14 million lives and two years of war.
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