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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 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

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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Sora AI

By: Joseph Park, Journalist
Sora AI is an AI developed by Open AI, and was created in February of 2024. It is a text to video AI that can generate videos that are up to one minute long.  Sora is one of the most advanced AI for our time.
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History of The Dark Web

By: Basheir Khalid, Journalist
As stated many times before, the dark web is very dangerous as it brings many illegal activities while being anonymous. There are many hackers are on the dark web and when you try and open some links or just do the dark web you may get a virus or get hacked by a hacker.
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Hacking: What It Really Is

By: Christian Jeon, Journalist
Hacking, in the simplest terms, is the process of finding vulnerabilities in a system and exploiting them. Let's break down this process to understand how hacking works.
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