Step 1:
What is the ouput? Exactly what will the task produce?
Step 2:
Identify the data. What input is necessary to produce the output?
Step 3:
Determine how to process the input to obtain the desired output. What formulas or ways of doing things can be used to obtain the output?
The programming development cycle is a process of steps, used by programmers to more efficiently manage their time ...
Read more →In December of 2011, I entered a coding competition sponsored by NASA, the USPTO and Harvard University. The competition allowed for use of Open Source software to meet the software requirements. The competition also required that all open source software should be compatible with Apache License, Version 2.0. After a bit of research, I found the following information:
“In practice, an open source software license must also meet the GNU Free Software Definition; the GNU project publishes a list of licenses ...
Read more →This thread was created to document resources needed for the USPTO Tournament Challenge.
Source: http://community.topcoder.com/ntl/
The contest will requires advanced knowledge of:
Open source software is allowable as submission ...
Read more →After a bit of research I found that BSD license is compatible with Apache 2.0 as of Jan 9, 2008. “On January 9th, 2008 the OSI Board approved BSD-2-Clause, which is used by FreeBSD and others. It omits the final “no-endorsement” clause and is thus roughly equivalent to the MIT License.” (Source: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause)
One thing to consider is that for each individual open source software, you must follow the terms and conditions, as they apply. I would strongly suggest ...
Read more →TCP – UDP Port Lookup
Source accessed: 11/14/2011
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For those of us interested in a career in web design, it is essential that we understand the phrase “web design” from a dynamic standpoint as opposed to the 
widely accepted HTML definition. This article evaluates the term “web design” as it directly relates to different career paths in the field of “web design”. It will also include relevant links to help you ...
There is no one who dreams of technology that has not given thought to how an education at MIT could send us to the top of the Computer Scientists charts. Although most of us may not be able to attend MIT, we can still take the classes they offer, and for FREE I might add. MIT OpenCourseWare is a name you should have tattoed across your chest, forearm, or forehead, as ...
Read more →The development of software includes a series of steps kwown as the Software Development Life Cycle. A modern method of of SDLC is known as the Unified Process. This post has been created to list the steps involved within the Unified Process.
Reference:
Burd, S. (2006). Systems Architecture, 5th edition, Thomson Learning, Boston, Massachusetts.
Problem solving techniques can be applied to both life and the field of computer science. In both instances, there are different methodologies that can be applied; for, the use of a specific methodology is directly dependent on the type of problem that must be solved.
This article will define the different types pf problem solving methodologies, as well as the different types of problems they can solve.
The request-response-result methodology works best ...
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