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Apr 20, 2020
Initially released on September 17th, 1991, by Linux Torvalds, Linux is a set of open source Unix-like operating systems. Unlike MacOS and Windows, Linux is open source, meaning that the source code that makes...
Apr 20, 2020
MD5 Message Digest Algorithm, or MD5, is a cryptographic hashing function. It is a part of the Message Digest Algorithm family which was created to verify the integrity of any message or file that is hashed....
Apr 17, 2020
Low level means fast, and its hard to get faster than the pure assembly. asm.js, or Assembly JavaScript, is a subset of normal JavaScript built to take advantage of certain aspects of JavaScript and low-level...
Apr 16, 2020
There are many encryption standards in the digital world today, many of which have been shown to have fatal flaws. Unfortunately, many standards that are considered insecure are still being used in sensitive...
Apr 6, 2020
What do you picture when you hear the word mainframe or supercomputer? Most people think of a very similar picture, which is not surprising if you look at the definitions of the words. According to the Oxford...
