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Jeff Rumage Jeff Rumage
Updated on February 15, 2023

Google Introduces Bard, a Conversational AI Competitor to ChatGPT

Currently limited to trusted testers, Bard will be made available to the public in the coming weeks.

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Mike Thomas Mike Thomas
Updated on February 15, 2023

What Is a Computer Simulation and How Does It Work? A Deep Dive.

Whether it’s predicting how viruses spread or forecasting weather conditions, computer simulations replicate real-world events so we can plan for the future.

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Parag Radke Parag Radke
Updated on February 15, 2023

Mutual TLS: A Tutorial

Mutual transport layer security (mTLS) is an end-to-end security method for mutual authentication that ensures that both parties are who they claim to be before data is shared. Here’s what you need to know.

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Valentina Alto Valentina Alto
Updated on February 14, 2023

Understanding Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Regression

Linear regression is employed in supervised machine learning tasks. OLS regression can be used to obtain a straight line as close as possible to your data points.

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Max Reynolds Max Reynolds
Updated on February 13, 2023

SQL Data Types With Examples

Understanding the SQL data types is an important aspect of managing and manipulating data in relational databases.

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Artem Oppermann Artem Oppermann
Updated on February 10, 2023

What Is the Dielectric Constant?

The dielectric constant (also known as relative permittivity) is a measure of a material’s ability to store electrical energy in an electric field.

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Artem Oppermann Artem Oppermann
Updated on February 10, 2023

What Is the Faraday Constant?

The Faraday constant is the electric charge per mole of electrons. It’s denoted by the symbol F and is a physical constant named after the British scientist Michael Faraday.

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Raivat Shah Raivat Shah
Updated on February 10, 2023

Introduction to Priority Queues in Python

A priority queue in Python is an abstract data structure that is like a normal queue but where each item has a special “key” to quantify its “priority.”

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Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar
Updated on February 10, 2023

Base64 Encoding: What Is It? How Does It Work?

Base64 is a binary to a text encoding scheme that represents binary data in an ASCII string format — essential for carrying data stored in binary across channels.

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Kaycee Lai Kaycee Lai
Updated on February 09, 2023

What Is a Data Lake? Is It Right for Your Company?

A few questions to help determine if it’s the data architecture you really need.