What is Android Full Details

Android Logo Android is an operating system based on  the Linux kernel, and designed primarily  for touchscreen mobile devices such  as smartphones and tablet computers. Initially  developed by Android, Inc.,  which Google backed financially and later  bought in 2005, Android was unveiled in 2007  along with the founding...

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So You Want to be a Programmer

So You Want to be a Programmer so_you_want_to_be_a_programmer Here's my recipe for programming success: Get interested in programming, and do some because it is fun. Make sure that it keeps being enough fun so that you will be willing to put in your ten years/10,000 hours. Program. The best kind...

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Learn How To Program

This, of course, is the fundamental hacking skill. If you don't know any computer languages, I recommend starting with Python. It is cleanly designed, well documented, and relatively kind to beginners. Despite being a good first language, it is not just a toy; it is very powerful and...

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What Is Linux - a Brief History

Linux Linux is an operating system that evolved from a kernel created by Linus Torvalds when he was a student at the University of Helsinki. Generally, it is obvious to most people what Linux is. However, both for political and practical reasons, it needs to be explained further....

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The Early Hackers

The beginnings of the hacker culture as we know it today can be conveniently dated to 1961, the year MIT acquired the first PDP-1. The Signals and Power Committee of MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club adopted the machine as their favorite tech-toy and invented programming tools, slang, and...

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The Original Hacker's Dictionary 2014

The Hacker's Dictionary. Many years after the original book went out of print, Eric Raymond picked it up, updated it and republished it as the New Hacker's Dictionary. Unfortunately, in the process, he essentially destroyed what held it together, in various ways: first, by changing its emphasis from...

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