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What is “The Internet of Things”?

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What would happen if you give normal everyday objects like your washing machine, toaster, fridge or light bulb the ability to be connected to a network and talk to other similarly networked...

Simple explanation of NodeJS

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NodeJS is a framework (run time environment) that allows you to run programs written in JavaScript. NodeJS is used for creating applications that sit on servers, for example a web server.

What is Mainframe?

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Up till now we’ve looked solely at distributed server technology to host business applications. The is another type used within larger organisations and financial institutions, Mainframe technology. What’s the difference between distributed Server technology...

Why Learn Java?

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A quick look at some of the advantages of learning Java for someone looking to get into programming: Syntactically (the way Java is written) it’s is similar to a lot of programming...

What is a server platform?

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In previous posts such as Linux vs Unix and Types of computer architecture (part 1) we’ve looked at operating systems and types of computer architecture. If you haven’t read these previous posts you may want to....