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Define how recursion works

Recusion works by creating a method which is defined in terms of itself. This effectively means that the method will make method calls to itself. It makes these calls using increasingly reduced problem si...

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What is an operating system.

An operating system is a system software found within a computer system which ensures that the computer peripherals and softwares installed onto the system are functioning properly. The o...

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Answered by Awais A. Computing tutor
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Explain the difference between lossless and lossy data compression techniques.

as the name implies , a lossless compression technique is designed so that the original file exactly as it was . maximum comparisson possible is about 50% . lossless algorithms use some sort of replacing ...

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Answered by Nikolas P. Computing tutor
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Convert the following binary number into hexadecimal : 10111000

To convert a binary number into hexadecimal we first break the binary number into substrings of 4 binary numbers , in this case our binary number becomes 1011 |   1000 We then recall that hexadecimal numb...

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Outline the differences between how a compiler and an interpreter works, and explain the advantages and usage of of each [12 marks]

Compilers work by translating all the program code into source code (machine code) first, which is then ran by the computer. Alternatively, an interpreter works by reading and translating each line of cod...

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