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How Google uses logic in machine learning
What Is Encoding ?
Encoding is the process of converting characters in human languages into binary sequences that computers can process.
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ASCII: Converting Symbols to Binary
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) was an early standardized encoding system for text.
ASCII’s library includes every upper-case and lower-case letter in the Latin alphabet, every digit from 0 to 9, and some symbols (like /, !, and ?). It assigns each of these ch...
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Unicode: A Way to Store Every Symbol, Ever
Enter Unicode, an encoding system that solves the space issue of ASCII. Like ASCII, Unicode assigns a unique code, called a code point, to each character. However, Unicode’s more sophisticated system can produce over a million code points, more than enough to account for every character in any la...
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What Is UTF-8
UTF-8 stands for “Unicode Transformation Format - 8 bits.” That’s not helpful to us yet, so let’s rewind to the basics.
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UTF-8: Unicode Transformation Format
UTF-8 is an encoding system for Unicode. It can translate any Unicode character to a matching unique binary string, and can also translate the binary string back to a Unicode character.
UTF-8 is currently the most popular encoding method on the internet because it can efficiently store text...
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What is Sales?
Most of us know what the role of a salesperson includes.
- A sales rep is typically responsible for prospecting to find new clients and meeting their sales quotas by converting prospects into buying customers.
Writing By Hand Boosts Your Memory Through Encoding
Writing something down manually (by hand) improves our ability to recall information through the process of encoding.
Our brain uses more processing systems when we write by hand than when we type because we're physically coordinating our brain and hands. Ultimately, we're forced to organi...
What is programming?
"Programming is how you get computers to solve problems".
There are two key phrases here which are important:
- You: without the programmer (you), the computer is useless. It does what you tell it to do.
- Solve problems: com...
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