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How does a logic bomb work?
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Logic bombs can cripple a company's computer system by revealing or destroying sensitive information. Learn how logic bombs work.
How Sudoku Works
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Sudoku is a popular logic-based game of numbers. Learn sudoku strategies, see a puzzle solved and find out about the origins and controversies of sudoku.
What Kind of Number Am I?
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Everything in the universe comes down to numbers. There's a baffling mathematical symmetry to everything no matter how disorganized and chaotic it is. Numbers lie at the center of everything! But what numbers? Take the quiz and see what ones you know!
How Carnivore Worked
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The FBI's Carnivore can tap into networks to intercept anything done on the Net. Find out what's involved in Web eavesdropping.
What are system resources, and why do I run out of them?
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What are system resources, and why do I run out of them even though I have 128Mb of memory? Is this a conspiracy by the memory chip manufacturers or what?
How Web Servers Work
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When you type a Web site address into your browser, Web servers are doing the work of getting you the page you request. Find out how these machines locate Web pages and deliver them to your computer.
How Patents Work
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Patents protect inventions and intellectual property from being copied. Learn about the uses of patents, the history of patents and about intellectual property law.
What's the Right Age for Kids to Learn to Code?
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As more schools incorporate computer literacy into their curricula, what's the best age? Are there more benefits? Read this HowStuffWorks Now article.
Top 10 Things That Women Invented
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By the end of the 20th century, female inventors held 10 percent of all patents, a disparity indicating the hurdles women faced in receiving credit for their ideas. The inventors on this list overcame those obstacles.
How To Compress a File
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File compression allows users to make one or more files into a smaller zip file. Learn about file compression, zip files and compression algorithms.