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Algorithm Design and Data Structure Techniques

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 Good evening everyone,  My apologies for the lack of content recently, work had doubled this year as everyone is working from home now (thanks Covid), school load, as well as spending as much time with my wife and young son as possible!! I'll start this post with a few definitions on the topic so we are all starting off on the right foot! An Algorithm is "a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer, used yo accomplish a certain task or request" ( Algorithm 2021).  Data Structure is "a way to store and organize data so that it can be used efficiently" ( Data structures: Ds tutorial - javatpoint ), typically being used in arrays or graphs.   Now that we are all caught up, now onto the main topic!  The data structure is not an form of programming languages, instead, it is "a set of algorithms that we can use in any programming language to structure the data in the memory" ( Data ...
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 Object-Oriented Principles and Resources - How to get started and background information...     Object -oriented programming or OOP, is basically a programming technique that organizes design around objects in the place of functions.  Java is one type of object-oriented programming language.  There are 4 basics when speaking about object-oriented programming and I will do my best to explain them as I can: Encapsulation, Abstraction, Inheritance, and Polymorphism.       Encapsulating is simply saying to protect an object from other programs or objects, by "encapsulating" the object inside of code.  You will often see this being described as an empty pill case encapsulating the medicine inside (if you're under 30 you will likely still not understand this, lol).  This basically keeps other objects from touching the object that is encapsulated, unless it is explicitly programmed to do so.     Next is Abstraction. and thi...
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 Final Blog Post                   I am choosing the topic of Information Technology careers.   This is a fascinating subject matter as there are any number of careers and opportunities in the space, from hands-on mechanical work to desk jobs creating artistic things.   I also chose this topic because if I were to actually write and curate the blog, to keep this going past a class, this would be my vision for the blog.   Let me elaborate; I started working in IT about 3 years ago, making a complete change in my life.   I was working dead-end jobs, paycheck to paycheck, that is until I met a mentor of mine and he spoke with me candidly about my life.   He made me realize I already knew more than I thought and showed me I could become something in the IT world.   I think a lot of people see IT as this magical and mysterious subject matter, and I aim to break down these though...
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Network Security The industry I will be commenting on is the Healthcare industry -  I am in a family full of healthcare workers, and I have also worked in and around hospitals for years.  I think it is fascinating how the healthcare field is evolving and how it will continue to grow with some help from the IT field.  Where to start, computers have become integrated door-to-door with most hospitals today.  When I was working in the emergency room of a local hospital in 2008, all of our work (registration/triage) was done on paper and transferred to our database, now most of this is done on PC carts wheeled from room-to-room.  This however is basic evolution and not really impressive, however the movement to nationalize databases so that doctors you chose to see, could in turn see your treatment plans, prescriptions, medical history etc, is the game changer in my opinion.  This is however still an on-going process, but I think it is a drastic step in the righ...
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Computers in the Workplace The industry I will be commenting on is the Healthcare industry -  I am in a family full of healthcare workers, and I have also worked in and around hospitals for years.  I think it is fascinating how the healthcare field is evolving and how it will continue to grow with some help from the IT field.  Where to start, computers have become integrated door-to-door with most hospitals today.  When I was working in the emergency room of a local hospital in 2008, all of our work (registration/triage) was done on paper and transferred to our database, now most of this is done on PC carts wheeled from room-to-room.  This however is basic evolution and not really impressive, however the movement to nationalize databases so that doctors you chose to see, could in turn see your treatment plans, prescriptions, medical history etc, is the game changer in my opinion.  This is however still an on-going process, but I think it is a drastic step i...
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Traveling Through a Network Ping and Traceroute -  I first Pinged Google, with the following results -  I chose not to add more ping request and went with the standard Window's 4, and my results are pretty speedy, between 5ms and 8ms.  Next I chose to ping BBC.uk.co, and the results were about the same, between 5ms and 8ms as seen below -  And last I tried pinging Japantimes.co.jp with no results, and request timed put messages presented - this can be for different reasons like the site is down, they don't accept ping packets, etc.  Next I moved onto the TraceRT command, starting with 8.8.8.8 and these are my results - my only had 1 hop, and 2 destinations  with very low MS numbers-  Below are my attempts to tracert both BBC news and Japan Times -  As you can see both attempts only took 2 hops and relatively low times as well. Ping and Tracert send small packets of information to the end destination, and the results are returned either in MS or by...
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 Documenting a Day A typical day in my life: 2020 Due to the ongoing global pandemic, my days look slightly different than they would have, however in this writing I will provide the most accurate and detailed description of my days. 1.      My days start off between 7am and 8:30 am with my son waking up.   My wife works early shift (typically out of the house by 6:30, and home around 4:00pm) and I work a mid-shift (11:30-8:30pm) so I take care of our son in the mornings and spend my quality time with him.   I don’t ever set an alarm clock because his waking up will wake me. 2.      I go into his room, change his diaper, and take him out of his pajamas. 3.      We go downstairs where I will turn on a show he likes, either Blue’s Clues or Paw Patrol, and make him a 10-ounce bottle of milk to drink.   4.      We will watch his shows and he drinks his bottle, then we get on the gro...
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