Answer these questions as best you can to tell me about your prior experience with computers and programming.¶

(Don't research your questions, just answer from memory or opinion).¶

How did you first access the internet? Smartphone? Desktop? Latop? Other?

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Why did some people worry that mobile apps will kill the Worldwide Web?

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3. Inside computers or cell phones, what is RAM and why is it better to have more of it?

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4. What is the difference between RAM and virtual memory and why does your phone/computer run slowly when the hard disk fills up?

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5. Rank these files in order of smallest to largest?

Grumpycat.tif
Grumpycat.png
Grumpycat_running.mov
2016MonthlyPaychecks.txt

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6. Express the number 18 using 8-bit binary number.

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7. Compute the average of these three numbers without a calculator, show your work: (3, 4, 5).

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8. Based on your answer to question 7, write the general equation for computing the average of N individual numbers. (You can use pseudocode or Latex to write the equations).

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9. Analyze this pseudocode. What does the ‘break’ statement do? What will the output look like?

>> phrase = ‘my favorite color’  
>> for letter in phrase
>>   print letter
>>   if letter == 'c'
>>   break

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Which programming language do you plan to implement your problem solutions in? Using Gen AI, it is possible to complete the solutions in either Python, R, Matlab, Julia, or others. (If unsure, please discuss with Brice.)

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