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The term: "The Dark Web," invokes in many illicit activity, criminals, identity theft and hackers. While it does harbor criminal activity, the dark web forms part of a greater portion of the internet known as The Deep Web.  Yes, the deep and the dark web are two different entities. The deep web represents parts of the world wide web that are not indexed by traditional search engines like Google, DuckDuckGo or Bing. That is, they do not typically appear in search engine results. Examples of such are password protected pages like those belonging to websites owned by banks or paid streaming services, websites intentionally hidden from web crawlers, messages exchanged between users on websites/web apps and comments on forums. This very blog is on the deep web. The part of the world wide web that you and I see through our google searches is what is referred to as the surface web. It may not seem like it but the surface web is a only a small portion of the web. Over 90% of the web ...

Windows, Linux or macOS; which operating system(OS) should I use? Before I answer the question, let's explore the world of operating systems a little by talking about each of the three aforementioned systems.  Windows is a proprietary operating system that was developed by Microsoft and runs on a plethora of device types. For purpose, I will only focus on Windows for PC(PC is short for Personal Computer: the laptop you and I use to surf the internet, play games or write and submit reports and assignments is a personal computer). Personal computers are by far one of the more ubiqitious computer types right next to smartphones.There are other types of computers such as supercomputers and mainframe computers but that is a topic worth exploring on its own. Okay, back to Windows:  The Windows OS was first released in November of 1985 as Windows 1.0. Today, the latest version of the OS is Windows 10. Windows is still the most popular OS in the world for PCs and comes built-in on mos...

Databases make the world go round. In this age of information, databases are arguably the most important piece of technology and will continue to impact technological development today and for generations to come. Just about every application you have ever used relies on a database in one form or another and so today, we discuss the database. What is a database and why is it such a big deal? DEFINITION: Well, a database is defined as a collection of structured data or information. The collection in question is often stored on a computer and can be accessed, manipulated and/or managed through a Database Management System(DBMS).  A DBMS is software that acts as a middleman between clients(users of the database) and the database and can also perform administrative tasks on the database. DATA & INFORMATION: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? Data is facts that pertain to a particular subject. For example: age, height, weight, photos, colleges attended, phone number etc...These are all facts ...