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                <p>Here are 20 random technology-oriented Wikipedia links I recently collected after re-organizing troves of bookmarked links
accumulated over the past few years. These articles peek into the wide variety of things to learn about that exist in Computer Science.
ABL. Always. Be. Learning. Curiosity and well organized browser bookmarks are your friend.</p>
<p>I support Wikipedia with a donation nearly every year. It's an amazing resource to learn about everything and I'm very grateful for it.
Thank you for existing, Wikipedia. It's is a great jumping off point to learn about something I don't understand, which is much of this list here.</p>
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<h2>Algorithms &amp; Theories</h2>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deterministic_algorithm">Deterministic algorithm</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column-oriented_DBMS">Greater fool theory</a> (economics)</p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_or_boy_test">Man or boy test</a> - compiler theory from Donald Knuth</p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion">Recursion</a> - the most common algorithm I read about in passing</p>
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<h2>Databases</h2>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_(computing)">Cache</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_invalidation">Cache invalidation</a></p>
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Caching is a common technique to store data so that it can be quickly fetched later with limited usage of database resources.</blockquote>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column-oriented_DBMS">Column-oriented DBMS:</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_definition_language#:~:text=In%20the%20context%20of%20SQL,tables%2C%20indexes%2C%20and%20users.">Data definition language</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_normalization">Database normalization</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_(computer_science)">Lock</a> (mutex)</p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_transactional/analytical_processing">Hybrid transactional/analytical processing</a> (HTAP)</p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_transaction_processing">Online transaction processing</a> (OLTP) - Making lots of writes to the database.</p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_analytical_processing">Online analytical processing</a> (OLAP) - Reading the database. Lots of joins.</p>
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<h2>Developer</h2>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchrony_(computer_programming)">Asynchrony</a> Used for performing operations in parallel.</p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_procedure_call">RPC</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event-driven_programming#:~:text=In%20computer%20programming%2C%20event%2Ddriven,from%20other%20programs%20or%20threads.">Event-driven programming</a></p>
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<p>Async is always event-driven, but not the other way round.</p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5844955/whats-the-difference-between-event-driven-and-asynchronous-between-epoll-and-a#:~:text=Asynchronous%20is%20basically%20multitasking.,in%20an%20easy%20responsive%20manner.">Stephen Chung - Stack Overflow</a></p>
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<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming">Functional Programming</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_(computer_science)">Garbage collection</a> - automatic memory management</p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_computing#:~:text=Parallel%20computers%20can%20be%20roughly,work%20on%20the%20same%20task.">Parallel Computing</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement_learning">Reinforcement learning</a> - one paradigm of machine learning</p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_procedure_call">Remote procedure call</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runbook#:~:text=In%20a%20computer%20system%20or,or%20in%20physical%20book%20form.">List of Lists of Lists</a> - check out the &quot;Technology&quot; section</p>
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<h2>Final Reminders</h2>
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<li>check out the <a class="reference external" href="https://pypi.org/project/wikipedia/">Wikipedia python library</a> (import wikipedia)</li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random">Random</a> - Wikipedia's Random Article Button</li>
<li>And now for something completely different: <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/yuandongzhong/useful-links-for-javascript">Useful Links for Javascript Developers</a></li>
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<p>Thank you for reading, hope you found something you liked! Here's another post with more <a class="reference external" href="https://lofipython.com/my-favorite-free-educational-courses-and-talks-to-absorb/">free resources for learning computer science online</a>.</p>
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