Tag Computer Science

Alex or Alexa: Gender Norms in Technology

We’re well established into the age of the internet. Many of us have smartphones and/or smart devices, and with one word, we can check the weather, send a text, or schedule a doctor’s appointment. Throughout recent years, voice assistants such…

My Experience (so far) as a Woman in CS

Women in STEM! Women in STEM! Women in STEM! It seems as though every conversation I have had with a woman I just met in my major of CS never fails to include the line “women in STEM! That’s us!…

Quantum Computing For Dummies

If you’re even tangentially related to the tech world, you’ve probably heard an awful lot about Quantum Computing recently. But what exactly is it? Why is it useful? What is the point? And what does it mean for the future…

“Coded” Language

The use of acronyms and technical jargon in the world of software engineering is… out of control. API, IDE, entry-point, AGILE, SWE, Pandas, SGTM. These are just some of the terms thrown around at lunch with a software engineer. There…

The von Neumann Architecture

Introduction Have you ever wondered how your computer works? Who decided that we should use keyboards to tell our devices what to do? And who else later decided that touch screens were cooler much of the time. Much of how…