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computer-science/linear-vs-binary-search-why-30-guesses-can-beat-a-billion.md
Linear vs binary search: why 30 guesses can beat a billion
Need to find one item in a list? You can check every item in turn (linear search), or, if the list is sorted, look at the middle and throw…
computers/counting-with-only-0-and-1-how-computers-store-numbers-and-letters.md
Counting with Only 0 and 1: How Computers Store Numbers and Letters
Every photo, message and web page on your computer is stored as numbers written with just two digits: 0 and 1. That's binary, and it works…