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Sara A. Metwalli Sara A. Metwalli
Updated on June 03, 2025

What Is a Graphical User Interface (GUI)?

A graphical user interface (GUI) is a user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices by using icons, buttons and other visual components. Here’s how they work.

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Artem Oppermann Artem Oppermann
Updated on June 03, 2025

What Is an FET (Field-Effect Transistor)?

A field-effect transistor (FET) is a type of transistor device that uses an electric field to control the electrical current through a semiconductor. FETs commonly function as amplifiers, switches or voltage-controlled resistors.

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Parul Pandey Parul Pandey
Updated on June 03, 2025

From Clipboard to DataFrame With Pandas: A Quick Guide

Read data directly from the clipboard without saving it first. Here’s how.

Robert E. Siegel Robert E. Siegel
Updated on June 03, 2025

Navigating the Often Hostile Android Ecosystem

In this book excerpt, our expert analyzes the challenges of managing a sprawling, complex ecosystem of OEMs, app developers and regulators.

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Eric Kleppen Eric Kleppen
Updated on June 03, 2025

3 Ways to Learn Natural Language Processing Using Python

Explore concrete ways to apply preprocessing, tokenization, vectorization and feature engineering on text data with these 3 projects.

Artem Oppermann Artem Oppermann
Updated on June 02, 2025

What Is Few-Shot Learning?

Few-shot learning is a machine learning framework where an AI model is given a small amount of labeled training data to learn from. Here’s how few-shot learning works and why it’s important.

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Peter Grant Peter Grant
Updated on June 02, 2025

List Comprehension in Python: A Guide

List comprehensions in Python reduce the length and complexity of your code. Here’s how to construct them.

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Mitchell Telatnik Mitchell Telatnik
Updated on June 02, 2025

Passwordless Authentication: Why to Ditch Your Passwords

To avoid account compromises, security professionals recommend using passwordless authentication. Here’s why.

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Eryk Lewinson Eryk Lewinson
Updated on June 02, 2025

What Are Violin Plots and How Do You Use Them?

Violin plots are a hybrid of a boxplot and kernel density plot used to plot numeric data. Learn how to interpret them and what their advantages are over boxplots.

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Sara A. Metwalli Sara A. Metwalli
Updated on June 02, 2025

10 Steps to Become a Data Scientist

Use this roadmap to kickstart your data science career.