Expert Contributors Articles

Abdishakur Hassan

Updated on May 22, 2025

SQLite is a relational database management system that is embedded into servers and applications, making it easy to set up and efficient. Here’s how it works, its benefits and possible alternatives to SQLite.

Artturi Jalli

Updated on May 22, 2025

Perl is a general-purpose, high-level and open-source programming language used for a variety of tasks, including text manipulation, system administration and web programming applications.

Artem Oppermann

Updated on May 22, 2025

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) is a system of hardware and software that lets teams monitor and control industrial processes and equipment. Here’s a deep dive into its architecture, components, examples and benefits.

Anthony Corbo

Updated on May 22, 2025

Algorithms provide computers with instructions that process data into actionable outputs. Here’s an in-depth look at how algorithms work, common types of algorithms, real-life examples and ways to analyze them.

Anthony Corbo

Updated on May 22, 2025

Web development is the process of designing, building and maintaining websites and web applications. It encompasses a broad range of tasks, including website coding, technical design, functionality and performance optimization.

Artturi Jalli

Updated on May 22, 2025

jQuery is an open-source JavaScript library of pre-built code solutions that make it easier to use JavaScript on your website, including for tasks like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation and Ajax.

Satyapriya Chaudhari

Updated on May 22, 2025

Descriptive statistics describe data through numbers — like mean, median and mode — and graphical methods — like histograms, box plots and pie charts — to make data easier to understand. Here’s an in-depth look at how to calculate them.

Edoardo Romani

Updated on May 22, 2025

There are a lot of resources to help you become a better data scientist. Here’s my experience with one of them — the good and the bad.

Peter Grant

Updated on May 22, 2025

GAAP (the generally accepted accounting principles) is a set of rules that public U.S. companies must follow to ensure consistent and accurate financial reporting. Here’s an overview of the 10 principles that make up GAAP and why GAAP matters.

Katlyn Gallo

Updated on May 22, 2025

A gigabyte (GB) is a form of digital measurement used to describe the size of information on a system or the capacity of storage available on a disk or other digital storage media. A gigabyte is equal to one billion bytes.