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How can I decide whether Quicksort or Mergesort is better for a given situation?

It is known that Quicksort and Mergesort are both efficient, fast sorting algorithms, although both of them have their different weaknesses.
Stability is one such aspect that is worth noting. When a ...

Answered by Bogdan P. • Computing tutor

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Explain what is meant by the term ‘TCP/IP stack’ [3]

The TCP/IP stack is the Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol. (1)A Protocol is a set of rules (1) the outline the ways in which data should be set out to make sure it can be understood. Both ...

Answered by Annabelle S. • Computing tutor

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What are the benefits of Reverse Polish Notation and what is it?

Reverse Polish Notation is a way of writing mathematical expressions where the operands (such as numbers) are written before operations (such as addition or multiplication). So 1 2 + would be the addition...

Answered by George S. • Computing tutor

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Describe the difference between TCP and UDP.

TCP (Transport Communication Protocol) allows for guaranteed communication between two machines. Connections are established with acknowledgements, and the receiver will also send acknowledgements when pa...

Answered by Lewis W. • Computing tutor

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Describe two's complement.

Two's complement is improvement on one's complement.
To get a negative number in One's complement, one has to invert all numbers (turn 1 to 0, and 0 to 1), for two's complement is the same but add 1...

Answered by Lukas P. • Computing tutor

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