Good news, you just sent a purchase order (PO) to your favorite supplier (Girl Scouts Of America) for 1,000 Samoa cookies! The only trouble, you cannot remember what the delivery address you set was. You go over to your computer and type in PO 1234. Upon hitting enter the computer gets to work and uses…

A sick man walked into a doctor’s office, “Can you give me a bandaid?“ “Sure, here’s one.” He returned two days later. “Can you give me a crutch?“ “Sure, here’s one.” The next day he returned. “Can you give me a wheelchair?” He said, “Sure, here’s one.” The next time the man came he said,…

Manufacturing in the US isn’t met with hockey-stick growth curves in the public’s mind. The data backs that, to an extent. Manufacturing jobs declined by 2 million from 2013–2024 while the population grew 51 million over the same time period. Yet the number of manufacturing locations in the US increased by around 90,000 in the…

A function in coding is like a recipe. You love summer rolls. You know how to make your favorite kinds. Every summer roll has: • Meat • Veggies • A fantastic sauce But the type of meat and veggies changes. So those are just parameters, they define the recipe generally, without locking in specifics. def…

Modality just means a way something is done — the channel information travels through, like text, image, or sound. Have you ever asked a friend what their favorite learning modality is: text, image, or audio? Most people can name a few they use every day without thinking about it. A computer program, though, usually only…