Long time ago I used to dream about the possibility to turn off the lights with a clap or not having to wake up to change the channel of the TV and doing it with a blink instead, because yes, I grew up with an old style TV (cathode ray…

Python is an interpreted, high level and general purpose programming language created by Guido van Rossum. Released in 1991, its name, besides the idea of a real python that comes in mind, is based in the famous british comedy troupe, Monty python. Python allows us to program in procedural, object-oriented…

The word library problably takes you to a big, charming and sometimes magical place -just like the picture- where tons of books are stored and available for you to read. If you take that image, but instead of a place, you think in a computer -which is always magical for…

By Micaela Percovich and Atenea Castillo Shells are usually perceived as feminine; a symbol of birth, good fortune, and resurrection. Understanding the shell The word ‘shell’ has to do with the idea of something that covers, surrounds or protects something. This is specially important in the animal world, where we can find different…

What about C libraries… When you hear the word library what problably comes to your mind is a big and charming place where books are stored and available for you to read. If you take that image, but instead of books, you think in files or programs and a computer…

The compilation process in C: what happens when you type gcc main.c? Every time, after you are done programming something in C, you save your file with a .c extension, then, in order to have an expected output, you need to compile your file using gcc, what happens in the meantime is not simple, a process occurs there, this is know as…

What is the difference between a hard link and a symbolic link? Links are files that are located in any part of the hard drive of a device, let’s say a computer. There are two types: hard links and soft or symbolic links. A hard link is a file that contains the same information of another file, but refers to an specific…

What happens when you type ls *.c in shell prompt? As you may know, Shell is a Linux program that processes commands and returns outputs in the comand line of a terminal, shell is used to interact with the operating system. …