Computer Science | Vassar College https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ 2026-06-10T21:22:22+00:00 Computer Science | Vassar College https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ https://www.cs.vassar.edu/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2023-01-26T15:53:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) logging_out_of_a_desktop_or_remote_desktop https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/logging_out_of_a_desktop_or_remote_desktop?rev=1674748402&do=diff Logging out of the Computer Science Computers Leaving files open in editors such as pluma and emacs, or leaving applications running can lead to corrupt files and loss of your work because your files are not local to any computer. Your files are shared from a central server. Therefore, if you leave an application open on one computer and then go to another computer, you have several devices trying to access your files. Applications don’t like this. Firefox, for example, won’t allow you to star… text/html 2013-05-23T14:24:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/wearables/top?rev=1369319086&do=diff What am I wearing? New Scientist A few details from decades of daily wear [gerbert in 2013]Please note, this page documents what I was wearing during the last four of the nineteen wonderful years I spent working for the CS Department at Vassar. For the last year and a half I have been wearing modified versions of Google Glass running Glass and Ubuntu. Along with that I am using a Bluetooth version of the Spiffchorder for input. Please see the text/html 2021-09-17T15:43:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) asmt2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/asmt2?rev=1631893419&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“assignment-2-ads-take-aim”>Assignment 2: Ads Take Aim</h1> <p><strong>Due:</strong> Thursday September 23, 2021 at 11:59PM ET.</p> <p><img src=“<https://www.cs.vassar.edu/~cs101/images/targeted-ad.jpeg>” alt=“Targeted Advertising”></p> <h2 id=“setup-and-handin”>Setup and Handin</h2> <h3 id= text/html 2021-09-17T04:03:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) asmt2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/asmt2?rev=1631851422&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“assignment-2-ads-take-aim”>Assignment 2: Ads Take Aim</h1> <p><strong>Due:</strong> Thursday September 23, 2021 at 11:59PM ET.</p> <p><img src=“<https://www.cs.vassar.edu/~cs101/images/targeted-ad.jpeg>” alt=“Targeted Advertising”></p> <h2 id=“setup-and-handin”>Setup and Handin</h2> <h3 id= text/html 2018-12-11T18:56:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) assignments https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-201804/assignments?rev=1544554607&do=diff CMPU-101-04 Computer Science I and Lab. (Fall 2018) Assignments Asmt Date out Date due Specification Sample solution text/html 2018-10-05T05:07:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-201804/top?rev=1538716075&do=diff CMPU-101-04 Computer Science I and Lab. (Fall 2018) Overview <html> <center><h3></html> “A computer will do what you tell it to do,<html><p></html>but that may be much different from what you had in mind.” <html><br></h3><h4></html> --- Joseph Weizenbaum text/html 2022-10-09T21:00:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 02 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/assignments/02?rev=1665349256&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } code.pyret { color: black; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table th, table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; font-size: 13pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div… text/html 2022-09-23T00:36:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 01 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/labs/01?rev=1663893385&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div.dw-content li { font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 1em; ma… text/html 2008-05-06T18:34:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) in_the_department https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/ssh/in_the_department?rev=1210098899&do=diff Page in progress This page is not yet compleate. When it is, this will be removed Ssh between machines a CS It is quite simple to get to a machine in the department remotely from another machine in the department. All machines in the labs, classroom and faculty offices should already have an ssh client installed on them and those machines which allow remote access are running an ssh daemon to accept incoming connections.```````````````````` text/html 2020-05-01T18:13:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) infinite-trees https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/mlsmith/infinite-trees?rev=1588356833&do=diff Infinite Trees 1 Motivation Up until now, we’ve mostly looked at trees as a data structure, but we haven’t looked at them in the context of any particular problems. Trees are used in many applications in computer science, robotics, and game design. One common application is for representing the possible moves in a game or search problem. Imagine that you were exploring the space that a player (character or robot) could move through. On each move, the player would change position (and possibl… text/html 2025-06-27T18:51:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) priority https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/priority?rev=1751050267&do=diff System Priorities Priorities of programs are something to be aware of. PS The first thing to do is to get to know your processes. The ps command lists out the processes you have running on the system. By using ps -l, an extended listing of your processes is provided. The fields of the most interest to this topic are the PID, NI, and COMMAND fields. The COMMAND field lists the name of the command that started your process. 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Today's lab The purpose of this initial lab. exercise is to acquaint you with text/html 2015-08-26T21:09:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) logs https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/logs?rev=1440623371&do=diff System Status Workstations Problem, Tues 12/17 System CS129 in OLB104 had a power supply issue. A ticket has been opened with user services. --- Rob Casinghino 2013/12/17 15:59 Workstations Update, Tues 9/17 I have done a non-critical update to our automated filesystem mounting for home directories. These will time-out after 90 minutes (beyond the typical class/lab sessions) to clear up resources on systems. While the connections are still active and in use, there will be no issues. If… text/html 2025-08-16T17:38:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/faqs/top?rev=1755365893&do=diff Frequently Asked Questions Current Students I'm thinking about declaring the Computer Science major. When and how can I do that? To declare the major, students need to meet at least one of the following two requirements: * Have completed CMPU-102 or CMPU-145 with a grade of C or higher. text/html 2012-04-24T17:53:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2012-04-21_android_development_day_v https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2012-04-21_android_development_day_v?rev=1335290006&do=diff 2012-04-21 Android Development Day V Saturday, 21 April 2012 11:00 - 5:00 OLB 205 This is the fifth installment of the Android Development Day. 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Where Am I in the world? text/html 2022-10-07T17:31:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 05 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/assignments/05?rev=1665163894&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } code.pyret { color: black; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table th, table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; font-size: 13pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div… text/html 2009-04-06T14:00:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) tikkun_passover_2009_supplement_in_plain_text https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/tikkun_passover_2009_supplement_in_plain_text?rev=1239026436&do=diff Tikkun Passover 2009 Supplement in Plain Text Some folks have had problems with the font size on the 2009 Passover Supplement.  The original is from <http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/seder_2009>.  Below is a version converted to plain text with acroread and then reformatted in emacs.  Use it if you find it useful. text/html 2014-08-17T14:47:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) cs379-201403 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs379-201403?rev=1408286838&do=diff Computer Animation: Art Science and Criticism <html> <h2>MEDS/ART/CMPU/FILM-379-01</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Fall 2014</h2> <h2>Syllabus / Course Wiki</h2> </html> Instructors: Tom Ellman Harry Roseman Class Meetings: Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:10pm--5:10pm, MC Sci Vis Lab text/html 2019-02-05T06:19:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab_1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/labs/lab_1?rev=1549347558&do=diff Lab 1 Welcome to lab 1 * Become familiar with DrRacket procedures * Use cons, list and append * Use map * Use let* Procedures * Create a directory for this lab in your CS account. * Download the asmt-helper.scm (same as last week) and lab1-template.scm files. text/html 2016-05-20T15:47:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_one https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_one?rev=1463759279&do=diff Linux Tutorial 1.1 Listing files and directories ls (list) When you first login, your current working directory is your home directory. Your home directory has the same name as your user-name, for example, compsci-user, and it is where your personal files and subdirectories are saved. text/html 2009-11-02T18:01:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) ratatosk_xmpp_server https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/ratatosk_xmpp_server?rev=1257184898&do=diff Using our xmpp server This page is only now being written, 'till then, here is the email I sent out last spring: We now have a chat server. It uses the open protocol XMPP aka Jabber. It can do chat rooms (group chats), messaging (IM) and can reach and be reached by other XMPP servers around the world (like google talk). The big advantage over AIM is that XMPP is decentralized. Your messages only go as far as the servers involved, so it saves electricity and network traffic. It's greener an… text/html 2016-01-21T17:20:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-201651/top?rev=1453396855&do=diff Computer Science II: <html> <h3>CMPU102: Data Structures and algorithms.</h3> <br> <h4>Spring 2016 Syllabus</h4> </html> This syllabus is subject to update throughout the semester. Professor: Jenny Walter (link to my web page) Office: SP 306 text/html 2022-11-10T16:19:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) keyring_issues https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/keyring_issues?rev=1668097191&do=diff Keyring Issues If you are using an application, e.g. GitHub, and you get an error because of your “keyring” then a quick workaround is to find that keyring and push it out of the way. 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It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. text/html 2022-09-23T19:36:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 03 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/labs/03?rev=1663961798&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p { margin-bottom: 1em; max-width: 700px; } div.dw-content p, … text/html 2022-09-23T17:13:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 04 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/labs/04?rev=1663953185&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div.dw-content li, div.dw-content li p { font-size: 13pt; m… text/html 2021-02-17T07:17:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/week1?rev=1613546223&do=diff Week 1 How to Program Monday No class Wednesday * Introductions * Syllabus * Coaches for this semester * to be announced * Introductions: this Friday * Coaching hours will be posted---see the link in the sidebar * How to read HtDP/2e: text/html 2022-09-16T17:52:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/week3?rev=1663350760&do=diff Week 3 Monday * Last week, we talked about functions (lecture) and conditionals/boolean values (lab). 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Each of these contribute an key part of the experience: ? //software Dectalk// from fonix :: http://www.fonixspeech.com/dectalk_legacy.php .. Yep, this is one of two pieces of commercial software I run. For years I ran a hardware dectalk, then for a while I used pc104 based doubletalk units, as the rigs became more powerful and software… text/html 2011-02-21T22:07:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) jya_in_budapest https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/jya_in_budapest?rev=1298326063&do=diff 2011-02-15 JYA in Budapest! /!NOTE Room Change to OLB room 104!/ ATTENTION Freshmen & Sophomores! Want to take computer science courses in English while studying overseas? This may be the Junior Semester Abroad text/html 2007-12-28T00:19:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) books https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/books?rev=1198801150&do=diff My Favorite Books and Stories Limbo by Bernard Wolfe This book may be hard to find, but is worth the hunt. Originally published in 1952. Set in 1990. I am not sure what to say about this one - it had and continues to have quite an effect on me. (Of course that may just be because I had been told I text/html 2016-08-29T18:47:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/github/top?rev=1472496449&do=diff Git References * Create a github account * see Lab 1 * email me your github username * after class: I will add you to access our course repositories * Codeschool * <http://www.codeschool.com/courses/try-git> * Git Reference: * <http://gitref.org/index.html> * Git Cheat Sheet * Cheat Sheet * Other tutorials and miscellaneous tools text/html 2020-01-22T03:55:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/top?rev=1579665306&do=diff <HTML> <h1> Data Structures Using Java </h1> <h2>CMPU-102 Section 51</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Spring 2020</h2> <h2>Syllabus & Course Wiki</h2> <p> Welcome to the main section of our course wiki. Use this as a starting point to access the weekly course schedule, lectures, labs, resources, etc. etc. etc. </p> text/html 2011-06-20T03:03:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) vss https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/mlsmith/vss?rev=1308538985&do=diff Vassar Science Scholars Lecture/Lab Saturday, March 26, 2011 9:30am--12pm Sci Vis Lab, 3rd Floor Mudd Chemistry WeScheme: from Algebra to Animation We will explore selected parts of the Scheme programming language using WeScheme, a browser-- text/html 2010-01-25T18:18:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) run_zasm_under_dosemu https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs325-201001/run_zasm_under_dosemu?rev=1264443521&do=diff Well, since I took away your windows lab machines, here is an alternative. Doing these steps will let you run the assembler from Prof. Voerman on our linux machines under DOS emulation. - Greg Running Z80 Assembler under DosEmu The Short version Log in on any lab linux box and put the floppy in the drive```````````````````````````````````````````````` text/html 2022-10-07T02:28:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 05 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/labs/05?rev=1665109724&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } code.pyret { color: black; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table th, table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div.dw-content li, d… text/html 2025-06-27T18:46:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) frozen https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/frozen?rev=1751049974&do=diff Frozen Machine! If you have a process, a window, or a machine that seems to have “frozen” while you were working on it, became “stuck,” is not responding to the keyboard or mouse, or is spewing out garbage into a window here is what you can try. If the steps below don't work, please get more help! Either ask a coach, an instructor or find or write me. text/html 2021-09-24T11:35:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab4 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/lab4?rev=1632483342&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“lab-4-cleaning-table-data”>Lab 4: Cleaning Table Data</h1> <h2 id=“learning-objective”>Learning Objective</h2> <p>The objective of this lab is to gain familiarity with sanitizing, visualizing, and gaining insights from data.</p> <p>Up until now, the data that you worked with had been sanitized for you (i.e. you could expect Pyret to process the data without any extra work). The data in this lab, however, is being ported directly from Google Forms submissions, so there exists data … text/html 2019-09-20T23:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu102-201901/syllabus?rev=1569021715&do=diff <html> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>An algorithm is the specification of a method to solve a given problem. A data structure is a specific way of organizing data so that it can be used efficiently by an algorithm. This course approaches data structures and algorithms from a practical perspective, text/html 2009-09-11T18:31:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) vnc_inetd_gdm https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/vnc_inetd_gdm?rev=1252693878&do=diff VNC over inetd with gdm - number of session limitation There are a lot of pages about setting up vnc over inetd.  I had been running such a setup for years with 10 - 20 simultaneous sessions being commonplace, but an upgrade of the server to ubuntu 9.4 broke my configuration.  Eventually all but one problem had been worked out by poking around the changelogs, reading a few man pages and using the standard net searches.  That problem was that only 2 simultaneous sessions were supported.  The fix… text/html 2011-02-09T16:47:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) printing_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/printing_tips?rev=1297270048&do=diff Printing Tips Printer Name Changes and your .bashrc If you are having problems with command line printing it may be because your .bashrc is not using the correct printer name. Have a look at your .bashrc file. Near the top there are some lines that set your default printer. If they don't look like the lines below, then cut out everything in your .bashrc from &&```````````` text/html 2008-05-02T22:19:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) site_search_options https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/site_search_options?rev=1209766745&do=diff Searching the CS websites We actually have several publicly viewable websites here at CS. There is the primary site and in addition several projects have their own servers. To further muddle things, we have a content management system, conventional web pages and cgi pages. text/html 2016-05-20T15:49:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_eight https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_eight?rev=1463759356&do=diff Linux Tutorial Eight 8.1 UNIX Variables Variables are a way of passing information from the shell to programs when you run them. Programs look “in the environment” for particular variables and if they are found will use the values stored. Some are set by the system, others by you, yet others by the shell, or any program that loads another program. text/html 2016-05-20T15:48:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_four https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_four?rev=1463759331&do=diff Linux Tutorial Four 4.1 Wildcards The characters * and ? The character * is called a wildcard, and will match against none or more character(s) in a file (or directory) name. For example, in your unixstuff directory, type compsci-user@tim:~$ ls list* text/html 2016-05-20T15:49:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_seven https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_seven?rev=1463759351&do=diff Linux Tutorial Seven 7.1 Compiling Linux software packages We have many public domain and commercial software packages installed on our systems, which are available to all users. However, students are allowed to download and install small software packages in their own home directory, software usually only useful to them personally. text/html 2021-03-04T00:22:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) apple https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/x2go/apple?rev=1614817344&do=diff X2Go macOS Installation <https://www.xquartz.org/>may * Step 1: <html><a href=“<https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-macosx/x2goclient/releases/4.1.2.2/>” target=“blank”>Click here for the latest version</a></html> to go to the download page for X2Go. <html><a href=“<https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-macosx/x2goclient/releases/>” target=“blank”>Click here for the previous versions.</a></html> text/html 2016-05-20T15:48:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_two https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_two?rev=1463759315&do=diff Linux Tutorial Two 2.1 Copying Files cp (copy) cp file1 file2 is the command which makes a copy of file1 in the current working directory and calls it file2 What we are going to do now, is to take a file stored in an open access area of the file system, and use the text/html 2016-05-20T15:49:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_six https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_six?rev=1463759345&do=diff Linux Tutorial Six Other useful UNIX commands quota All students are allocated a certain amount of disk space on the file system for their personal files, usually about 100Mb. If you go over your quota, you are given 7 days to remove excess files. text/html 2019-04-29T18:38:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu102-201952/syllabus?rev=1556563083&do=diff <HTML> <h1>CMPU-102-52 Computer Science II: Data Structures and Algorithms - Spring 2019 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>An algorithm is the specification of a method to solve a given problem. A data structure is a specific way of organizing data so that it can be used efficiently by an algorithm. This course approaches data structures and algorithms from a practical perspective, text/html 2015-08-26T21:04:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) windows https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/vnc/windows?rev=1440623049&do=diff Using VNC on Windows Setup Setting up the programs to connect to a VNC server is not too difficult. You will, however, need to download two programs: a SSH client and a VNC client. The SSH client will make a secure connection between your computer and the VNC server and the VNC client will use this connection to draw a display on your screen. text/html 2020-07-04T21:02:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) vnc https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/vnc?rev=1593896566&do=diff Using VNC What is VNC? NOTE: VNC is deprecated. For all remote desktop access, we ask that you use X2Go (found here). VNC is a system for interacting with a computer display remotely, over a network. This technology was developed by AT&T Laboratories, and is now available for free over the internet (distributed under the GNU General Public License. Visit the text/html 2019-12-13T02:10:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu375-201901/syllabus?rev=1576203016&do=diff <html> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>Computer networks, in the form of the Internet, have revolutionized society in the last 3 decades. This course provides an introduction to the design and operation of the Internet and computer networks in general. Topics include layered communication text/html 2010-12-06T15:30:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) kill_a_process https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/kill_a_process?rev=1291649428&do=diff Monitoring and Killing Processes Any process you own you can kill (this is not a moral judgment, just a fact of life in Unix and Linux). Killing an offending process graphically If the machine itself is still responsive (but one or more windows perhaps aren't) you can try one of the Graphical Process Managers on our system.$$xfce4-taskmanager$$````````$$gnome-system-monitor$$```````` text/html 2010-01-25T16:16:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) losetup https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/losetup?rev=1264436200&do=diff out of loopback devices As a result of a power related issue our Xen server crashed. When it came back up it could not create its full complement of loop back devices. I saw errors like: Error: Device 770 (vbd) could not be connected. Backend device not found```` text/html 2010-05-04T13:36:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) speed_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/vnc/speed_tips?rev=1272980194&do=diff Improving VNC Performance This page is a work in progress, use the information here if it helps, but do not consider it in any way authoritative. * -- Greg Priest-Dorman 2010/05/04 09:36 Why is my session so slow? VNC is sending the image of your screen over the network between the server (here at CS) and your client (the machine where you are working). Depending on the network speed, the load on the server, the speed of your machine and the protocols vnc is trying to follow, the speed of … text/html 2015-08-27T14:16:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) emacs_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/emacs_tips?rev=1440684973&do=diff Emacs Tips Emacs Command Shorthand From the emacs built in tutorial Emacs commands generally involve the CONTROL key (sometimes labeled CTRL or CTL) or the META key (sometimes labeled EDIT or ALT). Rather than write that in full each time, we'll use the following abbreviations: C-<chr> means hold the CONTROL key while typing the character <chr> Thus, C-f would be: hold the CONTROL key and type f. M-<chr> means hold the META or EDIT or ALT key down while typing <chr>. … text/html 2020-07-04T20:59:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) filecopy https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/filecopy?rev=1593896345&do=diff Secure Shell on macOS, Unix, and Linux Installation Any modern Unix-like operating systems should come with secure shell client utilities already installed. This is true for macOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandrake Linux, FreeBSD and many others. If, however, you need a ssh client, you can download one from the openssh website: text/html 2015-08-26T21:04:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) osx https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/vnc/osx?rev=1440623049&do=diff Using VNC on Mac OS X Setup Download and install a secure shell client As you may have heard, the Mac OS X operating system is built off of a version of Unix, FreeBSD. You'll be happy to hear that this means you already have a secure shell client installed, the Unix native ssh. You will find it from the Terminal - more on that later. text/html 2010-11-24T23:10:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) acm_jar_applets https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/acm_jar_applets?rev=1290640216&do=diff Using acm.jar The ACM Java Task Force (JTF) created an API framework for Java programs which is distributed in the file acm.jar. Programs using acm.jar may be compiled and executed from the command line, or within your favorite Java IDE (e.g., Netbeans, DrJava). 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What is likely causing this is that you have some software configu… text/html 2020-07-04T21:04:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) x2go https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/x2go?rev=1593896682&do=diff X2Go -- Remote Desktop Access About X2Go is a program that lets you use your account's desktop remotely. Imagine that you want to do work using DrRacket (or DrScheme, Netbeans, etc.) from your home computer but don't want to deal with the fuss of copying your work onto your CS account afterwards. text/html 2012-11-12T15:29:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/vnc/linux?rev=1352734187&do=diff Using VNC on Linux Unlike many other operating systems, Linux uses an X server for graphical display, which allows network redirection. This me ans that you can easily have a secure remote display without using VNC by tunneling through ssh using 'ssh -X'. None the les s, if for some reason you would still like to use VNC, this page describes the process for getting it to work. text/html 2015-08-27T14:13:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2013_winter_updates https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2013_winter_updates?rev=1440684807&do=diff 2013 Winter Updates Welcome back. There has been some good quiet time in January which works well for pushing out updates. All of the workstations remain on Ubuntu 12.04.1, but several components have been updated. So that you are aware here are the bigger updates to have occurred. text/html 2012-12-01T17:30:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2012_workstations https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2012_workstations?rev=1354383048&do=diff 2012 Workstation Upgrades [LightDM screenshot ]Welcome back. Plenty of changes have occurred to network this summer, here is a summary. The new workstations in the Asprey and Intro labs have quad-core Intel i7 2600 CPUs running at 3.4 GHz with 8 GB of RAM. The new workstations in the 105 classroom have dual-core Intel Atom D2700 chips runnings at 2.13 text/html 2022-08-31T12:49:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) sshkeysmswindows https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/sshkeysmswindows?rev=1661950198&do=diff SSH Keys on Microsoft Windows using the PuTTY Utility SSH keys are what you will use to establish an encrypted connection over the network, e.g. the internet, between your system and a remote machine. The default type of key to generate is RSA which is good for most purposes. RSA is universally supported among SSH clients. Note that EdDSA performs much faster and provides the same level of security with significantly smaller keys. In general, though, for what you need to do, RSA encryption is … text/html 2024-03-27T13:08:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) ssh https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/ssh?rev=1711544886&do=diff Accessing CS Systems The easiest way to gain access the Computer Science Dept. Linux machines outside of the Asprey computer lab. This gives you terminal access to the command line inside the department, and it allows you to send files back and forth to your home directory. Since it has no remote text/html 2010-02-01T19:26:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) using_dbc https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/using_dbc?rev=1265052409&do=diff Using the script /usr/local/sbin/dbc Dropbox check script Description This script is used to look at information from file names created by the submit script used by the digital drop box. It assumes English month names (January, February, etc.) and cannot deal with spaces. It prints out the encrypted information in a readable format. text/html 2020-07-15T21:38:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) integrity https://www.cs.vassar.edu/integrity?rev=1594849114&do=diff Vassar CS Student Integrity Guide This guide is designed to clarify Vassar College’s academic integrity policy as it applies to the Computer Science Department. Furthermore, it provides advice on how to best navigate integrity issues in the context of the field, where source code authorship is a central issue. text/html 2023-03-14T21:54:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) genealogy https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/mlsmith/genealogy?rev=1678830869&do=diff Academic Genealogy * My Ph.D. advisors were Rebecca J. Parsons and Charles E. Hughes * Rebecca's advisor was * Matthias Felleisen, whose advisor was * Daniel P. Friedman, whose advisor was * Terrence W. Pratt, whose advisor was * Robert K. Lindsey, whose advisor was * Herbert A. Simon, the father of Artificial Intelligence text/html 2011-05-05T19:17:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) using_the_pickup_script https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/inhouse/using_the_pickup_script?rev=1304623047&do=diff Using the pickup script with your course What it is The pickup script is a companion to the submit script. Pickup allows you to place files for pickup in your course directories such that those files cannot be read by your students until they run this script. At that time an entry is logged showing the date, time, user and directory that was picked up. If your students attempt to kill the script (say, after it copies the files and before it logs that it has) that attempt will also be logged… text/html 2008-09-23T18:33:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/research/ursi_2008/aiptasiabase/top?rev=1222194838&do=diff URSI 2008 TODO * version control - repository * bioinf upgrades * python 2.5 -> 2.6 * ruby 1.8.5 -> 1.8.6 SERVERS * AiptasiaWiki * AiptasiaBase RELATED LINKS * WikiProteins: <http://genomebiology.com/2008/9/5/R89> * WormBase: <http://www.wormbase.org/> * Fly-FISH home: <http://fly-fish.ccbr.utoronto.ca/> * BioMart: <http://www.biomart.org/> * Open Helix: <http://www.openhelix.com/> * * Website for free online bioinformatics resources. Perhaps someday they will … text/html 2008-07-02T19:45:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) aiptasia_wiki https://www.cs.vassar.edu/research/ursi_2008/aiptasiabase/aiptasia_wiki?rev=1215027936&do=diff AIPTASIA WIKI Goals * Build a open resource for the bioinformatics community to access and contribute data and research on the aiptasia genome. * Create a tool for runnning tasks on the “BioInf” cluster from the internet. * Creating a “piping text/html 2008-05-11T23:29:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) hacks https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/wearables/hacks?rev=1210548591&do=diff Wear Hacks and Projects pages It became clear during the wiki transition that I had a number of “get 'em on the field” hacks in a variety of formats and locations as well as other wearable related pages and I needed to gather them up. As I clean up my site, this is where they will all be listed.  For now it is a growing list of links to where they currently reside. text/html 2009-12-07T17:24:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) context_awarness_project https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/wearables/context_awarness_project?rev=1260206695&do=diff the next big thing... Endurance Running Harness for Herbert October 2009 I have been a walker ever since I got my legs back as a teenager.  Before that biking is how I covered distance.  For a time I did not have use of my legs (the result of a biking accident) and was told I would not walk again.  Thankfully that was not the case, but after that the idea of running always seemed foolhardy.  All that impact, thud thud thud, not for me and my spine.  However, of late I am trying running text/html 2008-02-20T19:02:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) z80asm_in_emacs https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/z80asm_in_emacs?rev=1203534166&do=diff Using emacs with z80asm First off, I want to state I am not a lisp podgammer OK, now that that is out of the way, this is what I added to my .emacs when I started using z80asm to work with z80 assembly code.  It adds ASM to the list of extensions that will put you into asm-mode for editing assembly code and defines the compile command the way I wanted it.  If there is a better way to do these tasks please let me know. text/html 2007-12-28T18:56:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) qemu_ubuntu_7.10 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/qemu_ubuntu_7.10?rev=1198868160&do=diff I recently wanted to try a windows only usb device. I deceided to bring up a qemu image and found a few things out that I wonted to put in one place: for win2k make sure to use -win2k-hack when building the system as indicated in the qemu man page text/html 2008-02-21T21:07:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) multihome_dokuwiki_hacks https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/multihome_dokuwiki_hacks?rev=1203628033&do=diff Multihome Dokuwiki Hacks I use the article by Lukas Ruf on setting up dokuwiki on a mutihomed web server to allow multiple separate wikis to run on one machine. The article is available at <http://wiki.lpr.ch/doku.php/multihomed>. These are a few things I have done in addition to the suggestions in the article. text/html 2008-04-10T20:51:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/3d/top?rev=1207860669&do=diff Plain text 3d? Yep. Here are some simple examples to warm you up for the more complex pages to come. Look at the screen (or page if this has been printed out) and see if you can get the 2 X's below to look like like 3 X's. This is the basic skill needed for viewing the images. text/html 2010-10-29T19:16:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) using_htaccess https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/inhouse/using_htaccess?rev=1288379766&do=diff Using htaccess for web pages Please note: htaccess is for pages served from OUTSIDE THE WIKI in users directories. The wiki has similar ability, but it is set up differently -Greg Web Access Restriction by user/password This can be used in many ways, the user and password are not related to our system users and passwords, so you can use anything you like, however, there is no mechanism for the web users to maintain or reset their htaccess password so it can become a maintenance nightmare qui… text/html 2026-06-04T02:45:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/mlsmith/top?rev=1780541125&do=diff Marc L. Smith (he/him) Professor of Computer Science Computer Science Department Vassar College Coordinates Office: SP 104.5 Voice: 845 437 7497 Zoom E-mail: mlsmith@vassar.edu Vassar College, Box 399 124 Raymond Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0399 2026 -- 2027 * On Sabbatical$((\lambda(x)\ (x\ x))\ (\lambda(x)\ (x\ x)))$ text/html 2021-02-11T14:53:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) windows https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/x2go/windows?rev=1613055214&do=diff X2Go Windows Installation * Step 1: <html><a href=“<https://code.x2go.org/releases/X2GoClient_latest_mswin32-setup.exe>” target=“blank”>Click here for the latest version</a></html> to go to the download page for x2go. <html><a href=“<https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/x2goclient/releases/>” target=“blank”>Click here for the previous versions.</a></html> text/html 2016-09-29T18:34:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/x2go/linux?rev=1475174053&do=diff X2Go Ubuntu Installation * Step 1: Open a shell (Note: on most systems, you can to this by typing in Ctrl-Alt-t). * Step 2: Type in sudo apt-get install x2goclient. Hit Enter. * You will be prompted for your password. Type it, then hit enter. Note that as you type your password, the screen won't change (no *s will appear). This is normal; the computer is still registering your typing. text/html 2010-02-01T03:07:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) dosemu https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs325-201001/lectures/dosemu?rev=1264993644&do=diff <html> <h2>Cross Platform Assembling: </h2> </html> We will need to create Z80 programs for our computer. To do this we will use xdosemu in Linux to open a DOS session. You will be given a floppy disk with the zasm z80 assembler and some sample programs. We will need to keep our programs on a floppy so that we can burn it to the ROM, or upload it to the RAM. text/html 2016-09-20T15:55:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab4/top?rev=1474386954&do=diff Lab 4 CS203 Fall 2016 Goals * Design a software system for managing a car rental agency. * Determine the necessary classes from the problem description. * Use CRC cards to determine the responsibilities and collaborations. * Create a class diagram showing relationships and cardinalities. text/html 2020-01-29T03:02:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/labs/lab1?rev=1580266975&do=diff Lab #1 The main purpose of this initial laboratory exercise is to: * Practice programming in Java * Consolidate knowledge pertaining to the 3 pillars of OOP and their application in Java. * If you want a refresher on these pillars What to do - in just 31 easy steps! 1. Launch BlueJ (or your favorite IDE). text/html 2022-09-23T04:12:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) hw4 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/week4/hw4?rev=1663906349&do=diff Assignment 4: Famous People Assigned: Thursday, 22 September Due: Wednesday, 28 September, 11:59 p.m. Introduction The Pantheon 1.0 data set contains information about 11,340 famous individuals, based on articles in international versions of Wikipedia. For this assignment, we have taken a random sample of 1000 rows (that is, information about 1000 people) and have selected a few of the most interesting columns. text/html 2022-10-18T21:12:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 04 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/assignments/04?rev=1666127563&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div.dw-content li, div.dw-content li p { font-size: 13pt; m… text/html 2022-09-23T00:41:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 03 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/assignments/03?rev=1663893660&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div.dw-content li, div.dw-content li p { font-size: 13pt; m… text/html 2011-02-25T04:13:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) er https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/er?rev=1298607189&do=diff Running Notes And Human Evolution * Dennis M. Bramble1 & Daniel E. Lieberman 2004 article in Nature * Travis Rayne Pickeringa and Henry T. Bunna responce to above * The evolution of endurance running and the tyranny of ethnography: A reply to Pickering and Bunn (2007) barefoot running Nature 463, 531-535(28 January 2010) Foot strike patterns and collision forces in habitually barefoot versus shod runners abstract/htmlpdf I'll try to take some pictures of the setup soon. Shoe Attempts text/html 2015-08-26T20:52:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) backups https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/backups?rev=1440622373&do=diff FIXME update, convert to wiki, add link to isohome Backup With Tar ---------- * Overview * Creating a tar file of your entire directory * Copying the file to another location * Tar Documentation ---------- Overview While I make regular backups of the home directories on the Computer Science Unix machines, there are times when you want to have your own copy of your account. 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If you n… text/html 2021-08-29T20:27:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) techref https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs311-2021/techref?rev=1630268848&do=diff Technical Reference Command Line Access (SSH Tunnel from laptop) From a local terminal window open up an SSH tunnel through mote to our postgres server: $ ssh -L 5555:postgres:5432 -p 443 username@mote.cs.vassar.edu where username is the name of your CS account. text/html 2015-08-26T21:24:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) svn_use https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/apps/svn_use?rev=1440624278&do=diff SVN quick reference The following is modified from an email sent by Prof. Smith on the use of the command line svn program under linux here at CS To checkout (co) repository for first time * cd on your local machine to where you want your project working directory to be created```````````````````````````````` text/html 2018-08-29T16:24:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu241-201801/syllabus?rev=1535559858&do=diff <HTML> <h1>CMPU-241-01 Analysis of Algorithms - Fall 2018 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>An algorithm is the specification of a method to solve a given problem. 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These techniques shall provide students with a solid knowledge base, which will allow them to develop correct and efficient algorithms to solve whatever practical computer science problems they may encounter in the future.</p> text/html 2021-05-24T16:15:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week15 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/week15?rev=1621872937&do=diff Week 14 Wrap-up / CEQs Monday * Last class! =) :-( * Midterm II graded! * Login to Gradescope to see your grades * Stats (remember: grades are out of 75 total points (not 100)! * Minimum: 58 * Median: 70.0 * Maximum: 75 text/html 2021-10-09T00:31:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/week6?rev=1633739501&do=diff Week 6 Lists Ch. 9: Introduction to Lists Monday * Class canceled (Marc not feeling well) Wednesday * Midterm grades * still awaiting two students who couldn't take the exam last Friday * will be released soon! (Thursday at the latest) text/html 2021-09-27T16:42:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week4 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/week4?rev=1632760936&do=diff Week 4 Tables Ch. 8: Processing Tables Monday * Lab recap * if you're still finishing up / need to be checked off, please see me during office hours (or see one of our coaches) * as of Sunday evening, I have 23/40 submissions in Gradescope text/html 2021-10-15T14:41:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/lab6?rev=1634308862&do=diff Lab 6: Recursion Again and Again 15 October 2021 Learning Objectives The purpose of this lab is to give you practice reading, understanding, and writing functions involving lists and recursion. Setup Create the file lab06.arr and copy/paste the following into it: text/html 2021-09-10T13:21:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/lab2?rev=1631280107&do=diff Lab 2: Conditionals and Reading Code 10 September 2021 Today's lab The purpose of this lab is to give you practice: * using Boolean expressions * reading and writing if expressions * writing functions that use if expressions * writing examples/tests for the functions you write$ \geq $$ \leq $ text/html 2021-09-24T02:56:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) asmt3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/asmt3?rev=1632452219&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“assignment-3-sunny-days”>Assignment 3: Sunny Days</h1> <p>Due: Thursday, 30 September 2021 at 11:59 p.m.</p> <p><img src=“<https://www.cs.vassar.edu/~cs101/images/DSCF5442.jpeg>” alt=“Sunrise/Sunset”></p> <h2 id=“introduction”>Introduction</h2> <p>We love sunny summer days, but the equinox is already behind us, and we know the hours of daylight are beginning to dwindle. In this assignment, we&#39;ll use our experience working with tables (in class and in lab) to process a table of… text/html 2021-11-10T14:38:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week11 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/week11?rev=1636555091&do=diff Week 11 Python * Ch 24: Modifying Variables Reminders: * This Fri, Nov 12: Midterm 2 * Review session Thursday, Nov 11 Tuesday Destructive Programming * Colab notes: week-11.ipynb * Configure Colab: * Turn on the “show indentation guides” option in Colab and set the indentation width to 4 spaces. text/html 2021-10-14T23:46:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/lab6?rev=1634255186&do=diff Lab 6: Recursion Again and Again 15 October 2021 Learning Objectives The purpose of this lab is to give you practice reading, understanding, and writing functions involving lists and recursion. Setup Create the file lab06.arr and copy/paste the following into it: text/html 2021-09-10T11:26:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/lab2?rev=1631273208&do=diff Lab 2: Conditionals and Reading Code 10 September 2021 Today's lab The purpose of this lab is to give you practice: * using Boolean expressions * reading and writing if expressions * writing functions that use if expressions * writing examples/tests for the functions you write$ \geq $$ \leq $ text/html 2021-12-12T22:04:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) final-exam-email https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/final-exam-email?rev=1639346690&do=diff e-mail sent to you on Sunday 12/12: Dear students, This email contains important updates and information about the final exam. Please read it carefully. What has not changed is the exam time. It is still as originally scheduled: this Thursday, December 16, between 9–11am. text/html 2021-09-24T03:31:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) asmt3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/asmt3?rev=1632454280&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“assignment-3-sunny-days”>Assignment 3: Sunny Days</h1> <p>Due: Thursday, 30 September 2021 at 11:59 p.m.</p> <p><img src=“<https://www.cs.vassar.edu/~cs101/images/DSCF5442.jpeg>” alt=“Sunrise/Sunset”></p> <h2 id=“introduction”>Introduction</h2> <p>We love sunny summer days, but the equinox is already behind us, and we know the hours of daylight are beginning to dwindle. In this assignment, we&#39;ll use our experience working with tables (in class and in lab) to process a table of… text/html 2020-01-22T22:12:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu383-202051/syllabus?rev=1579731151&do=diff <html> <h1>CMPU-383-51 Applied Research in Computer Networks - Spring 2020 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p> Computer networks are a key driver behind the ever increasing role computers have on society, and a very active research area. This intensive course focuses particularly on wireless networking, which has already revolutionized where and how computing is done, and is at the root of the future Internet of Things (IoT). </p> text/html 2020-01-14T20:08:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu224-202051/syllabus?rev=1579032484&do=diff <HTML> <h1>CMPU-224-51 Computer Organization - Spring 2020 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>This course covers the underlying principles and internal structure of computer systems, with the goal of enabling students to become better programmers and encouraging further study in the area of computer systems. </p> text/html 2023-03-27T17:51:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week9 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2023-54/week9?rev=1679939467&do=diff Python Week Continues Monday * The original, and still the best, starter notebook * The (mostly) filled out starter notebook Wednesday * Friday * tbd Miscellaneous * text/html 2020-09-09T01:26:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu224-202001/syllabus?rev=1599614785&do=diff <html> <h1>CMPU-224-01 Computer Organization - Fall 2020 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>This course covers the underlying principles and internal structure of computer systems, with the goal of enabling students to become better programmers and encouraging further study in the area of computer systems. </p> text/html 2019-01-23T22:42:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu102-201802/syllabus?rev=1548283344&do=diff <HTML> <h1>CMPU-102-02 Computer Science II: Data Structures and Algorithms - Fall 2018 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>An algorithm is the specification of a method to solve a given problem. A data structure is a specific way of organizing data so that it can be used efficiently by an algorithm. This course approaches data structures and algorithms from a practical perspective, using Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), and particularly Java, as a framework to learn and experiment wi… text/html 2016-05-20T15:48:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_three https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_three?rev=1463759323&do=diff Linux Tutorial Three 3.1 Redirection Most processes initiated by UNIX commands write to the standard output (that is, they write to the terminal screen), and many take their input from the standard input (that is, they read it from the keyboard). 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To open a new window you must first close the existing firefox process or restart your system```````` text/html 2023-04-06T14:19:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) possible_issues_with_remote_webui https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/possible_issues_with_remote_webui?rev=1680790785&do=diff Possible Issues when using the Remote WebUI 1. Why do I get bumped off after 4 - 5 hours? There is a time limit on the connection because several people have forgotten to log out and left their user home account files open and tied to remote system. Therefore a timer will kick you off after four or five hours to close all of your applications and files for you so that your files are not corrupted. Save your work often! Close all of your applications and disconnect or logout when you are done o… text/html 2025-09-30T20:45:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) password https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/password?rev=1759265121&do=diff First Time Login The first time you log into a CS workstation with a temporary password, the login page will help you reset your password. First, enter your username (this will be the same as your Vassar email address, before the @-symbol): Enter your temporary password, which should have been given to you by your professor or sysadmin: text/html 2022-09-06T15:39:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) crmonitor https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/crmonitor?rev=1662478771&do=diff SP105 * The default is monitor is Display 1 and overhead is display 2 SP307 * The system near the server room has an output connection to the CRESTRON. There is no projector but there is a flat panel TV mounted on the wall in this room. SP309 text/html 2025-09-30T20:21:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) access https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/access?rev=1759263688&do=diff Remote Access If you want to connect to CS machines from your dorm room or home, use a web browser or an SSH client. SSH encrypts all communications, so connections are secure. CS systems are normally accessible only from campus networks; for off‑campus access the supported method is Citrix. Citrix works best via the `ssh acl215` text/html 2012-07-16T14:55:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/hatsoff/top?rev=1342450525&do=diff Hats Off! TO OUR RECENT GRADUATES: Cordelia McGee-Tubb'11 who is now a software development engineer in San Francisco, CA for Salesforce.com, an enterprise cloud computing company that distributes business software. TO OUR CURRENT STUDENTS: stay tuned; we hope to hear summer plans from the CS students soon! text/html 2013-06-19T18:00:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) thesis https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/thesis?rev=1371664854&do=diff Thesis Timetable CMPU 300 * Special permission form is required to register for CMPU 300, which is the first half of a year-long course. * Student is responsible for securing both a primary advisor and a second reader and for providing a paragraph-long description of the project by the end of the third week of classes. If the topic is interdisciplinary, then, with CS department approval, the second reader may be outside the CS department. text/html 2022-01-17T21:07:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) operating_systems https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/operating_systems?rev=1642453646&do=diff <HTML> <h1> Operating Systems </h1> <h2>CMPU-334 Section 01</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Spring, 2022</h2> <h2>Syllabus & Course Wiki</h2> <p> Welcome to the main section of our course wiki. Use this as a starting point to access the weekly course schedule, lectures, labs, resources, etc. etc. etc. </p> text/html 2025-06-19T16:26:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/top?rev=1750350362&do=diff Computer Science Department Wiki This site is for internal use by current students, faculty and administrators in the Computer Science department at Vassar College. It provides access to active course websites and up-to-date computer systems information. text/html 2023-03-24T17:09:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week8 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2023-54/week8?rev=1679677777&do=diff Python Week Monday * Welcome to Python * To use the same IDE head on over to: * colab.research.google.com * Please take the time to read the textbook section on python and review the given exercises. * https://dcic-world.org/2022-01-25/part_pyret-to-python.html * To make it a little easier, here is a text file example from dcic-world, the same code written in pyret and python. Try it out! text/html 2018-12-12T13:52:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) labs https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-201804/labs?rev=1544622766&do=diff CMPU-101-04 Computer Science I and Lab. (Fall 2018) Labs Problems and Solutions Week Lab. Problems Sample Solutions text/html 2012-10-24T14:37:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2012-10-23_going_mobile_understanding_the_mobile_and_tech_startup_scene_with_xamarin https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2012-10-23_going_mobile_understanding_the_mobile_and_tech_startup_scene_with_xamarin?rev=1351089434&do=diff 2012-10-23 Going Mobile: Understanding the Mobile and Tech Startup Scene with Xamarin <html><style type=“text/css”>div.avatar { float: left; padding-right: 0.5em;}</style></html> <html><div class=“avatar”></html>[Xamarian avatar]<html></div></html> Bryan Costanich text/html 2021-12-06T19:06:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) assigns https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs311-2021/assigns?rev=1638817593&do=diff Final Projects Teams Team # Members Database Project [database name] Presentation text/html 2012-05-04T18:53:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2012-05-02_mhvlug_talk_git https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2012-05-02_mhvlug_talk_git?rev=1336157637&do=diff 2012-05-02 MHVLUG talk: Git Git Sean Swehla, IBM Git is one of the leading distributed source code control systems. 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[Flyer PDF] text/html 2010-11-02T01:18:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2010-09-20_acm_lecture_at_marist_college https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2010-09-20_acm_lecture_at_marist_college?rev=1288660715&do=diff 2010-09-20 ACM Lecture at Marist College Sponsored by the Poughkeepsie Chapter of the Association For Computing Machinery and Marist College aaa ccccccc mmmmm mmmmm a a cc cc mm mm mm mm aa aa cc c mm mm mm mm aaaaaaaaa cc mm mmm mm aa aa cc c mm m mm MEETING NOTI… text/html 2008-11-19T19:30:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-11-13_asprey_lecture https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2008-11-13_asprey_lecture?rev=1227123015&do=diff 2008-11-13 Asprey Lecture The Winifred Asprey Lecture Series in Computer Science Sponsored by the Department of Computer Science in honor of Winifred Asprey'38 Emeritus Professor of Computer Science Dr. James Coplien Software Patterns, Agile Software Development, and Extreme Programming text/html 2022-01-17T21:13:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/operating_systems/top?rev=1642454012&do=diff <HTML> <h1> Operating Systems </h1> <h2>CMPU-334 Section 01</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Spring, 2022</h2> <h2>Syllabus & Course Wiki</h2> <p> Welcome to the main section of our course wiki. 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You will be prompted to enter your password. You should enter your Linux CS account password, not your Vassar password. For more information about the text/html 2022-01-17T23:04:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs334-202251/top?rev=1642460653&do=diff <HTML> <h1> Operating Systems </h1> <h2>CMPU-334 Section 51</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Spring, 2022</h2> <h2>Syllabus & Course Wiki</h2> <p> Welcome to the main section of our course wiki. Use this as a starting point to access the weekly course schedule, lectures, labs, resources, etc. etc. etc. </p> text/html 2008-01-29T21:46:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs325/top?rev=1201643200&do=diff CMPU 325 - Microcomputers and Digital Electronics Spring 2008 Instructor: Lou Voerman (voerman@cs.vassar.edu) Lectures & lab: Tuesday 7 to 10 PM Office phone: 845-437-7293 Home phone: 845-452-8198 Office: OLB 117 Office hours: Mon. thru Thurs. 10:15 - 11:15 AM text/html 2010-02-21T16:55:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs325-201001/top?rev=1266771352&do=diff CMPU-325:Microcomputers/Digital Electronics <html> <h1>Vassar College, Spring 2010</h1> <h1>Syllabus</h1> </html> Course Wiki: <http://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs325-201001/top> Professor: Barry Jones Office: OLB 118 text/html 2021-09-14T02:41:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs311-2021/week3?rev=1631587305&do=diff Week 3 Welcome back!! Querying the CAP Database on our postgres server: * with thanks to Alan Labouseur for permission to use his materials! :-) * CAP database creation [script] * [CAP snapshot] Class exercise: Use CAP to answer all of these query questions. Write only one query per question. Be certain to end each query with a semi-colon. Your final script should execute all of the queries in sequence from one command. Remember that CAP is one snapshot in time in the life of th… text/html 2025-06-19T16:26:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) start https://www.cs.vassar.edu/start?rev=1750350362&do=diff Computer Science Department Wiki This site is for internal use by current students, faculty and administrators in the Computer Science department at Vassar College. It provides access to active course websites and up-to-date computer systems information. text/html 2023-03-27T16:58:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs241-2023-51/top?rev=1679936304&do=diff Analysis of Algorithms (CMPU-241-51, Spring 2023) CMPU-241-51: Analysis of Algorithms (Spring 2023) Instructor: Prairie Rose Goodwin Location: Sanders Physics (SP) 105 Hours: Tue/Thu - 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Notes: You can not enroll yourself in this course. text/html 2022-10-10T00:18:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/week6?rev=1665361091&do=diff Week 6 : Designing Programs For Tables Monday * There are still a few students who did not take the exam; I plan to release exam grades via gradescope at some point on Wednesday. * In the meantime, if your are looking for a way to improve your note taking skills text/html 2015-09-23T12:22:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs240/syllabus?rev=1443010933&do=diff Fall 2015 Syllabus Text Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Third Edition Michael Sipser Course Technology, Inc. Requirements * Exams: Three exams, each worth 20% of the final grade. The first two exams focus on material in the immediately preceding segment of the course. The third exam covers primarily later material, but may also cover material from earlier in the course. text/html 2013-09-01T20:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) success https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs240/success?rev=1378066915&do=diff How to Succeed in CS 240 (with a bit of effort) CS240 includes a lot of detailed information that supports the “big ideas” that we will gain an understanding of during the course. Here are some suggestions for approaching the course material and lectures that can help guarantee that you get the most out of it. text/html 2019-01-22T04:28:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/top?rev=1548131336&do=diff Foundations of Computer Science CMPU-145 Section 51 Vassar College, Spring 2019 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki. It is the main page from which our course materials will be accessed. Contact Information Professor: text/html 2020-04-09T18:24:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week10 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/week10?rev=1586456679&do=diff Week 10 Tuesday * the meeting id for tues/thurs lectures * <https://vassar.zoom.us/j/5845469406> * The lecture for Tuesday is uploaded here * <https://moodle.vassar.edu/mod/folder/view.php?id=616360> * What's a GDS? Here's one. * While grading the tic-tac-toe assignment, I was thinking some more about random numbers. * An interesting article about random numbers * Come for the random numbers, stay for the IBM stories (and songs!) * I will talk about tic tac toe … text/html 2020-04-02T12:54:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week9 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/week9?rev=1585832075&do=diff Week 9 Tuesday * [Java node implementation, from slides] * [Today's Lecture Notes] * Oracle's tutorial on Java Interface * from last week's lab, fizzbuzz is a thing! * I added the Tuesday lecture (audio only and video+audio) to moodle. (9:59 pm local time, sorry for the late notice) Wednesday * The zoom meeting link for labs * <https://vassar.zoom.us/j/880032011> * [Instructions for the linked list lab (LLL)] * I'm separating out the individual source files here. Pl… text/html 2020-02-27T13:38:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/week6?rev=1582810730&do=diff Week 6 Tuesday * The list of weekly topics is slightly skewed. We will cover the Final keyword, javadoc and exceptions this week * [Today's lecture notes] * We will take a look at exceptions - contract violations, if you consider an api to be a contract - with some code. text/html 2020-02-20T03:26:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week5 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/week5?rev=1582169177&do=diff Week 5 Tuesday * We didn't get to discuss “static” in any detail last week. [Let's review static with ScopeTester] * [Today's lecture notes] Wednesday * We will start on the next homework assignment in the lab. (It is a large assignment) * I will assign the homework on Thursday and we can talk about it then. text/html 2020-02-11T03:05:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) coaching https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/coaching?rev=1581390335&do=diff Coaches Corner Here's a chart for the coaches schedule. The coaches from either section of cmpu-102 should be able to help you. Note: I'll leave this one up, but there is a more recent schedule under the “UPDATE” section. [Schedule] UPDATE The above schedule may not be accurate. Here is the latest schedule details: text/html 2017-02-22T12:24:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-201752/top?rev=1487766244&do=diff Computer Science II: Data Structures and Algorithms <html> <h2>CMPU-102-52</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Spring 2017</h2> <h2>Syllabus / Course Wiki</h2> </html> Professor: Jenny Walter Office Hours: Tues, Wed and Thurs: 10:30 am to noon SP 306 text/html 2021-11-19T19:27:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week11 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/week11?rev=1637350049&do=diff Week 11 Tuesday * questions on the lab? * Today, we cover maps and hash maps. * For reference, let's take a quick look at name/value pairs for a mainframe OS * What is a name/value pair? * perhaps a simpler construct: a dictionary! * [lecture notes] * [map code project] Thursday * Quick Summary from Tuesday's lecture on hash maps, or hash tables: text/html 2021-09-09T18:40:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/week2?rev=1631212805&do=diff Welcome to Week 2 Tuesday * Last Friday's lab: any questions? * Let's review the “Extra” section. We can also review our vehicular class design. * Lecture notes for some important Java language specifics * Any interest in handouts for Java language-specific syntax/notes? text/html 2021-12-19T20:08:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/top?rev=1639944481&do=diff <HTML> <h1> Data Structures Using Java </h1> <h2>CMPU-102 Section 01</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Fall 2021</h2> <h2>Syllabus & Course Wiki</h2> <p> Welcome to the main section of our course wiki. Use this as a starting point to access the weekly course schedule, lectures, labs, resources, etc. etc. etc. </p> text/html 2022-11-11T04:39:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week10 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/week10?rev=1668141565&do=diff Python Week Monday * I started grading exam 2. Results will, most likely, be published on Friday. * Welcome to Python * To use the same IDE head on over to: * colab.research.google.com * Please take the time to read the textbook section on python and review the given exercises. text/html 2008-06-02T16:25:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) wiki1.7notes https://www.cs.vassar.edu/research/ursi_2008/aiptasiabase/wiki1.7notes?rev=1212423953&do=diff Notes on MediaWiki 1.7 Database Storage * Every table starts with 'aiptasia_' Hereafter I will leave out the 'aiptasia' part. * User info stored in _user * All the main page text (past, present, and pre-built) is stored as a blob object in _text table.