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Why is algorithm efficiency important?
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Efficient algorithms improve performance, making them preferable over just correct ones.
What metaphor is used to describe the intensity of education in CS50?
Drinking from a fire hose
How does a computer represent information?
Using binary (0s and 1s)
What are the key programming concepts emphasized in CS50?
Functions, conditionals, Boolean expressions, loops
What are CS50's core social activities?
CS50 Lunches, CS50 Puzzle Day, CS50 Hackathon, CS50 Fair
Describe the purpose of Scratch in CS50.
A visual programming language used to learn programming concepts with drag-and-drop interface.
What is the core philosophy behind how CS50 handles different student comfort levels?
Focus on individual progress relative to personal starting point.
Who is the instructor for CS50?
David Malan
What is the CS50 Duck?
An AI-based tutor to guide students
List the programming languages covered in CS50.
C, Python, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Explain the 'divide and conquer' approach with an example from CS50.
Finding a name in a phone book by repeatedly dividing the search range in half.
What is one example of a project students build with Scratch?
'Hello, world' program or interactive games like 'Whac-A-Mole'
How does CS50 encourage the use of AI in learning?
By integrating CS50’s AI tutor and encouraging it as a learning aid with guardrails.
Why did David Malan switch his major to computer science?
He ended up loving CS50.
Define pseudocode.
Describing algorithms in plain English.
What is ASCII used for?
Representing text characters in binary
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