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Pablo Gallardo

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Transport OSI Layer Protocols

This post summarizes transport layer protocols. List of Transport Layer Protocols Transport Layer Protocols: TCP and UDP are the main transport protocols of the TCP/IP framework. You can find a list of popular TCP and UDP ports on this post.…

Free Art for Video Games

Take into account that while it may be free as in “gratis”, its use may be restricted by its license. For example, a CC-by is free of use, but if you use this artwork you need to explicitly specify the…

Introduction to Android

Android is an open source operating system aimed for portable devices, but also present in desktop devices. Its kernel is a modified version of Linux kernel. Android was first released in 2008. This post is an introduction to the operating…

Network Routing Protocols

This post summarizes gateway protocols or routing protocols on computer networks. All of them are within OSI layer 3. List of Network Routing Protocols Overall list of network routing protocols: The two main categories of network routing protocols are: Interior…

Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines

This post summarizes some cryptographic standards and guidelines. List of Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines featured on this post: NIST’s Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines ENISA’s Recommended Cryptographic Measures CCN’s CCN-STIC 807 “Criptología de empleo en…

Crowdfunding Websites

This post summarizes some websites for crowdfunding. List of Crowdfunding Websites Crowfunding websites: Kickstarter Kickstarter is a project from Spain. Official website Verkami Verkami is a project from Spain. Official website Gamefound Crowdfunding website specialized in video games. Official website

Introduction to Rust

Rust is an emerging programming language that focuses on performance. It is free and open-source (FOSS) under an MIT and Apache 2.0 dual-license. It was created by software developer Graydon Hoare while he was working at Mozilla, and it was…

Large Language Models

A Large Language Model (LLM) is a language model notable for its ability to achieve general-purpose language understanding and generation. LLMs acquire these abilities by learning statistical relationships from text documents during a computationally intensive self-supervised and semi-supervised training process.…

Green Cloud and Green Data Centers

Green cloud and green data centers is the concept of optimizing a cloud or data centers to reduce to an optimal level the environmental impact of cloud and data center technologies. This post covers some aspects regarding green cloud and…