Category IT

Introduction to C++

This post is an introduction to C++. C++ is an adaptation of C to the object-oriented paradigm. It was originally developed by Bjarne Stroustrup. C++ Versions and Standards There are different standard versions of C++. Each version is standardized through…

Information Security Compliance

This post explains the concept of information security compliance and related topics. Compliance is one of the three sub-areas covered in Information Security area of GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance). Sources of IT Security Compliance Compliance comes from the following…

How to identify a Computer Font

This post provides resources to identify the name of a computer font given a text with a specific typeface. Webs for Font Identification List of webs for font identification: Identifont Whatfontis The Font Finder service is included in Whatfontis…

Quantum Computing

Quantum computing is the area of computing that takes advantage of quantum physics, i.e., the behavior of subatomic particles like electrons or photons, for computing. There are two principles that are exploited on quantum computing: The basic unit of quantum…

Colleges of Computer Engineers in Spain

This post summarizes colleges, associations or guilds of computer engineers in Spain. National College of Computer Engineers in Spain Consejo de Colegios de Ingeniería Informática (CCII) is a national association in Spain of all regional Colleges of Computer Engineers of…

Digital Euro

The digital euro is a European Union project to create the digital version of euro cash. It would be legally accepted by all merchants within the euro area, and also will allow to make transactions between their holders. As 2023,…

IT Massive Open Online Courses

This post features Masive Open Online Course (MOOC) sites List of IT MOOC Sites List of popular MOOC sites: EdX Official website Udemy Official webite MOOC.org Official website DataCamp Official website

RISC-V ISA

This post is an introduction to RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA), explaining its particularities and potentials. What is RISC-V? An instruction set architecture (ISA) is part of the abstract model of a computer that defines how the CPU is controlled…

NIS2

The Network and Infrastructure Security 2 (NIS 2, often spelled as NIS2), coded Directive (EU) 2022/2555 is an European Union (EU) directive. This post explains some aspects about this directive and their transpositions by EU member states. Introduction NIS2 NIS2…