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UTF-8: how letters become bytes

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UpdatedSep 10, 2026

Unicode: a shared catalogue of characters

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Syntax and semantics: spelling and meaning

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Side effects: more than an answer

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Short-circuiting: stop checking when the answer is known

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Sandbox: a bounded place to run code

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Runtime and host: who does what?

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Return values: the answer a function gives back

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Pixels: the small pieces of a picture

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Permissions and capabilities: can it, and may it?

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Parameters and arguments: passing information to a function

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Mutation: changing something already there

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Modules: sharing work between source files

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Project manifests: the project's information card

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Literals: values written directly in code

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Line endings: invisible marks between lines

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JSON: a text format for data

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IDE: your programming workbench

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Frames and FPS: pictures over time

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Floating-point numbers: why tiny rounding happens

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File paths: an address for a file

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File extensions: the ending of a filename

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Event loop: how scripts take turns

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Escape sequences: special characters inside text

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Compiler and interpreter: making code run

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Command line: giving a tool a written instruction

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Collision detection: do two objects touch?

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Code points: what does length count?

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Canonical identity: one operation, different names

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API: an agreed way to ask for something

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Concepts explained

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