Programmer vs Software Engineer
My take for a response to a Code Project thread discussion about a "programmer" vs a "software engineer".
computer science
The study of the principles and use of computers. You can't go wrong with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science
Bit Masks
Bit masks are a computer science concept; in a nutshell, they represent options which can be combined in a variety of ways. A very basic example colors. Blue and Green combined create yellow.