4.1.2 - Code Similarity
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What is edit distance?
💡 Hint: Think about what edits entail, such as adding, deleting, or changing letters.
Why is plagiarism detection important?
💡 Hint: Consider the consequences of copying in schools and professional settings.
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What does the term 'edit distance' refer to?
💡 Hint: Consider what is involved in changing one document to match another.
True or False: Dynamic programming allows you to store results of subproblems to avoid redundant calculations.
💡 Hint: Think about how you would improve calculations rather than compute them multiple times.
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Given two documents: 'The quick brown fox' and 'The quick brown dog', calculate the edit distance and explain your steps.
💡 Hint: Track your edits one by one.
Explain how you might approach calculating the similarity between 'algorithm' and 'algorithms' semantically and textually.
💡 Hint: Think about how words can change with context.
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