Ian Lam

Knowing the order of Domain Author: Ian Lam A domain is commonly used by computer science people to refer to their website title. A domain can be used in a website, email, or URL links. Let us unfold the unknowns of “domain.” Domains are usually split into different parts: protocol, subdomain, root domain, second-level domain, top-level domain, and path (file). We will use an example for our website: https://www.ianlam.us.kg/2024/06/frequently-asked-question-faq.html In this domain, the "https" part is called the protocol, as it calls the information on a website and allows the web server and browser to communicate. The second part, "www" (World Wide Web), is a subdomain. This is the most common part where domain owners separate different websites. For example, "www" can redirect to Blogger, while "youtube.ianlam.us.kg" might redirect you to a YouTube channel. The part where “ianlam” is called the root domain, where businesses usually put their n...

Raw Mark and UMS  Author: Ian Lam Raw mark and UMS always happen to appear in university admission requirements, and people always discuss them after their A Level exams, but what actually are they? What are the differences between the two? UMS stands for Uniform Mark Scale; unlike GCSE or IGCSE, UMS is a “virtual mark” that is used to standardize exams from different exam boards. Raw marks would literally be the marks you get in your exam; maybe a 78/80, your raw mark would always be 78. So how is UMS calculated? Similarly to the “grade boundaries” you get in GCSEs, the conversion from raw marks to UMS changes every year according to the performance and the difficulty of the paper. As an example, we would take WJEC 2024 Chemistry A Level as an example. The following data would be listed as RAW/RAW TOTAL -> UMS/ UMS TOTAL: 42/80 -> 70/100 51/80 -> 80/100 64/80 -> 95/100 69/80 -> 100/100 etc… Grade Boundary Max UMS 80          A - 64  ...