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How to Translate a Language in Java

Since the internet stepped into the spotlight in the late twentieth century, it has been doing its part to facilitate globalization on a massive scale. With companies increasing international transactions and individuals from across the world connecting online, we are all growing closer each day. 

While these personal and business connections are teaching us a lot about our various cultures, we still encounter language barriers. These barriers can cause considerable inconvenience and frustration for users and businesses alike, which is why the developments that have been made in language translation technology are so valuable.

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How to Convert a File to PDF in Mendix

When providing information to clients, PDF documents are one of the most versatile and presentable formats out there. Their compatibility with just about every system available, from desktop to mobile, and their ability to maintain the quality and format of a file’s contents make them a top choice for businesses. However, it is rare that a document is originally created as a PDF, as the format is notoriously difficult to edit.

For instance, let’s say you use a PowerPoint presentation to pitch your ideas or products to a client. PowerPoint’s capacity to use styles and graphics to represent your brand in a visually appealing manner makes it a go-to format for many businesses. In this example, your client may wish to download a copy of the presentation for reference. You don’t want to give them the PowerPoint file, due to possible editing and skewing of your message, so you convert the document to a PDF to preserve and secure your original content.

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How to Rephrase or Paraphrase Text Using AI in Java

If you’ve ever been stuck for hours wondering how to translate source material into your own personalized content, we feel your pain. Writer’s block is a condition that affects almost all of us at some point in our lives and can be very difficult to escape. Fortunately, the age of technology has developed some incredibly useful tools to solve even this persistent problem. Whether the goal is to refresh a business document, rephrase a blog post, or paraphrase for a term paper, our Rephrase/Paraphrase API will be able to provide the necessary boost to overcome the internal obstacles we construct in our minds.

Leveraging Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing AI technology, this creative solution will take any input English text and create 1-10 rephrased outputs of the original sentence. The function is designed to preserve the original semantic meaning, so while the wording will change, the core message remains the same.

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How to Scan an Azure Blob for Viruses in Java

Cloud storage is becoming increasingly popular with businesses and individual users alike; unfortunately, this popularity means that the possibility of a cyberattack on our content is increasing as well. When businesses utilize cloud storage, and a file is infected, it can quickly spread to other applications in the system, and possibly end up being downloaded by a user, causing even more damage. 

So the question is, how do we protect our valuable content from these ever-evolving threats? Fortunately, there’s an answer to that question – below we explore a free solution for Java that leverages a continuously updated database of virus signatures to scan your Azure Blob content for multiple threats. Azure Blob is Microsoft’s cloud storage option, and is widely used due to the scalability and security it offers for cloud-native workloads, archives, data lakes, and high-performance computing.

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How to Convert a Price from USD to EUR in Java

Over the past year, we’ve seen an abundance of changes that influence the way we do business, and with the roll out of lightning-quick broadband and 5G as well, the world is more connected and reliant on the internet than ever. This global culture has led to more business with international clients via websites and programs, and converting prices to the proper currency is an integral piece of meeting standards across the board. However, between keeping up with exchange rates and processing manual calculations, price conversion has the potential to become quite the time-consuming task. If we want to ensure the most accurate and efficient user experience, automation can be a key addition to our approach.

Enter the Cloudmersive Currency Conversion API; this innovative solution can be utilized to simplify the currency conversion process by leveraging continuously updated currency exchange rate data to produce an instant result. The goal of this article is to walk you through how to install and use this feature in Java to simultaneously improve customer satisfaction and system processing by taking a price in any source currency and converting it to a destination currency.

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How to Check if an IP Address is a Bot in Java

An IP address is a unique numerical identifier that is assigned to each network-connected device that uses the Internet Protocol for communication; simply put, this includes most devices we use today (i.e. laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc.). For business websites, verifying user IP addresses can provide valuable insight into client-specific demographics, allowing them to effectively target their content.

However, not all IP addresses are valid – some can be a bot, botnet, or other non-user entity that can either skew your data or potentially cause harm to your business or clients. This article will explore a free solution that can check if a single IP address is a bot in Java by leveraging real-time signals against known high-probability bots. While there are some useful bots out there, such as chatbots and search engine bots, we want to ensure that there are no “bad” bots lurking in an IP address that could pose a threat.

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Scan an AWS S3 File for Viruses in Java

The increased use of cloud storage is also increasing the attention it gets from potential cyber attackers. End-users are able to upload viruses, and attackers can craft specialized attack malware and upload this content as well. Once these threats are uploaded, they can flow through your systems, hiding themselves in cloud storage or databases, and could eventually get executed.

Consider the following situation: an attacker uploads a custom executable file into a financial company’s cloud storage database, and the system accepts it. The virus is missed by the company’s minimal virus scan software, so it continues to infiltrate other critical business applications. Eventually, it’s downloaded by a financial manager, resulting in an endpoint being infected with an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT).