computer science

SeeClickFix

SeeClickFix is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand SeeClickFix rather than just read about it. In short: SeeClickFix was a digital communications system company founded and based in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. The company runs a website and app which assist users in communicating with local governments about non-emergency issues.

Key takeaways

SeeClickFix belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect SeeClickFix to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of SeeClickFix from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

SeeClickFix was a digital communications system company founded and based in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. The company runs a website and app which assist users in communicating with local governments about non-emergency issues. SeeClickFix was established in 2008, with co-founder Ben Berkowitz as chief executive officer. The company was acquired by CivicPlus in 2019.

Website SeeClickFix is an issue reporting platform which allows people to report non-emergency neighborhood issues to local government bodies, assisting city staff. The tool has a free mobile app that maps user comments. Users may add comments, suggest courses of action, or add video and picture documentation. Users can receive notifications based on selected areas and keywords. The site also allows anonymous reporting to file complaints against others which may lead to someone being cited, arrested, fined, or towed. This has led to concerns by some that SeeClickFix.com is enabling a culture of snitching that tends to disproportionately target the homeless and other poor and marginalized people. News outlets following stories from SeeClickFix have prompted responses from local government. According to the company, about 300 municipalities subscribed to it in 2017.

See also 3-1-1, U.S. non-emergency service telephone number Find It, Fix It, a municipal customer service application developed for the city of Seattle

References

External links Official website

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with SeeClickFix

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what SeeClickFix claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to SeeClickFix before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about SeeClickFix ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of SeeClickFix

In research: SeeClickFix appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses SeeClickFix in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: SeeClickFix is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2008 establishments in Connecticut, American companies established in 2008, Collaborative mapping, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for SeeClickFix outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study SeeClickFix in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what SeeClickFix means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain SeeClickFix out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is SeeClickFix in simple terms?

Why does SeeClickFix matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study SeeClickFix?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on SeeClickFix.