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Computer Hardware
Computer hardware is a general term used to refer to all the physical parts of a computer. Internal hardware devices include hard drives and motherboards, while external hardware devices include monitors, mice, keyboards, and printers.
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What is wrong if your computer is making a grinding sound when gathering data?
All mechanical hard drives will make some sound when data is being accessed. If the sound is unusually loud, the drive may have bad sectors, or the file system is severely fragmented.
1900MB x 1024KB/MB=
1900 x1024= 1945600
MB/1 x KB/MB =(MBxKB)/MB= KB
1945600KB if kilobytes and megabytes
An input or output device that is outside the system unit is called?
peripherals, aka accessories, aka mouse/keyboard/Monitor
What are the two best practices that are used when configuring a home WLAN?
Because it's so important, I'll give you more than two.
ABSOLUTELY change the default SSID
ABSOLUTELY hide the SSID (the wireless network name)
ABSOLUTELY change the default administrator password.
Turn on MAC filtering
Implement encryption such as WEP or WPA (WPA or WPA2 is more secure)
Use a pre-shared key.
What is the difference between calculating device and computing device?
Modern days Computers are more developed form of Calculators. Earlier Calculators were devised for fast Mathematical Calculations.
Calculators are devices designed to perform Simple & Scientific calculations whereas Computer (Computing Device) are designed to perform variety of Tasks with high speeds.
How do you activate if a laptop is locked by bios settings due to unregistration?
Sounds a bit fishy, but you can plug in a flash drive containing another operating system and configure it as your default boot device (BIOS Settings) and then boot to it.
What is a PCI adapter used for?
A PCI adapter is used to connect devices to a computer's central processor. PCI adapters are the most common interconnect that is used in personal desktop computers.
A PC peripheral card is a circuit board that is installed in a computer to give it more capabilities, or in the case of older PCs, to give it even certain basic capabilities. Usually, such a card is inserted into a peripheral bus slot.
Examples of peripheral cards include video cards, hard drive controllers, modems, I/O adapters, sound cards, television tuner cards, etc.
What is the highest speed you can legally log in a charter bus?
Varies by state. You might be able to log 68 in Florida, but try logging 55 or higher in California and see how you fare in that venture.
An input device is anything that lets you get data into the computer.
What reorganizes the data on a magnetic hard drive that you can access files more quickly?
An application called a disk defragmenter is the tool used to achieve this. However one could also specifically match the disk segment layout with the disk rotation speed as one sets up the disk or even build a RAID array to increase access speed.
Does AGP stands for Accelerated Graphics Port?
Yes. AGP stands for Accelerated Graphics Port. http://computer.howstuffworks.com/agp1.htm
What Does rewritable on a CD drive mean?
It means that once you put information on it, you can take it off and put new stuff on it; its not permanent.
Try to mount the image using a tool such as Daemon and then use Copy disk in Nero from mounted drive.
What is the squishy black bubble on the bottom of your IBM Think Pad T30?
It's not a switch or sensor of any kind, but a shock absorber. It holds air, and bleeds the air out on "impact," softening the "thump" of setting the laptop down on a desk back-edge first, then taking your fingers out from under the front edge. This is a well-thought-out feature, I think, as it actually seems to work.
Google Product Search (formerly known as Froogle) is a price comparison service launched by Google Inc. It is currently in beta test stage. It was invented by Craig Nevill-Manning. Its interface provides an HTML form field into which a user can type product queries to return lists of vendors selling a particular product, as well as pricing information. Product Search is only available for selected countries at this point.
Your DVD tray won't open and the computer doesn't recognize the drive?
Power connector or data cable probably loose. Pull cables and reseat.Make sure alligned same way.
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Is there fax software for cable modems?
JoyFax Server supports Fax over IP(FoIP) which enables sending and receiving faxes via a Voice over IP (VoIP, T.38) network, such as Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Quintum and others. Analog telephone line also supported. Its client-server design allows you to easily send fax and receive from any Windows workstation in a network environment.
Is a washing machine programme dial an input or an output?
It is both. It is where you set your machines cycle and where you can see what work is being done throughout the cycle.
What laptop is better toshiba or lenovo?
I would personally go with Lenovo, but they are about equal. If I could get any laptop, though, it would be an Acer. :)
