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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 a host key in computers?
A host key is used by a server to prove its identity to a client and by a client to verify a "known" host. Host keys are described as persistent (they are changed infrequently) and are asymmetric-much like the public/private key pairs discussed above in the Public key section. If a machine is running only one SSH server, a single host key serves to identify both the machine and the server. If a machine is running multiple SSH servers, it may either have multiple host keys or use a single key for multiple servers.
The Host key is a password set by you and acts as the computer's unique access code. It is stored only on your machine and not on the RemotePC servers.
SSH automatically verifies that the host is authentic by comparing the host key in a local database against what the host sends when you connect.
There are two places where the host key is kept. There is a master host key database and a personal host key database. The master host key database is created by ECN with all of the ECN hosts already populated and is satisfactory for most situations. The personal database stores additional host keys when you communicate with a host not supported or outside of the ECN network.
Related links :-
http://www.remotepc.com/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell
If you had installed anything in the PCI-E or any kind of Drive, it will lose all of the hardware configuration to that device. Overall, no performance enhancement will be made. In rare cases, Performance will increase by 1%-3%.
What is more important in a laptop the processor speed or the amount of RAM?
they both play an important part. The faster the CPU the faster it can process the info. The more ram you have the more the OS can load into it and provide faster access. nether one is really more important then the other. No in terms of upgrades, i would go more RAM before new CPU. just for the simple fact that more ram will increase the speed of the computer alot more then the CPU would
Is it possible to pick up on someone else's computer and share a screen?
Do you mean to do this with their assistance and knowledge? If so yes, you can buy a special video cable or box which will split the signal to two or more monitors.
Do you mean to pick up the signal surreptitiously and to spy on their work without them knowing? If so then it depends. If they are using a modern 'flat' screen then no. But if they are using an old 'VDU' type screen with a plastic case then the answer is yes. The radio frequency signals generated within the VDU can be picked up from up to about 50 feet away (depends on many factors) and decoded so as to give a fair copy of the original image. There are specialist books devoted to this subject.
Which is the best graphic card GTX 580 or 590?
I did some research and its up to you on this one. The GTX 580 has a HDMI port but the other doesnt. If you dont know what the HDMI port on a graphics card does, it just means you can use a HD monitor/TV for better quality. The GTX 590 seems like its better on performance but the price is way high.
Can you upgrade the CPU or processor in the hp pavilion d1mz Laptop?
unlikely most laptops CPU are soldered to the board either get a new one or send it back for an upgrade
Anti-static vacuum is use for what?
These vacumns are used to clean the insides of computers and printers. Since dust passing thru nozzles at high speed will generate static charges the vacumn must be specially built to be "antistatic" a regular vacumn cleaner could damage your computer with a static discharge. Bill Butterman
The process of upgrading or refreshing the ROM BIOS chip?
It's commonly known as 'flashing' the BIOS. BIOS updates are downloaded from the internet, and the update is written (flashed) onto the ROM chip. The process usually requires a re-start in order for the changes to take effect.
Are special tools required when working with CAT 5 cabling to create a patch or crossover cables?
There is a cat-5 crimping tool needed to attach plugs to the ends of the cables. It is also advised to test your cables with a cable tester, but this can also be done by simply plugging it into a computer & switch.
How can you find what Graphics card level you have?
If you click on start, then click on Run, (Or if you have Vista's Search Bar, search for dxdiag) Then click on dxdiag, a window pop-up should appear with some tabs. Click on ''Display'' on the tabs, then where it says DDI Version, it should say your level.
Standards in Europe and US are slightly different, in EU is IEEE 802.11b standard, in US is 802.11g standard, but most of the laptops are made with support to both standards so maybe you wouldn't have problems in Paris.
Answered by:Milan Stevanovic, Serbia.
How do you do a system recovery hp ze4900?
My pavilion ze4900 boots to the welcome screen, but no further. I can boot all the way into safemode though. how can I fix this problem?
Can an SD card reader read an SDHC card?
The two are not mutually exclusive. However, the card reader must have the firmware necessary to read an SDHC card. If the device is more than a couple years old, there probably aren't any updates available to add this functionality.
The maximum segment lenght on a 10BaseT network is meters?
10BaseT is another name for co-axial cable. It has a maximum cable length of 185 meters or 607 ft.
Is a 2.0 GHz P4 processor just as good as a 1.8 GHz processor?
If the amount of cores it has is the same 2.0 is better.
Additional: The above is 100% wrong. A 600Mhz single-core high IPC high bus-width old server processor will outperform a 2.0GHz P4 in all and any tests on the planet.
If the 1.8GHz processor isn't an incredibly poorly designed P4, then it is probably actually better than the P4. It takes a very, very high clock frequency to make a P4 contend with anything in today's world.
Difference between hardware based speculation and software based speculation?
- To speculate extensively, must be able to disambiguate memory references
- Much easier in HW than in SW for code with pointers
- HW-based speculation works better when control flow is unpredictable, and when HW-based branch prediction is superior to SW-based branch prediction done at compile time
- Mispredictions mean wasted speculation
- HW-based speculation maintains precise exception model even for speculated instructions
- HW-based speculation does not require compensation or bookkeeping code
Blessy Mathew
What do you call the box cassing that contained the electronics devices of the computer?
It's called the computer tower, computer case, computer enclosure, etc.
Or chassis.
What hardware do a phone and a computer share?
I think the device you're thinking of is a modem. A modem allows a computer to communicate over a phone line.
What is domerid tablets used for?
it is used for the treatment of Nausea and vomiting, epigastric sense of fullness, upper abdominal discomfort, regurgitation of gastric contents.
Care should be taken if you have previous gastric or liver complaints/conditions.
How do you find the size of battery on your laptop?
Turn your laptop over, theres a slide catch on nearly all laptops, slide it over and take out your battery, you can have a guess then at what size it is.
