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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 device has an FCC ID of PIW632500516610?
It a Bluetooth adapter. The device could be used by numerous manufacturers, but the most common usage appears to be in the Dell BT350 Bluetooth module. For convenience to anyone who is looking for a driver for this card but cannot otherwise identify it except by the FCC ID, a driver from Dell's website is linked to below.
Is usb ports the same as serial ports?
No. The term serial port refers to the older 9 or 25 pin, male connectors on the back of a PC. They were used for connecting to modems, certain printers, and mice.
A USB port, while it is technically a type of serial port, it is incompatible with the old type of serial port. A USB port gets information about the device from the device, while the old type serial port simply transmitted data. USB to serial adapters do exist, but compatibility can be a challenge.
The eye is capable of processing 500-million bits of information per second however the brain can only compute about bits of information per secondo 400 o 500o 600 o 650?
There are signals DACK, DRQ, and TC. When a peripheral wants to move a byte or 2 bytes into memory (is dependent on whether 8 bit or 16 bit DMA channel is in use -- 0,1,2,3 are 8-bit, 5,6,7 are 16-bit), it issues DRQ. DMA controller chats with CPU and after some time DMA controller issues DACK. Seeing DACK, the peripheral puts it's byte on data bus, DMA controller takes it and puts it in memory. If it was the last byte/word to move, DMA controller sets up also TC during the DACK. When peripheral sees TC, it is possible it will not want any more movements,
RAID stands for "Redundant Array of Inexpensive/Independent Disks". RAID can increase performance and/or data redundancy and/or capacity. There are many different RAID types, the most common being RAID 0 (stripe), RAID 1 (mirror) and RAID 5 (stripe with parity).
RAID works by combining two or more hard disks.
In a RAID 0 (stripe) array, data is split equally between the number of disks in the array. For example, when a 2 MB file is written to a RAID 0 array with two hard drives, the file is split in to two parts and 1 MB of data is written to each hard drive. This increases capacity and performance, but sharply decreases redundancy since only one of the drives needs to fail for all information to be lost.
In a RAID 1 (mirror) array, a complete copy is written to each hard drive in the array. Capacity and performance stay the same, but redundancy is increased. As long as one drive works, you will not lose data.
In a RAID 5 (stripe with parity) array, you need at least three hard drives. Files are split up to all but one of the drives (similar to RAID 0) and a parity bit is written to the last drive. This increases performance, capacity and redundancy. Performance is not as good as RAID 0, but still better than RAID 1. Redundancy is not as good as RAID 1, but is still quite reliable. Capacity is the sum of all but one of the drives.
There are other RAID levels, but they are not as common.
RAID support simply means that whatever device is being described supports RAID. Nearly anything supports RAID. The only computer component that "RAID support" would be relevant to would be a computer motherboard or an IDE or SATA controller.
USB stands for "Universal Serial Bus". It was designed to be a common, easy way to connect a very wide variety of devices to a computer. USB has replaced the PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports, printer ports, DB9 serial ports, external SCSI, and many, many other device buses. USB can be used for just about anything.
If you are talking about a software application required for USB, there is none. Device drivers are required for USB operation, but those are usually generic and can be found on your manufacturer's webpage.
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What is Inferior But Marketable?
Tjob ofThe thinking behind this is that was that IBM produced inferior products,but did a better job of marketing them than competitor companies that produced superior IT products.
What are the parallel port on a computer commonly referred to as?
What are the parallel ports on a computer commonly referred to as?
How do you sensor reads the amount of money?
It's called bill validator.
Here's an article on them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_detector
Explain the access mechanism of a Magnetic disk. How is this access
mechanism different in RAID level 5?
What is hardware and software mapping?
Hardware and software mapping is a process that allows a processor to identify and track the location of each additional piece of hardware or software. Such as when installing a new driver or installing a new game or application. These allow the proccessor to identify where the new hardware or software is located so when the computer needs to access those files or uses the hardware, it knows where to go to in order for it to work as it is expected.
1. Installing the Dial-up networking feature.
2. Verifying install of the dial up adapter.
3. Creating a connection.
4. Entering configuration information for your ISP.
The socket is on the Network (Interface) Card (Aka NIC) in your computer. The network card is plugged into the PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) slot on your motherboard.
I use CopyNotify USB security software to block any unwanted copying of data. The software helps me detect unauthorized devices being plugged into my network.
right click on "My Computer" on the desktop. Click on "Manage". Then click on device manager. Scroll down. towards the bottom it says "Universal Serial Bus controllers" Expand this. Right click on any port there and click on "Disable." That particular USB port has been disabled ;)
What two types of cables would most commonly be used for new runs?
Fiber or Cat6, depending on the funds available and the size of the network.
What is the highest critical temperature of superconductor?
133 Kelvin, about -140 Celsius. This is the critical temperature of a mercury -based superconductor. It contains copper-oxide, a common theme, I believe, in high temperature superconductors
The speakers for your Panasonic Toughbook CF-52 are not working how can you fix it?
Try holding down the Fn key (next to the control key) and pushing the F6 key several times. (It's the volume up key.) If that doesn't work, call Toughbook support at 800-LAPTOP5 on your phone. They can help and answer very quickly (and they're in New Jersey.)
How many hours would it take to use 5120 mb of internet wireless card?
Well you shouldn't use that up in a month unless you acctualy stream high def movies over the internet. That is 5 gbs of data. The amount of normal downloads will never bring you that close. But not P2P sharing.
What default drivers do you need for a Dell Inspiron 1705 please respond quickly?
Device drivers can be found on Dell's website. Audio, chipset, video and network drivers are all recommended.
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=INS_PNT_P4_9400&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=
