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Computer Terminology
Questions and answers about different terms related to computers, as well as computer language that is popularly used today.
11,612 Questions
List three disadvantages to using Blind carbon copy versus carbon copy in email?
Its not easy to make corrections on the copies
How do you write door address in Alphanumeric?
How write door numer and street address in alphanumeric characters
How many megabytes is a 10 mega pixel?
the 14mp camera has 1.4 times better quality than the 10mp one
simply plug the magic jack into your high speed internet modem or router, or the USB port of your computer connected to high speed internet, depending on which model you have, and then plug the standard phone line from you telephone into the magic jack.
However, I have read somewhere that the magic jack can be jerry-rigged so that it works through existing phone lines and wall jacks, but I have not been able to find that method. Does anyone else know how to do this?
What do the initials URL refer to?
Uniform Resource Locator
URLs are the Website Addresses that you use to surf the web. (Uniform Resource Locator)
examples are: http://www.answers.com www.cia.gov and www.google.com
For more information, see the Related Links section below.
URL means Uniform Resource Locater. It is the address that the server connects to. Kinda like a phone number, it's not the name of the person you're calling, but the telephone finds it.The Uniform(unbiased) Resource(address)Locator(finder) helps one in reaching a domain without any favoritism or bias to the various similar sounding names one uses as a.k.a's/aliases due to the clutter existing.
What does Windows XP stand for?
The XP in Microsoft products released around 2001-2005 was intended to be an abbreviated form of "experience". It was supposed to emphasise the fact that the products had been designed to give the user a better, quicker and more intuitive experience.
In marking documentation the text "eXPerience" was sometimes used, to emphasise the relationship between the product name and the intended meaning.
What is data and information and knowledge?
DATA:The collection of raw facts and figures is called data.INFORMATION:The data after processing is called information.
The Xerox company patented the Ethernet technology in 1975 listing not just one inventor, but actually 4 individuals as the inventors for Ethernet. These four individuals were Robert Metcalfe, David Boggs, Butler Lampson, and Chuck Thacker.
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What is a protocol in computers?
"Protocol" is the set of instructions agreed upon by the communicating parties. Some examples are the following:
- FTP (file transfer protocol)
- HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
its basically the rules for exchanging information between computers or computer networks
True or false A parity error rarely causes the system to halt?
false it ALWAYS causes the system to halt
What is the term for a series of instructions that tells a computer how to do it?
Well if you have window Vista...here's the instructions... # Go to "Start" # Go to "Control Panel" # Click "Ease of Access" # Click "Speech Recognition Options" # Click the 4th option (Train your computer to better understand you)
Little snippets of data that reside on your computer and automatically provide personalized information about you to certain websites are called
What is an example of a bottleneck effect?
A road with a lot of traffic on such as a motorway and that has four lanes has two lanes closed and thus the traffic piles up as there are four lanes of traffic trying to fit through two lanes. Like pouring water out of a bottle. When you tip it upside down the water sloshes over to the neck of the bottle but piles up and takes time to drain from the bottle rather than a bucket where the water is drained instantaneously.
What measure of computer data storage is roughly 1000000000 bytes?
Just under 1GB.
1 Byte = 8 Bit
1 Kilobyte = 1024 Bytes
1 Megabyte = 1048576 Bytes
1 Gigabyte = 1073741824 Bytes
Here is a simple converter for your convenience:
webdeveloper.earthweb.com/repository/javascripts/2001/04/41291/byteconverter.htm
What are the examples of multimedia application?
Examples include: 1) World Wide Web 2) Adobe/Macromedia Director 3) Interactive TV 4) Computer games 5) Virtual reality --for more info, go to--http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/Multimedia/PDF/01_CM0340_Introduction.pdf ---brought to you by nabelle sam--
