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Describe how data are stored in a computer?

All RAM chips are laid out in a spreadsheet format. You have columns and rows. They are 8 bits across and could be millions of rows long depending on how much memory you have. The CPU tells the memory controller chips what column and row it wants for data and the MMC can find it in RAM.

Can you use a modem to connect your home computer without web access to your office computer in order to use the internet connection there?

You can use a smartphone for a wireless hot spot, Places like best buy also sell portable hot spots that can be payed for monthly. You can also bridge the connection between 2 computers with an eithernet cord.

What are the fan units for in the computer?

The CPU (Central Processing Unit) has a fan. The computer tower usually has one or more fans to keep the interior cool. Some graphic cards and other components may also have a fan.

What is the main circuit board in a computer called?

Motherboard in which all the peripheral are connected such as processor,memory and expansion slot

Your computer shut down while it was loading you ran the repair and now it is very slow and looks very bad?

Restoring the computer to it's original factory settings will surly fix your problem. To do this all you have to do is restart the computer and enter the computer settings by pressing F8 or whatever your computer settings are. Then change the restore settings to "restore to factory settings". You may want to backup your important files. Another way to fix your problem is to download AVG as it is a free anti-virus program.

What is the application of stack in computer science?

A stack is a series of storage locations for data or instructions. These can be popped off the stack as needed, and pushed down onto the stack to be stored. They can be accessed in a LIFO or FIFO fashion.

Where can one find Lenovo deals online?

One can find Lenovo offers or promotions in many places. Firstly you could try the Lenovo website itself, then try sites that specialize in offers and promotions like Insight and Laptops - Direct.

What is the relationshis between the operating system and GUI and application software?

Operating system is low level computer software which is manage computer peripherals and basic functions of computer while application is any program, or bunch of programs, that is designed for the end users.

What is 5 disadvantages of a computer system?

A computer will always have limitations. Here are five limitations: it will only do what you tell it too, it will not generate information alone, if you enter wrong data then you will receive wrong data, they can't fix wrong instructions, and hardware will always fail and need to be replaced.

Why would a Computer randomly shut down and then must try many times to restart power?

If it wasn't due to an update or installed program it may have been a virus. It's hard to say without more information. If you don't have antivirus or anti-malware software I'd highly recommend you get software to do that. Malwarebytes is free and very good for anti-malware.

Where can I find a reliable laptop?

Look through the Sunday paper to see what type of deals are going on at stores like Best Buy or Staples. Also, check out local electronic stores, especially around the holidays when special deals are going on.

Why you should use a screen saver on your computer?

see if you have a screen saver and you have gone somewhere for a minute or so and there is a guy sitting who can see what you are doing so as soon as you go the computer puts a screensaver and locks the computer so when you come back it is safe and know one has fiddled with your computer leave me a message i will update this answer soon

How can you get sound on your computer when the control panel says that there is no audio device?

Bummer, sounds like yo need to install a device driver for your soundcard.

If you have a brand name PC you can probably get it from the manufacturers website. If you don't then you'll need to find out what model soundcard you've got. Download Craig Hart's PCI32 diagnostics to find out.

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The problem probably started due to driver incompatibilities. I had a similar one when I installed a new graphics card and updated drivers.

Start up your computer and go to your BIOS (hold down the key to go to 'Setup').

Go to Onboard Audio and switch from Auto to Enabled (or perhaps viceversa).

This is what worked for me. Credit goes to the good people at the Nvidia forums. Good luck.

What is Herman Hollerith contribution to computer development?

An employee of the US Census Bureau in the 1880s and early 1890s.

He designed the first electromechanical punchard tabulating and sorting equipment. This equipment was used in the 1890 census. After the census was complete he left and started his own punchcard data processing company, which eventually merged with two other companies to become CTR, renamed in 1924 to IBM.

He died long before digital computers were conceived.

How do you make an e with an accent mark over it on a mac?

From the Related link below:

To get accents on the Mac, hold down the Option key, and while holding it down, type the letter e; then release those keys and type the letter that you want the accent to appear on:

  • á = Opt + e, release, then hit a
  • é = Opt + e, release, then hit e
  • í = Opt + e, release, then hit i
  • ó = Opt + e, release, then hit o
  • ú = Opt + e, release, then hit u

How many bytes are in an exabyte?

1 exabyte (EB) = 1 quintillion bytes

quintillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 = 10006 = 1018

An exabyte is 1000 petabytes, which is in turn equal to 1000 terabytes, which is equal to 1000 gigabytes, which is equal to 1000 megabytes.... and so on.

What happens when RAM fails in a computer?

If you run out of RAM, your computer can start running very slow, give you error messages or even stop responding all together. Once you run out of physical memory, your computer will attempt to swap things out of the RAM and into virtual memory. If the page file grows to its maximum allowed size, you will likely start getting out of memory errors. If you do not close programs and release some memory, you may experience some lock ups and need to reboot.

What do you do after you put the thumb drive in the computer shrink ray island?

You need to go to the computer, and the password Marie Curie doesn't work, so what you need to do is go to the bathroom and turn off the ventilation on the right switch. You can skip turning it off. Go to the computer, and type in the password Marie Curie, except for type it like M4r13cur13. Then click use for the thumb drive. The information is backed up, and you can now flush the thumb drive.

What are the ways in which a computer can help children?

Computers are being used as a useful educational and entertainment tool for children.

One can argue that we can play DVDs on a DVD player. However the interactive aspect offered by the computer is not available on the television or DVD player.

How do you know if your computer has a processor?

There are a couple of ways of finding this out. First is to check your motherboard manual.

If you no longer have the manual, you could open the side of your case up, and usually where the white pci slots are, its stamped in white the motherboard number. Ie Asus A7v. Then you can go to the manufacturers web site, and download the manual.

If you dont feel confident in opening up the case. Then you can download a program which will tell you the in's and out's of your pc. One in question is called Belarc Advisor.

On the top right hand corner of the screen, it tell you the motherboard manufacturer, and model number.

Again from here, go to the manufacturers website, and have a look around / download the manual.

Hope this helps

Be safe

Turning off the computer allows you to save any unsaved documents?

No, windows, if that is the operating system your using, will warn you that you need to save the document, a lot of programs that you are using might not and the data will be lost. So you should make sure any work that was done is saved before turning off

or restarting your computer.

How can you put photos from iPod to computer without using any money?

Put them into the "Notes" Folder. open them as a note. it takes a few seconds to load the photo and you can't do a slideshow, but it's your photos on your ipod without iTunes

What are the categories of an output device?

Here are some different output devices:

  • Monitors
  • Speakers
  • Printers
  • Fax machines

Why shouldn't kids under the age 16 use the computers at the library?

The parent should make this choice. However, you can place several softwares which allows you to stop a user from using several programmes, accessing several websites etc. Let me example; If your child has a laptop in there room, they try and go into a chat room with many strange people, you can block this.

You have also the power to set how long a user has got on the internet.

There are many security software's you can get to do all this.

If you feel that you want your child to experience the internet without any parently control, you could keep a eye on what things your child goes on by cookies.

Most times, when a child wants to access the internet, the computer is usually at a place where anyone can peak and see what they are up to. This is a good idea to think about.