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Computers
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48,002 Questions
How do you unfreeze your computer without shutting it down?
Turn it off. Then back on.
power button off/on.
How do you check your video card?
For windows XP I know how, but for nothing else. Click on Start, then Control Panel, then System, then Device Manager under the hardware tab. There you can find your graphics card. you can also see info on it by looking it up on a website call tigerdirect.com. I hope that this was most helpful.
What is the purpose of an access point?
The function of a wireless access point is to allow wireless devices such as projectors, laptops and PDAs to access a local area network. Wireless access points mainly act as switches to spread connections wirelessly. The difference between an access point and a router is that access points do not assign IP addresses nor do they have firewalls; they only lock out traffic that does not have the wireless key.
Principal elements of computer system?
Things you need:
-Hard Drive
-Memory Card
-Fan (to keep everything cool)
-Graphics card
-Video card
-Sound card
-Processor
-CD/ DVD ROM (to install programs, play games, watch movies, etc.)
-Motherboard
And I'm sure there's other stuff, but I don't remember everything.
What is software program that a programmer uses to write computer instructions?
They write programs in programming languages such as C, C#, C++, Java, Javascript, ActionScript, HTML5(not quite yet), BASIC, Xcode, Assembly (nobody in their right mind would though...), Ruby on Rails, Python, C-Lite, Objective-C, and many others. Most use an IDE, an intergrated development environment.
You cannot die just from using the computer too much, in and of itself. However, you can die if you neglect your health or refuse to eat and drink enough.
There are other risks such as pain, cramps, permanent hand injuries, eyestrain, mental illness, etc. A number of competition gamers cause so much nerve and tendon injuries that the only chance they have being involved in the sport is as a judge or referee.
Why is your computer slow to start up?
Do a Defrag. Go to START, PROGRAMS, ASSESSORIES, SYSTEM TOOLS, then do a system cleanup, then defrag.
Clean up any unused programs on your PC. Go to Control Panel, ADD/Remove Programs and remove anything (kid games, etc) you know you don't use for sure. If you're not sure, don't do it.
Kim Komando has some good info at her site www.komando.com and there is a good software package (not expensive) that I bought at Costco called SYSTEM MECHANIC that will do system diagnostics. They probably even have a download for sale on the net. Or at Amazon.
Another thought is just to go to Google and type in your laptop brand and "slow boot up" or "slow start up". I have found lots of nerd discussion boards with useful info this way. Good ideas from others who have had similar challenges on a multitude of problems. MSN has discussion boards on computer problems, for example. As does Microsoft. Click on Tools, Windows Update, and do your updates, then surf around the site for troubleshooting info. If all else fails, go to Data Doctors or another Computer Geek fix it shop and they will usually take care of it.
Answer1. Run a security scan for your laptop. Don't be lazy and think you can deal with the infection files later. If you frequently visit various website and download files often, your laptop will have high risk to be infected. It is really necessary for you to have an anti-virus software to protect the laptop computer. This is the most important step to speed up laptop.
2. Remove hidden junk files on your laptop to speed up your laptop. How long haven't you clean up the junk files? Too many junk files on the system will slow down the laptop speed by occupying the system resource. To delete those hidden junk files, please: Open "My Computer"--"Program files" and then choose the programs you never use or want deleted then just delete the folder.
3. To speed up your laptop computer, you also can disable some unneeded services and programs on the laptop startup. To do this please: Click Start--Run--type in msconfig--under the services tab you can disable the unwanted services. In addition, under the "Startup" tab, you can choose and disable some of them in order to speed up laptop boost speed.
4. Scan and fix Windows registry on your slow speed laptop. Perhaps you will ask that why you can speed up your laptop by cleaning registry errors. Registry stores all of the configuration settings in the system like a brain to human. Any incorrect registry settings, corrupted registry will make your laptop run unstable. If you leave the corrupted or malicious registry entries there and continue to run the damaged system, this potential risk will not only slow your computer down but also crash your system. If you never repair registry errors on your laptop, you can try this method to speed up your laptop.
How do you convert exe files to bat files?
- When saving a notepad document for the first time, in the "Save as type" box, select "All files". - When naming the file, you MUST end the filename with ".bat" without the quotes. Hope this helps.
Which is better between computer science and information technology?
Software development ranks higher than IT (information technology) personnel, but both are among the most needed jobs on the job market. A masters degree is very helpful but not necessary for software development. It is nearly impossible to get a job in software development without a college career.
Computer science is much more heavy on math/logical ability ("discrete mathematics" in particular) than information technology.
How do you make pictures with symbols on the computer?
to make a heart is ♥ & hearts ; but without no space
to make a diamond is ♦ & diams ;
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hold alt while pressing the number(s)
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- alt 4 ♦ (diamond)
- alt 5 ♣ (club)
- alt 6 ♠ (spade)
- alt 7 • (circle)
- alt 8 ◘ (box)
- alt 9 ○ (circle)
- alt 10 ◙ (box with circle inside)
- alt 11 ♂
- alt 12 ♀
- alt 13 ♪ (music note)
- alt 14 ♫ (music note)
- alt 15 ☼ (sun)
- alt 16 ►
- alt 17 ◄
- alt 18 ↕
- alt 19 ‼
- alt 20 ¶
and so on...
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Where can one find information about how to send a Fax from a computer?
There are many different websites where one can find instructions on how to use a personal computer to send a fax. Wisegeek, Microsoft, and the About website all have tutorials on how to send a fax from a personal computer.
How do computer receive data from the mouse?
A computer mouse has three types of connection. PS2, USB, and wireless mouse.
The PS2 slot is placed at the rear of the desktop, USB gates may be placed on the rear or on the front of the desktop. The wireless mouse uses a battery, and usually it comes with installing instructions. To install it you can also get support from the operational system.
Who is smarter computer or human being?
A human being is smarter because we are the ones who created/invented the computer.
Computers aren't "smart." They are machines which do exactly what they are told to do and nothing more.
I don't think that your answer has enough of an explanation. What if I were to say that humans are stronger than bulldozers because we created them?
I agree with the above comment - in some areas humans are smarter, and in some areas computers are "smarter". There are thousands of areas of our lives in which computers make fast, "smarter" decisions that used to be made by humans (and we are richer, and our lives are better for it).
And the areas in which computers are better at doing things ("smarter") than humans continue to expand every day. Computers have been developed that can learn without the need for human programming. They are being used by us every day. Systems like these can work much faster than people, and without ever getting tired.
And computers are getting faster, smaller, and cheaper, and smarter all the time. These systems will replace more and more "human level" jobs. (I don't believe this is a bad thing - smarter computers mean more productivity, cheaper goods and services, making the world richer, while requiring less work by all of us. Eventually, picture only having to work a few hours per week, everything costing one tenth of what it costs now, having a robot (powered by a smart computer) that can do whatever you ask it to do, or ten robots for that matter (they're cheap!) -- this is our future 20-30 years from now...)
A human has more intelligence than a computer. Technically, a computer knows nothing until you tell it what to do. If you want to know more, pick up a simple programming book.
Computers are not smart. It can do what it program to do. It will be 2025 before it catchup.
well look at it this way we made the computers and there are plp who can read computer talk like its normale to them so rly a computer is only as smart as u are=p
No, in spite of over fifty years of research, no one has developed a computer that has intelligence. Computers are machines that do calculations. A computer cannot read a book and understandwhat it is reading. A computer cannot have a new idea, conceive an invention or make a scientific discovery. A computer cannot formulate an opinion or write a coherent essay.* Even though devices can be connected to a computer so that a program can detect the presence of an object, the computer is not aware, in any meaningful sense, of the existence of anything, including itself.
* That might not be a fair comparison, since some humans can't do that, either.
What terms represents the fastest CPU speed 733mhz 286mhz 2 ghz or 2gb?
2Ghz is the fastest.
733 Mhz, 286Mhz, 2Ghz are all frequencies, but 2GB is not, it represents the size of data.
Hz means how many times per second.
733 Mhz = 733 x 1000 x 1000 times per second.
286 Mhz = 286 x 1000 x 1000 times per second.
2 Ghz = 2 x 1000 x 1000 x 1000 times per second.
What computer uses 4gb 2Rx4 PC3-8500R-7-10-E1?
This is fully buffered RAM for servers as it is ECC Registered!
It is also an FB DIM so will not fit in standard 240pin slots. An example of servers that use this are:
HP Proliant DL360 G5
HP Proliant DL380 G5
Dell Poweredge 1950
Dell Poweredge 2900
Dell Poweredge 2950
How can I log into my computer if I don't know the password?
What you have to do is do restart the computer and then don't click on anything when it starts back up. The push " Cntrl , Alt , Delete " - " Cntrl , Alt , Delete " . Then the screen should change to a type in login. ( Like at the Library, School, Or Work ) Then type in " administrator " (without speech marks). And push enter, there is no password for this account. But some computers may have this login already disabled.
What are the characteristics of display devices?
In the CRT (cathode-ray tube) of a computer or video monitor an electron beam moves back and forth across the back of the screen. Each time the beam makes a pass across the screen, it lights up phosphor dots (pixels) on the inside of the glass tube, thereby illuminating the active portions of the screen. By drawing many such lines from the top to the bottom of the screen, it creates an entire image. A color CRT uses three electron guns which activate red light-emitting, green light-emitting, and blue light-emitting phosphors.
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What is a the main difference between a harddrive and disk?
they are the same thing...
The Hard Disk is the magnetic disk that stores the bytes, the Drive is the mechanism that writes the data to the disk.
How you turn off and on a computer?
You click in Start then click on Turn off computer and then there is gonna be a chart click where says turn off or you can click in the button in your computer that is like this: ''o something like this!''
Why did Asus computer slow down?
The primary yet most dangerous cause is the malware infection. Other reasons include fragmented hard disk, corrupted Windows registry, remnants left after uninstalling large applications, hard drive bad sector errors, not enough free disk space, too many startup programs running at one time, outdated ASUS device drivers, etc.
When was the CMOS made for the computer?
If you mean the CMOS setup, then it was likely made around 1984. That was the year that IBM released the AT computer. That was the first to make use of CMOS settings. If you mean CMOS-based logic chips, they have been around since at least the the mid 1970's.
What refers to the process of translating an instruction into signals the computer can execute?
The process of translating instructions into signals the computer can execute has different names, depending on the type of instructions considered.
In the end, the micro processor reads a pattern of (typically) 8, 16 or 32 binary signals forming one instruction (or part of one instruction). The micro processor's hardware decodes this pattern to execute the instruction. Characteristic for the decoding is that this is a predominantly hardware-controlled implicit process; no extra steps or tools are required. Decoding is an intrinsic part of every micro processor.
The process of translating human-readable instructions of machine language into the aforementioned binary signals is called assembly, and uses a software tool called an Assembler to translate a human-readable form of a single machine instruction (and sequences of those) into (sequences of) patterns of binary signals, so-called machine instructions.Characteristic for the assembly translation is a one-to-one relationship between the human-readable form and the binary form of the same instruction. The set of instructions in this language is called the Assembly language, and is specific to each micro processor family, sometimes to each model within a given family.
The process of translation instructions expressed in a higher-level language into machine instructions (sometimes translating into Assembly language as an intermediate step) is called compilation, using a tool called a Compiler.Characteristic for compilation is a 1-to-many relationship between the high-level language instruction and the corresponding machine instructions.
