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Computers work with two states, which are often called "1" and "0" - but other names have been used, too.
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what does the word sensing mean? Used in a way of your learning type.
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S=Stupid P=Pointless A=Annoying M=Messages (SPAM= Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages)
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FSB stands for front side bus. It's the "information highway" between the CPU and the other hardware components, like the hard...
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The copyright infringement of software refers to several practices when done without the permission of the copyright holder: ...
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Chained De-clustering is a method used to manage replicated data. It is usually implemented in a shared nothing architecture....
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one GHz = 1000 MHz Hz are cycles per second
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It works very well if done right. As identified by Prof. William Lorenz, "Domaineering" is the web-based marketing business of...
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Functions of the Network Layer include: Connection model: connectionless communicationFor example, IP is connectionless, in that...
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Here are some:ae7fehfe6f6slf03f78f6fhJY6sh6gs4fBasically, they contain numbers and letter only and no special characters.
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Well, 1000 megabytes (MB) basically equals out to 1 gigabyte (GB). So 7.52 gigabytes is about 6.2 times more than 800 megabytes.
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An assembler which runs on a computer for which it produces object codes
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Ma decisions anoitwa without thought or thoughrough reasoning
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Looks like someone needs to pay more attention in class !go fu_k ure MOm
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Vector Graphics
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Refreshing bufferThe contents of a window or contents pane is normally refreshed when an automatic refresh occurs or when you...
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Usually you will get this message when something that is automated to use a particular e-mail program (or "client") cannot find...
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the city
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Debugging is a generalized term which essentially means to step through a process in order to systematically eliminate errors. ...
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SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. This is the generally accepted protocol for sending e-mail messages between...
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Often an application needs additional memory for the temporary storage of data. For example, the C programming language allows...
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RAM = Random Access Memory. That's the volatile high speed memory that is used inside a computer that lets you store internal...
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Assume 5 data store starting from memory location C101H. Performing Binary to Gray Code conversion and store the gray code in the...
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RTTI means run time type identification. It is the process of identifying the type of an identifier or an object during runtime...
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Multitasking is a method for multiple tasks to share a single resource, like a CPU. This is usually accomplished in software via...
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in my opinion hardware language is actually that which is easily understandable by hardware and that is machine language (depends...
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to make things simplethe radio waves are beamed into the air with a sertaine frequancy and gets receved by an object matching the...
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A DHCP Server (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) automatically gives network devices (computer, smart phone, etc.) the...
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RAM stands for Random Access Memory, and it is the RAM that allows you to operate more than one program at a time on your...
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This is what happens when you have two or more programs running at the same time, and both are working. Your processor will...
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A cell is a space for information or formulas. You can put a category and then put formulas or information in there to make a...
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Encapsulation often refers to the sending of packets over a network. It can be used to break down and encrypt a packet to be sent...
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Auto C.A.D.D. is a program used to draft projects on a computer. Used by most all engineers, commonly, architecture.
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Multimedia Application Multimedia can be used for entertainment, corporate presentations, education, training, simulations,...
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dot-com: a company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com' (com means commercial)....
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AnswerA software tool is a single program that lets you perform complex tasks. A suite is simply a collection of related programs...
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Far Pointer is a pointer that is stored using four bytes (32 bits). The bytes are stored little endian or low to high order. A...
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CMM expands to Capability Maturity Model. A rating of 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) is given that rates the maturity of software...
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define pi 3.17 // tihs is a preprocessing directive macro."pi" is called macro template" 3.17" is the macro value.means in entire...
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TCP-IP Protocol is how computers can connect to each other and the internet. The TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is the...
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(micro) processors are machines that execute instructions and act on data. the format and interpretation of these instructions...
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The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and...
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Information Technology is a 'classification' term that defines all components of the systems that gather, share and store...
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HCL is Hindustan Computers Limited. It was started in 1976 in India and has two business enterprises in India. HCL Technologies,...
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Website Propagation time can take anywhere from about 36 - 72 hours. The reason for this is that each ISP caches its DNS...
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It is a three-way case statement. ( Arithmetic IF statement) IF(exp) n1,n2,n3meaning go to n1 if expr < 0 ( value is...
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One way to back up information from a computer is to transfer the information to a Digital Versatile Disk by a process called...
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Queries of a database can be fast or slow. Depends on a lot of things. The size of the table, the amount of data you are...
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Internet, Intranet ,and Extranet There's one major distinction between an intranet and the Internet: The Internet is an open,...
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121 MB is appx. 0.118 GB as there are 1024 MB in a GB.
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CD-Rs and CD+Rs are not, but CD-RWs and CD+RWs are. You will need to check your burner to see if you need + or -.
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In context of Microsoft Windows NTFS, ADS stands for "Alternate Data Streams". Please google this phrase for more...
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AnswerInformation Systems is a large umbrella referring to systems designed to codify, gather, create, store, manipulate, or...
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"The system root folder () is shared as ADMIN$. This is your Windows folder, and the administrative share provides administrators...
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AnswerSLI stands for Scan Line Interleaving (also alternatively Scalable Link Interface). It is a technology which connects 2 PCI...
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By definition, there are 1000 gigabytes (GB) in 1 terabyte (TB). The prefix giga- means billion, 109, and tera- means trillion,...
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"commercial", as opposed to "gov" for government, "mil" for military, "net" for network, "edu" for educational and "org" for...
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The QWERTY keyboard was developed in the days of mechanical typewriters. It was discovered that a skilled typist could type much...
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1800 megs, 1 gig = 1000 megs, this will help you later
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907 gigabytes = 928 768 megabytes
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It is a term used to refer to places that you plug things into your mother board i.e.; CPU, memory, add on cards...
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Software is a generic term for programs, operating systems, and media players, as well as games. Software is material that the...
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Roughly, there are about 1000 kilobytes (KB) in a megabyte (MB). More specifically, there are three possible definitions of the...
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Becuase you dont need an Engineer or Computer Science Degree to make a Sandwich
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AnswerPentium 4 - Intel's flagship CPU of the time. Sacrificed efficiency in favour of a higher number of clock cycles. Around...
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As found using Google, ActiveX means: Definitions of ActiveX on the Web: Software components from Microsoft. They enable...
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An application is code that is written and then compiled into an executable. A project on the other hand may be considered as as...
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According to one source, the XP in windows XP stands for 'Experience' (as in the "Windows experience"). A similar connotation was...
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we know that 1000mb=1Gb so 1 mb = 1/1000 Gb and 500mb =1/1000 *500 Gb ...
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A technology similar to USB: It comes in two versions... Firewire 400 (IE1394a) 400 MB/second and Firewire 800 (IE1394b) ...
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LAPTOP You have a RECOVERY PARTITION to make your Reformat CD's. DESKTOP They gave the CDs with your computer. Might also have...
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Bandwidth has several related meanings: * Bandwidth (computing) or digital bandwidth: a rate of data transfer, throughput or bit...
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According to my point of view, Bus topology is best for this organization because its inexpensive and the bus which can be used...
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A software license is a legal instrument (usually by way of contract law) governing the usage or redistribution of software. All...
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Overloading, Overriding, Polymorphism, Information Hiding, Inheritance all these are CONCEPTS of C++ and Java. An Object Oriented...
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AnswerOrganic would be the type of memory people have, made of living cells. Artificial would be like computer RAM (Random Access...
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The OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) 7-layer model is based, in-part, on standards published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical...
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Multiuser refers to having more than 1 person able to log into the computer and each person have their own settings (bookmark,...
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American Standard Code for Information Interchange. ASCII is a code that assigns a number to each letter of the alphabet (lower...
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An area of high speed memory set aside to store frequently accessed data. When data is accessed, a copy (and its address in...
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AnswerTCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol(TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) .TCP -> As the name suggests it transfers the data...
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Broadly, a "biometric device" is any device that measures a biological function or trait. As related to computers, biometric...
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.bmp stands for Bit Map Picture. This is the standard bit-mapped graphics format used in the Windows environment. By...
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supplied by webopedia.com Short for Synchronous DRAM, a type of DRAM that can run at much higher clock speeds than conventional...
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Also known as the "FSB", connects the memory and all of the other devices on your motherboard to the CPU (processor). You can...
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I am a technical expert for Password Genius and devote to providing you with the best solution to recover your password .With ...
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A data item (or variable) is described as a "string" type when it contains some number of characters. Those characters can...
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It's the same as the dashboard in your car - it gives you vital details about performance, helps you to plan your journey, tells...
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1, data transations was an old non linear video editing company that changed its name to "media 100" circa 1995 after its leading...
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Let's say you have a database, filled with a large amount of data. The database was built in a program that is able to sort,...
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A key that moves the cursor (or insertion point) to the beginning of the next line, or returns control to whatever program is...
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i dont know 1001+1001 - Constructing a BCD-to-excess-3-code converter with a 4-bitt adder we know that the excess-3 code...
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Globbing is the process of expanding a non-specific file name containing a wildcard character into a set of specific file names...
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"750 kb" means 750 kilobytes (or 768,000 bytes). This is a measure of file size or storage capacity. "700 k" could mean...
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"what are the different steps during computer booting? "what are the different steps during computer booting? "what are the...
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