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History of CDs A conventional CD will have a diameter of just 12 cm and about 80 minutes audio data can be saved on it. processor- The Human novelty Computer is a machine that manipulates records according to a list of commands. The first campains that resemble. Play Bingo today, you have never had it so well! How Bingo has evolved from the basic card game to an internet giant that has changed the very way we see modern gambling. We trace the roots from humble beginnings to what it has become today. Why to use online calling cards Calling cards are a popular option for international and long distance calling these days. With mobile tariffs and landline rates going up, calling cards are used by most of the people who travel frequently. How to save on International calling If you need to travel to foreign countries regularly or to make many international calls, then you may require spending more on those calls. International calls are quite expensive if you use traditional services. However, there is a better option presented today. International calling cards let you make calls from any phone to any country in the world at cheaper rates. Calling cards International calls are quite expensive. But, you need to make such long distance calls if you are a scholar studying in a foreign country or if you are required to communicate with corporate associates in other countries. There are some ways available now to save your money on international calls. collectable sports entity COLLECTING sports collectibles, histori or new, is restricted by various factors like the funds available, the space etc. The taste of the collector may lead to Baseball Memorabilia, Basketball Memorabilia, Football Memorabilia, Golf Memorabilia, NASCAR memorabilia, Posters, or innumerable new things. How do I Decorate MySpace? So you finally decided to embrace the age of the Internet by creating a MySpace profile for all the world to see. What now? Making your Site Christian Friendly Many Christians are jumping on the cyberspace bandwagon. It is important to learn how to create a website designed with the Christian community in mind. TTY In the early days of Unix, teletypewriters or ttys were used by users to communicate over a serial line with the mainframe computer. The mainframe had no keyboard or monitor as it has now and so during those early days, all commands were issued through the tty. The output of the commands was typed on the printer that was part of the tty. The tty terminals had no processing power of their own and hence were known as “dumb” terminals. How to Turn Off Internet Explorer’s Proxy Setting Detection Feature If, for any reason, you wish to turn off Internet Explorer’s proxy setting detection feature, begin by clicking on “Start”. This button is found at the left lower portion of your computer’s toolbar and is labeled “Start”. Baud Rate Baud Rate can be roughly defined as the speed of transmission of data between two computers. All forms of communication using the Serial Port requires the presence of four parameters: the baud rate of the transmission being the very first parameter, then comes the number of data bits encoding a character, the third in line is the optional parity bit, and last one is the number of stop bits. Each character transmitted using this method uses a character frame that has a single start bit, then data bits, the parity bit which is optional, and lastly the stop bit(s). How to Find a Proxy for Facebook Finding a proxy would not oblige you to download or install any software if you want to visit sites such as Facebook that are blocked by the school or office. To look for proxies for Facebook, you can just simply search the Web through Internet search engines like Google or Yahoo!. You can find numerous websites that offer proxies compatible with Facebook. Choose one among them depending on what you want. How to Unblock Websites at School with Web Proxies If you need to unblock a blocked website at school, you can use a Web proxy to do this. You must initially obtain a proxy server. You can have a free Web proxy or subscribe to a professional proxy provider. How to Make a Proxy Site Making a proxy site involves quite a few steps but can be realized without exerting much effort and can be very helpful. But before you can make your own proxy site (without coughing up cash), you got to have the prerequisites. What is Modulation? Modulation is the process of varying some characteristic of a periodic wave with an external signals. How Proxy Servers Protect Your Privacy A proxy server protects your privacy by being the ‘middleman’ between you and a real server. When you visit a website, it intercepts your requests to determine if it can manage your requests by itself. If it can’t take care of your request, the proxy server will send the request to the real server. Thus, it provides you with indirect access to real servers. Online Resources for Christians Today you can shop, hunt for a job or chat with friends without ever having to leave the house. Christians can also find plenty of resources available to help them grow in their faith. How to Set Up Your Own Proxy Server A lot of surfers who use proxy servers frequently complain that theirs do not work at their school/ office computers because their Web proxies are blocked by the system administrator. What is DSL? DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) is a telecommunication service that transforms an ordinary phone into a high-speed conduit for data, voice and video. What is a Race Condition? A race condition occurs when multiple processes access and manipulate the same data concurrently, and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. What is 802.1p? 802.1p refers to an IEEE specification for giving Layer 2 switches the ability to prioritize traffic as well as perform dynamic multicast filtering. Basically, it provides a mechanism for implementing Quality of Service at the MAC (Media Access Level) level. What is 0x800a138f? The causes of the "0x800a138f Windows Update Error" are plentiful, and there are quite a number of ways to go about fixing this problem. The steps used to repair this error, are similar to the steps completed to repair the 0x800a0007 Windows Update Error. These steps include correcting the date and time settings, the language settings, and disabling an antivirus or firewall program. What is Jitter? Jitter is technically defined as a variation of a periodic signal or pulse from its ideal position in time. It is most commonly encountered in telecommunications (also called packet delay variation – PDV - the variation in the time of arrival of packets in a high-speed data transmission) and in electronic systems (the deviation in the amplitude, phase, timing or width of high-frequency digital signals). What is DMA? DMA is Direct Memory Access. DMA is a system that allows memory to be controlled without passing through the CPU. What is a USB device? A USB device is any peripheral hardware that connects and runs on a computer's Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface - a standardized socket that allows connection and disconnection of devices without having to reboot the computer. USB controls the peripheral devices in a master/slave relationship. What is 802.11g? The 802.11g is one of the standards defined by IEEE Standards Committee for wireless local area networks (WLAN). Commonly known as WiFi, it is a specification that offers wireless transmission over relatively short distances of up to 54 megabits per second (Mbps). It replaced the original WiFi, standard, 802.11b, which only allows speeds up to 11 Mbps. What is S-Video? S-Video or Separate Video (also referred to as Y/S and erroneously as 'super video') is an analog video signal that transmits video data in two separate and distinct signals - one for color and the other for brightness. This procedure is a departure from the composite video concept where the entire set of information is transferred as a composite (all in one) package. S-Video works in 576i and 480i resolution. How does one set-up Free to Air Satellite receivers? A Free to Air Satellite receiver (abbreviated FTA receivers) refers to satellite receivers that are designed to receive unencrypted FTA satellite transmissions. What is CAT 6? CAT 6 (short for Category 6) refers to an Ethernet cable as defined by Electronic Industries Association and Telecommunication Industry Association (EIA/TIA). What is Change management? Change Management refers to an IT Service Management discipline whose objective is to ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used for efficient and prompt handling of changes to controlled IT infrastructure. What is 568A? EIA/TIA 568A is a standard for the pin arrangements of RJ-45 connectors on Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) wire. Where can I Get Xbox Live Free Trial Codes? There are many different websites where you can get the Xbox Live codes. Some of these web sites offer tons of free codes after you have played some of the other games offered on their website. How do I unlock a phone? Mobile phone carriers commonly subsidize the costs of new cell phones. The customer pays $99 for a five hundred dollar phone and the carrier pays the rest of the cost. The customer signs a service contract where the customer agrees to stay with the service provider for a number of years. Over the lifetime of that contract, the mobile phone service provider makes enough profit to cover their initial subsidy on the purchase of the cell phone. What is DisplayPort? DisplayPort is the new digital display interface standard. It has been recently approved (5/2006) by VESA and will be hitting the markets in 2008. For most computer users, the fairly big and bulky VGA port is familiar. While the VGA port has been extremely reliable and has delivered competent performance, the new standard – the Display Port – is considered to be quite an upgrade from traditional VGA ports and is on par with HDMI. How Do I Unblock Websites? The answer to this question is determined by what is blocking you from accessing a website. If the website itself is blocking you, then you have one set of solutions. If there is something between you and the website which is blocking you, then you have a different set of solutions. How can I convert AVI to DVD? AVI to DVD conversion has become a fairly common type of file conversion these days. It has become fairly easy to burn a movie stored on your hard disk in AVI format to a disk so that you can watch it on a standard dvd player. But what is the difference between the two formats anyway? What does 'This device cannot start. Code 10 in audio driver' mean? If you receive the Windows error "This device cannot start. Code 10 in audio driver”, it means that you have a bad, missing or incompatible driver for your sound card. What are anonymous proxy servers Anonymous proxy servers are web servers that connect to a third party website and retrieves files or other resources on behalf of a requesting client. All throughout the transaction, the proxy server shall identify itself as the one requesting the resource, thereby maintaining the anonymity of the requesting client. How to Create a Flyer To create a flyer, you need a topic (e.g., something you’re selling or announcing), a little imagination and creativity, some relevant images to make the flyer interesting, flyer-creating software and a printer. RAR Password A password can be used to protect the contents of a Rar file, which is a compressed file format. The user-defined password is used to encrypt the file using a strong AES-128 standard encryption algorithm. Anyone trying to extract the contents of the Rar file needs to supply the correct password that was used for encryption. If the person fails to supply a password or types in a wrong password, they cannot extract the contents of the Rar file. How Do I Change My Password MSN uses the Windows Live ID which works on all Microsoft Passport Sites. Cheap Cell Phones What could be better than a cheap cell phone? A free cell phone! And what could be better than a free cell phone? A free cell phone with a rebate that actually pays you money! What are Molex Connectors A Molex connector is a lingo term used to refer to a type of connector used in microcomputers. The Molex connector was designed by Molex. Molex is a large electronic component manufacturing company founded in 1938. How Do I Convert MP4 to MP3 Converting MP4 to MP3 is extremely simple to do and usually only requires a small application. MP3 is one of the world's most popular digital audio formats, due to its high sound quality and high compression rate that makes these files very small and easy to work with. What is DNS DNS (Domain Name System), is the service which translates between Internet names and Internet addresses. How Do I Change My Hotmail Password There are two ways to change a Hotmail password. If the current password is known, it can be used to sign in and then change the password. But if the current password has been forgotten, then it has to be reset. Solidworks Tutorial SolidWorks allows you to view 3d parts from all different angles. There are infinite ways to view an object, but engineers usually only concern themselves with 4 main views. You can see these views in the above picture of the green link. UDP UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is one of the two main transport protocols utilized in IP networks. Routing Tables In computer networking, a routing table is an electronic table or database type object that is stored in a router or a networked computer. The routing table stores the routes (and details related with those routes) and network destinations. The routing table contains the topology of the immediate network. The primary goal of routing protocols and static routes is to construct the routing tables. Free Icons We have animated icons, funny icons, naughty icons, and pretty much any other emoticon you can think of. How Can I Send Free SMS SMS, which stands for Short Messaging Service, is a communication protocol wherein short text messages can be sent between two mobile phones supporting this feature. SMS has now gradually expanded, and now refers to any device that supports this feature, which includes but is not limited to, landline phones, cordless devices, web servers, etc. Even text messages sent nowadays without using this protocol have come to be referred to as SMS. Usually, mobile telephony providers charge a small per message fee for SMS. There are however, ways to bypass this fee as discussed below. Which is the Best Browser A browser is a program you use for surfing the internet. There are many browsers available on the internet market today, the most popular being Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer. The way to rate a browser out of the above as the best browser to use is discussed below. CMYK A color model in computer terms is a list of numbers which can be used to uniquely identify colors. CMYK, which stands for Cyan Magenta Yellow and Key or Black, is a color model which is used in digital printing. It has now been accepted to refer to the whole printing process. CMYK is sometimes called a subtractive color model since it gives colors by absorbing or ‘subtracting’ certain wavelengths from white light. It achieves very high quality of printing by setting ‘screen angles’ for various colors, which is the angle at which the wavelengths for these colors is absorbed. These angles are varied according to the number of colors needed. SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol, or SNMP as it is more popularly known, is defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and is an internet protocol method. It is part of the application layer of the TCP/IP system. It consists of protocols for network management. It forms a key component of network management systems and is used in monitoring device functionality, alerting administrators to conditions that warrant their attention. IP Address Classes An IP address is the unique 12 digit number sequence used to identify you over the internet. Every addressing system needs to adhere to some rules so that unique identification can be made easier. As defined by the IEEE committee, an IP address must inform the internet as to what workstation it is part of and which particular node it is of. An IP address class is a series of five different ranges, an IP of which tells the internet how big the network is. Change MSN Password MSN is an ISP (Internet Service Provider) which is owned and operated by Microsoft Corporation. In addition, Microsoft uses the MSN brand on a number of web sites which they operate. MicroStation Tips & Tricks from Axiom In this MicroStation Tips & Tricks article (http://AxiomInt.com), one of Axiom's MicroStation gurus, Rick Sewell, shows you how to create a CSV file (from a design file) that contains all of the level symbology of that design file, neatly laid out. In later articles, Rick will show you what you can do with it. - Editor EVDO Evolution Data Optimized, also known as Evolution Data Only or EVDO (EV-DO) is a type of broadband data transfer standard designed for cellular networks. It was adopted primarily by Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network providers as one of the major components of the CDMA2000 standards family. EVDO is currently the primary competitor for HSDPA, or High-Speed Downlink Packet Access. Like HSDPA, EVDO is a third generation cellular technology (3G) which can be used to download various bits of data, voice, and television shows from the cellular network to an EVDO device. EVDO in the United States is currently offered by Sprint, Alltel, and Verizon Wireless providers. One of the limitations of transmitting and receiving mobile data is the lack of bandwidth. EVDO technology was created to overcome this limitation and deliver large amounts of data to and from mobile devices. Hostname A name is the identifier of your computer on the network. A hostname is the DNS name of a computer on a network. DIMM A DIMM is a Dual Inline Memory Module. A DIMM is a small circuit board designed to hold a set of RAM chips. A DIMM has a 64-bit data bus, which allows DIMM's to be connected one at a time to a CPU with a 64-bit data bus. MTTR MTTR stands for Mean Time To Repair. MTTR is the amount of time between when something breaks and when it has been repaired and is fully functional again. ECC Memory ECC memory is Error-Correcting Code memory. WMV Files WMV (Windows Media Video) is a generic name for video encoding solutions developed by Microsoft. The format is a part of the Windows Media framework that also includes formats like Windows Media Audio (WMA), Advanced Systems Format (ASF) and High Definition Photo (HDP). WMV files use the Microsoft container format and represent Microsoft's own version of MPEG-4 (Part 2) video encoding technology. Opening RAR Files UnRAR-ing a file is just the opposite of RARing a file, as one might guess. Basically, you are undoing the RAR format and then extracting the files content. If you are an end user, this isn't a big deal if the WinRAR comes with an UnRAR option. If there is an option to UnRAR, you simply have to click the button, and just as when you unzip files, the RAR file will be extracted to the folder of your choice. RAR Files A RAR file is a proprietary file format for archiving and data compression. A Russian engineer named Eugene Roshal developed this type of file for MS-DOS before it was later used in other operating systems as well. Nokia N96 Due for Release Next Month The new Nokia N96 is a fabulously designed 3G smart phone that features an unique dual opening mechanism which is also designed to be the next flagship of Nokia handsets. Error Loading Operating System This error appears when the Operating System of a computer fails to load from the hard drive into the Random Access Memory. HSCSD HSCSD or High Speed - Circuit Switched Data is a high speed data transfer technology for GSM-based networks. It improves upon the Circuit Switched Data technology in order to enhance data throughput capacity while using currently existing network infrastructure. How can I change my hotmail password Hotmail is a free (i.e. advertiser supported) web based e-mail system provided by Microsoft Corporation.The way to change your Hotmail password is to change your Microsoft Passport password. How does LDAP work Lightweight Directory Access Protocol or LDAP is a TCP/IP-based Internet protocol used by email programs and a few other applications to search and fetch information from a directory stored on a server. A directory is a data repository storing identical chunks of information in a hierarchical and logical sequence. Who was it that Invented Electricity Electricity is a naturally occurring form of energy found in nature, and human beings did not invent it. Natural forms of electricity are found in lightning and in all electro-chemical impulses within living beings. For instance, the heartbeat is controlled by a micro-impulse of electricity. All forms of thought are electro-chemical impulses traveling within the neural network in the brain. 'No Audio Device' Error If you have experienced a Windows "No Audio Device" error, it most likely means that your sound card is not installed properly. Emoticon A small text-based or graphics-based picture or icon used in a message in order to convey an emotion is known as an “Emoticon”. Emoticons have been in vogue since the days of the Morse code. Back then, they were used more as a code rather than a graphical symbol. Only people familiar with the code could interpret them. UMTS UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephone Service) is a third generation (3G) cellular technology, which provides data speeds up to 2 Mbps making portable videophones a reality. UMTS was developed and standardized by ETSI (European Telecommunications Standard Institute) within the ITU's IMT-200 framework. The technology is optimized to allow state of the art, very high-speed multimedia services such videoconferencing, full motion video, and Internet access. Define Global Catalog Domains and Forests can also share resources available in active directory. These resources are searched by Global Catalog across domains and forests and this search is transparent to user. For example, if you make a search for all of the printers in a forest, this search goes to global catalog server for its query and then global catalog returns the results. Smitfraud SmitFraud is a type of spyware application that is capable of installing itself in your computer through an adware. It has the technical name W32/SmitFraud.A. What is Scan Disk ScanDisk checks and repairs file systems and bad data clusters. ScanDisk is a system utility which is bundled with and all Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. Converting FLAC to MP3 Firstly, a FLAC is an abbreviation for “Free Lossless Audio Codec,” which means that the audio is compressed and the size of the file is smaller, but the quality is still the same. On the other hand, an MP3, an abbreviation for MPEG-3, is a lossy audio format that looses a bit of the original audio data. Converting a file from .flac to .mp3 can be an annoying task, but it can be done quite easily in any operating system with the right program. What is a netmask calculator and how do I calculate it? A netmask calculator is basically a script or a program that automatically calculates the netmask numbers for you. Netmask is simply a code of numbers that is used to correctly transfer messages among machines in the same subnet. So, a netmask would work together with the router to determine whether the data goes. For example, if the host’s IP address was 63.243.31.41 and the netmask was 255.255.255.0, the netmask is responsible for telling the machine what numbers in IP address are the subnet and what numbers in the IP address is the machine. In this case, 63.172.202 would be the subnet part while 41 would be the machine part. So, any machine in the 63.172.202 would be part of the (local) subnet and thus, the netmask is exactly what assists in differentiating the IP address. Runtime Error A Runtime Error is an error that occurs during the execution of a program. Download Accelerator 2008: Accelerate Your Internet! Don't waste your time! You can double, triple and even quadruple your download speed. Don't wait any longer for your web pages or downloads. Don't let a sudden disconnection ruin a long download. Make sure your downloads can be resumed almost instantly. This software allows you to increase your download speed dramatically! Free Backup Software Microsoft Windows now ships with an integrated free backup software which can be accessed by clicking , , , and . Error 1721 Error 1721 is a Microsoft error that is sometimes generated when you attempt to use an executable file called Cluster Administrator. The general text of Error 1721 is the following: "not enough resources are available to complete this operation." Anonymous Proxy An anonymous proxy, also referred to as an anonymous proxy server, allows a client to access a file, web page, or some other resources through a server which services the requests of the client through another remote server. Define Port Forwarding Port forwarding, often referred to as .tunnelling. is the forwarding of network ports from one network device to another. This is commonly done using a NAT (network address translation) enabled router or server and another computer within the local network. Define ODBC ODBC (Open Data Base Connectivity) is a function library which provides a common API (Application Programming Interface) for ODBC compliant database management systems. UIF File A UIF file stands for Universal Image Format. It is a powerful compression format for image files and is used for backing up your CDs/DVDs. First, we may define an image file as equivalent to a CD/DVD or an exact replica of a CD/DVD. The UIF file format contains several enhanced features not usually found in ISO. Define MSDTC MSDTC, an abbreviation for Microsoft’s Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC), is a service component implanted in recently marketed Microsoft Windows systems (operating systems Windows 2000 and after, and Windows NT 4.0 has the MSDTC). Its job is coordinating the various transactions among multiple resource managers, including but not limited to databases, file systems, and message queues. Define Anonymous Surfing Anonymous surfing is browsing web sites privately. Anonymous surfing encompasses two different forms of privacy. Converting FAT32 to NTFS These instruction will assist you in converting the C: partition from FAT32 to NTFS. If you wish to convert another partition instead, just use that drive letter instead of C: while following these instructions. Define USB USB which stands for Universal Serial Bus is a standard for serial communications between computers and other devices. It was first introduced in 1996 and was jointly promoted by Intel, Phillips, US Robotics and Microsoft. What is CPU Speed The CPU of a computer is the part of it which performs all of its logical and arithmetic calculations. Define Radius Server Radius, Remote Authentication Dial In User Service is a networking concept which is used to provide access to users to services which require logging in, generally with a username and password. This protocol uses servers to store information in the form of a list of user names or passwords. So, when a user wants to log onto for example, the internet, he enters his user name and password and submits them. The data is sent to the RADIUS server and checked against a list of existing users and their respective passwords. If the username and password entered by the user matches the one on the list, then the user is granted access to the internet. What is Computer Temperature A computer temperature, as the name clearly states, is the temperature of your computer. This is largely a sum of various devices giving off heat within the system. These can include the hard drives, graphic cards, CD-ROMs, power supplies, and the CPU, which gives off the most heat. The heat from these hardwares can have multiple negative effects on the machine, ultimately decreasing the life span of the computer. How Can I Login to My Linksys Router Usually, if the router is still in its factory default settings and just out of the box, logging into your Linksys router is easy. History of Six Sigma Initially developed by Motorola (and current Motorola’s registered service mark and trademark), the Six Sigma is a business management strategy. It is widely adopted in today’s many industries. By using various management methods such as statistical methods, the Six Sigma tries find and delete any defects or errors during the manufacturing and business process. The strategy is also responsible for training a group of quality management method experts. Similar to some other business management methods, the Six Sigma project teams always have a specific plan with milestones along with a clear financial target. How to Convert Millimeters (mm) to Inches (in) To convert a unit from millimeters to inches, multiple steps are necessary as the two units are in a different system of units. Millimeters is in a number form, 1 x 10-3 meters (the standard unit of length), and is one of the metric unit systems and a part of the International System of Units (SI). On the other hand, an inch is a unit of length in a few systems such as in the English units, Imperial units, and the United States customary units. It is basically 1/36th of a yard or 1/12th of a foot. What is Reverse DNS? Reverse DNS (rDNS) is the method used to determine the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that are linked to certain hosts or host addresses. What are Police Scanner Codes A police scanner is basically just another type of a radio scanner. These special scanners can give and receive wireless radio signal transmissions and is becoming more and more of a household item. Police scanners are mainly used for both safety and business purposes. Unlike a FM or an AM radio signal which can only pick up their respective signals, the scanner will pick up a wide variety of signals and a number of them simultaneously too, allowing an easy check up on the various channels. Therefore, the term “police scanners” is simply a scanner that is tuned into the radio broadcasts done by the region’s police department.
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