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ImageMagick is an open-source suite of command line tools for manipulating digital images. It is useful for batch processing numerous images, or to quickly perform precise image modification tasks. ImageMagick can be downloaded from its official website, ImageMagick.org. History Development of ImageMagick began in 1987, authored by software engineer John Cristy. Today, ImageMagick is a default component of many Linux and BSD operating systems, and is freely available for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and iOS....

The language that is set as the default during the installation of the operating system. Users have the option of adding additional languages if required. For example, users installing Microsoft Windows in the United States use English as the input language. Input, Language, Operating system terms Related information How to convert Windows into a different language.

Tcsh (pronounced “tee-see-shell” or “tee-see-ess-aysh”) is a command-line shell similar to the C shell (csh). It was developed by Ken Greer in the late 1970s with the purpose of adding command completion to the user experience of a command shell. It was first released to the public in 1983. Tcsh is completely compatible with csh, and adds many useful features. Command shell, Operating System terms Related information See our tcsh documentation for a complete description of tcsh and examples....

Abbreviated as PS, the PlayStation is a gaming console first released by Sony on December 3, 1994. Since its initial release, Sony has created the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and the handheld PSP. PlayStation 5 The PlayStation 5, or PS5, is the latest version of Sony’s gaming console. It was introduced on November 12, 2020, making it a competitor to the Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch....

The tracking speed is the rate a mouse (or another input device) pointer travels across a computer screen. The tracking speed often is adjusted relative to how fast the mouse is moved. The speed the pointer moves on your screen may not be the same speed you’re moving the mouse. Mouse terms, Tracking Related information How to change the mouse speed in Windows. Mouse and touchpad help and support.

Difficulty Very easy Steps 1 Time Required Suggest a time?? Sections Battery 1 step Flags Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff. Backwhy! W650SZ Laptop Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 Battery Slide the latch on the right to the unlocked position....

Student-Contributed Wiki An awesome team of students from our education program made this wiki. The toy does not show any sign of powering up Plug in the power source and charge the toy for at least 30 minutes before usage. If the adapter is plugged in and the light on the adapter is on, make sure the adapter is connected to the toy. If the toy only powers up when the adapter is plugged in, regardless of charging time, then the battery is faulty....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 2 Time Required Suggest a time?? Sections 1 Headphone Jack 2 steps Flags Needs Better Images Better photos will improve this guide. Help out by taking, editing, or uploading new ones! Needs More Images A few more images would make this guide’s procedures crystal clear. BackZTE Grand S Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes...

Curl may refer to any of the following: cURL is a free and open command line tool for transferring files on one of the following supported protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, DICT, TELNET, LDAP, or FILE. Network and network card help and support. The cURL and libcurl website. A Linux command, see the curl command page for further information. Curl is also an object-oriented programming language created to make the transition between the programming and formatting of interactive web applications more streamlined....

Short for dynamic random access memory, DRAM is one of the most commonly found RAM modules in PC compatible personal computers and workstations. It stores its information in a cell containing a capacitor and transistor. Because of this design, these cells must be refreshed with new electricity every few milliseconds for the memory to keep holding its data. DRAM was first invented and patented by Robert Dennard in 1966 while working at IBM....

DriveTrust is a hard drive technology developed by Seagate that was first widely used with DVRs and later introduced to personal computers with the Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.2. This technology encrypts data on the hard drive and only allows it to be read by the device the drive was first installed into. Because this technology is built onto the hard drive, computers can have these drives installed with no additional software or patches....

Dropbox announced Dropbox Paper in 2015 and launched the product in 2017 as a new way to organize and collaborate with team members from anywhere in the world. Essentially, it wanted a piece of the online collaborative pie that has been held hostage predominantly by Google Drive and Office 365. It’s been a long and winding road during a short period of time for Dropbox Paper. What is Dropbox Paper and has it held up to the competition or crashed and burned under the weight of its own hype?...

EOF may refer to any of the following: Short for end-of-file, EOF is a code placed by a computer after a file’s last byte of data. EOF marks are helpful in data transmission and storage. Files are stored in blocks, and the end marker helps the computer know it has allocated enough space to store the file. The EOF is commonly represented by pressing and holding Ctrl and pressing Z in DOS and OS/2 or pressing and holding Ctrl and pressing D in Unix....

The F12 key is a function key found at the top of almost all computer keyboards. The key is often used to open Firebug, Chrome Developer Tools, or other browser debug tools. As mentioned below, F12 also has other uses depending on the computer and program. How to use the F12 key Open the program that uses the key and press F12. If the F12 key also has an icon on the key, it indicates the key has a secondary function....

Graffiti may refer to any of the following: Graffiti is a type of writing used on Palm OS devices that allows users to write into their PalmPilot. It is also licensed by Apple for their Newton. The picture is an example of the Graffiti writing scheme. As seen in the picture, to create a letter “a,” start at the bottom left, and draw an “A” without the horizontal line. To input multiple characters, the user would have to memorize and draw each letter they wanted to enter....

Ingres is an open-source, SQL RDBMS (relational database management system) developed by the Actian Corporation. It is a database system aimed at large corporations and governmental organizations. It began as a research project at the University of California at Berkeley in the 1970s, and help create Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL. Database, Software terms

Short for Information Technology Infrastructure Library, ITIL is a set of processes, procedures, and tasks that help IT to align its services with the needs of the business. The components of ITIL are not specific to one company, and can be adopted by any business, big or small. Using ITIL helps deliver improved value and integration with the organization’s strategy, and measure improvement in its IT services. AXELOS, Ltd. purchased ITIL in July 2013....

React Native is a framework that allows developers to create mobile apps, using only JavaScript. It uses the React library. React was released by Facebook in 2013 to help developers create web applications that feel like mobile apps. React Native, released in 2015, helps developers create mobile apps for Android or iOS that are developed like React web apps. The source code to React Native is hosted on GitHub. Javascript, Programming terms...

In general, relative describes anything related to something else. For example, a family relative is someone connected to you by blood or marriage. With computers, relative describes anything related to data or the location where you’re currently browsing on a computer. For example, when dealing with a file, a relative path is the path to that file from your current location. For example, the absolute path to this page is “https://www....

Server-side scripting is a method of designing websites so that the process or user request is run on the originating server. Server-side scripts provide an interface to the user and limit access to proprietary data and help keep control of the script source code. Below is an example of client-side scripts vs. server-side scripts. Server-side scripting examples Many languages can create these scripts. They include but are not limited to the examples below....