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Name: William “Bill” K. English Born: January 27, 1929 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA Death: July 26, 2020 (Age: 91) Computer-related contributions American computer engineer who is known for his work in the development of the first computer mouse. First person to join Douglas Engelbart’s lab, the Augmentation Research Center (1964). Key participant in The Mother of All Demos in 1964 that demonstrated the mouse and other technologies developed as part of the NLS (oN-Line System)....

Featured Featured Guide Difficulty Difficult Steps 28 Time Required 40 minutes Sections 9 Top Panel 3 steps Bottom Panel 3 steps Front Panel 6 steps RF Module 1 step Wi-Fi Card 2 steps Bottom Body 4 steps Top Body 1 step CD Drive 3 steps Motherboard 5 steps Flags 2 Featured Student Guide This guide has been the hard work of our awesome students and is found to be exceptionally cool by the iFixit staff....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 3 Time Required 5 minutes Sections 1 Power Button 3 steps Flags Slice and Dice The steps in this guide should be split up and made into a series of prerequisite guides. BackXelio P900A-BK Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 Power Button Using a Philips screwdriver, remove the two 2....

This message occurs on Microsoft Windows XP operating systems that have the included CD recording software enabled. To resolve this issue, follow the steps below. Open My Computer Right-click the CD-ROM drive and select Properties. Click the Recording tab. Uncheck the Enable CD Recording on this drive option and close all windows. Once disabled, if you want to continue to use the Microsoft recording software, follow the steps above again and re-enable the Microsoft CD recording....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 3 Time Required 10 - 15 minutes Sections 1 Rear Case 3 steps Flags 0 BackZeki TBQG884B Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 Rear Case Remove the two screws from the end of the device where the ports are located using a Phillips #1 screwdriver....

Short for call to action, when referring to a website, CTA is an action that draws the visitors attention and hopefully leads to an action. For example, if you were selling an e-book, a call to action gets visitors interested in the book by describing its benefits, and providing an easy purchase method. If you had a newsletter, your CTA would be to have them subscribe to the newsletter. For a CTA to be compelling, the action should stand out from the rest of the content on the page....

Short for dual in-line memory module, DIMM is a module containing a circuit board and one more random access memory chips. DIMMs have a 168-pin connector and, from the advent of the Pentium processor, a 64-bit path. Because of the new bit path, DIMMs can be installed one at a time, unlike SIMMs that would require installation in pairs. SO-DIMM, which is short for small outline dual in-line memory module, is available in both a 72-pin and 144-pin configuration....

Alternatively called instruction pipelining or pipeline, pipelining is an advanced microprocessing technique that handles multiple stages of different computer instructions at once. For example, without pipelining a processor may process the instructions fetch, decode, and execute from three different instructions in three different clock cycles. However, with pipelining the processor could combine the different instructions into one cycle and effectively do three different things in one cycle instead of three....

Project management software is software that tracks and coordinates the progression of an organized project, especially those on which multiple people collaborate. Its purpose is to enhance, automate, and simplify communication between project team members, and facilitate maintenance of vital project data, metadata, and statistics. It is commonly used in software development. Agile software development, Business terms, Software terms, Waterfall model

A feature in media players, represented by two arrows pointing to the left, that enables the user to go backward in time. This function allows the listener to return to an earlier point in the recording. For example, in Windows Media Player, a software program capable of playing music and movie files you could rewind to see or hear something you’ve enjoyed. CD terms, Chevron, Fast forward, Previous Most keyboards that have an Fn key also have a function key with the ability to rewind....

Tele is a prefix that comes from the Greek root meaning “far off” or “at a distance.” More plainly, tele describes anything that happens remotely (in another location). For example, a telephone is a device that allows remote communications with another person or machine. Terms that use the tele prefix Telecom (Telecommunications) Telecommunications line Telecommunications Relay Service Telecommute Teleconference Telefacsimile Telegraph Telehealth Telemedicine Telenet Telephone TAPI (Telephone Applications Programming Interface) Telephony Telephoto Teleport Telepresence Teleprocessing Teletype TeleVideo Television Telework Modem terms, Network terms, Prefix...

A darknet may refer to any of the following: Darknet is a private P2P file sharing network where only trusted peers connect to the dark web. The sharing is anonymous, as IP addresses are not shared publicly. Darknets are often thought of to be associated with illegal activities or other activities where the users would not want government agencies monitoring them. Darknet is another name for a network telescope, a system where a person can look at activities on the Internet....

Gang of Four refers to Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John Vlissides, the authors of the seminal software engineering book “Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software”. Design Patterns was first published in 1994, and to date is in its 40th printing. The book is highly influential in the field of software engineering and considered an important source for object-oriented design theory and practice. Object-oriented, Programming terms, Software engineering...

Alternatively called un-erase, undelete is a software utility or command that restores a deleted file to a file system. Whether or not a file can be undeleted depends on several factors, including: How the file was deleted, and how long ago. What operating system is used to access the file. The type of file system containing the deleted file. Linux, Software terms, Undo Related information How to recover missing, lost, or deleted files....

Released on June 8, 2005, Unity is a popular and versatile video game development engine for the Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems. The Unity engine includes tools for creating a large variety of styles, including 3-dimensional open world games, 2-dimensional platform games, and virtual reality games. Tools provided in the software allow users to import characters and objects, create environments, and control the overall logic of the game using various supported coding languages....

Released in 2014, Vidme, formerly known as Viddme, was a video-sharing website that allowed users to upload videos quickly without requiring them to create an account. Its goals were to simplify the video-sharing process and allow small content creators to make money through paid subscriptions and tips. According to the developers, the user interface was influenced by the layouts of Reddit and YouTube. In 2017, Vidme was shut down due to difficulty with migrating audiences from larger websites like YouTube and Facebook, and its inability to regulate monetized advertiser-friendly videos....

Short for eVade o’ Matic Module, VoMM is a method of making browser exploits mostly undetectable by security software. VoMM is achieved by randomizing how the code is written and read by the browser. Methods of carrying out this task include adding white space randomization, random comments, variable and function names randomized, and other code obfuscation. Computer abbreviations, Security terms Related information How to protect yourself while on the Internet. Computer security help and support....

Initially released by Justin Frankel on April 21, 1997, Winamp is a media player for Windows-based PCs and Android devices. Winamp, currently a subsidiary of AOL, can play MP3 files, CD audio files, Audiosoft, Mjuice, MOD, WAV, AAC, FLAC, and other major audio formats. MP3, Software terms Related information How to set a program as the default option. Where to post my pictures, movies, or other files online for free. How to play a movie file in Windows....

Wireshark is a network packet analyzer used for capturing (sniffing) packets flowing across a computer network in addition to those that are moving to and from your computer. Packet sniffing is primarily used for legitimate purposes such as network troubleshooting or traffic monitoring. Wireshark is an open-source project licensed under the GPL (GNU Public License), which means users can run it on multiple computers free of charge and can view or modify the source code....

WML may refer to any of the following: Short for Wireless Markup Language, WML is part of the WAP standard and is an XML compliant version of HDML. Short for Website META Language, WML is a free and extensible web designer’s off-line HTML generation toolkit for Unix, distributed under the GNU. Computer acronyms, Internet terms, Phone terms, Programming terms, Web design terms, WMLScript