A keyboard mouse is used by some computer users to describe a mouse that’s next to or a part of the keyboard. This term commonly describes the touchpad (pictured) below the keyboard on a laptop. This term could also describe the TrackPoint or small red nub in the middle of Lenovo and IBM laptops. Also, this term could describe the J-Mouse found on older Zenith computers. J-Mouse, Keyboard, Mouse, Mouse terms, Touchpad, TrackPoint...
LP may refer to any of the following: Short for long play, LP commonly describes a 12-inch long play vinyl record album. Records and record players pre-dated tapes and tape players, which pre-date CD players. The picture is an example of an LP. Linux command, see the lp command page for additional information about this command. LP is an abbreviation sometimes used for LastPass. Computer acronyms, Disc jockey, Record, Sound terms
An operating system or OS is software installed on a computer’s hard drive that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software. Without a computer operating system, a computer and software programs would be useless. The picture shows Microsoft Windows XP in its original packaging. With earlier computers, the user interacted with them using a command line interface, which required memorization of commands. Today, almost every computer uses a GUI (Graphical User Interface) operating system that’s easy to use and operate....
Originally developed by Jan Biniok, Tampermonkey is a donationware userscript manager that was first released in May 2010. Today, Tampermonkey is a browser extension used by over 10 million users that allows them to add JavaScript scripts created by others that can modify and change how web pages work. Browser extension, Greasemonkey, Internet terms, JavaScript, Script, Userscript Tampermonkey is available for Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, Firefox, and Opera. Related information How to add extensions or add-ons to your browser....
Sometimes called the EM spectrum, the electromagnetic spectrum is the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. Each variety of radiation has its own frequency, thus giving it its own “signature.” These waves include radio, micro, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma-rays. For example, a radio wave is used to send signals to devices such as an AM Radio to listen to a broadcast or music. Electromagnet, Electromagnetic interference, Electronics terms, EMR, Infrared, Wavelength
Unzip may refer to any of the following: Term used to describe the process of exploding a file using a software utility such as PKUNZIP, WinZip, or 7-Zip. For example, many of the programs available for download are compressed into one small file making, facilitating faster data transmission. If the downloaded file ends with the .zip extension, it must be unzipped before it can be installed. Unzip is also a command line command used in Linux, Unix, and other command lines....
First available in 2010, Wide Quad Extended Graphics Array, or WQXGA, is a display resolution measuring 2560 x 1600 pixels in size and having a 16:10 aspect ratio. It is a wider version of QXGA and have four times as many pixels as WXGA. A WQXGA display monitor requires a dual-link DVI device to connect to achieve a vertical refresh rate higher than 40 Hz. Aspect ratio, Computer acronyms, Hardware terms, Resolution, Video terms...
New computers If you have a newer laptop computer (2004 and later), make sure your laptop supports PC Cards (also called a PCMCIA card). Many new laptops are replacing the older PC Card standard with the newer ExpressCard standard, which does not support older PC Cards. If you have a computer that uses the new ExpressCard, you must replace all your existing PC Cards with ExpressCard equivalents. Or, when purchasing new expansion cards, only purchase ExpressCards....
Difficulty Moderate Steps 4 Time Required 20 - 30 minutes Sections 2 Power and Volume Switch 2 steps Speaker 2 steps Flags 1 Slice and Dice The steps in this guide should be split up and made into a series of prerequisite guides. BackZoomer Show Pony 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...
Difficulty Difficult Steps 11 Time Required 50 minutes - 1 hour Sections 1 Display 11 steps Flags 0 BackZTE Max XL 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 Display Before disassembly, assure the phone is powered off. Use the SIM Card remover key, remove the SIM Card tray. To do this insert the key into the hole on the side of the phone near the SIM Card tray....
Alternatively called authenticode, code signing is software that includes a digital signature, which can protect the software from tampering or binary corruption. Before a program or driver is distributed, it is encrypted with a digital signature. The signature is cryptographically verified before the program is installed on the computer. Once verified, the software program or driver is installed to the computer. However, if this process fails the user is prompted with a failure error....
A curved monitor, or curved display, is a computer monitor or television that is slightly curved, instead of being flat. The curvature is measured in radius. Some examples of curvature ratings are 1800R, 2300R, 3000R, and 4000R. The number is the distance in millimeters a viewer should position themselves in front of the monitor for optimal effect. A display with a high curvature rating has a subtle curve, whereas a display with a low curvature rating has a more pronounced curve....
Sometimes abbreviated as FEC, forward error correction is an algorithm used in one-way data communications that adds data onto the data packet to ensure it is received with no errors. Computer acronyms, CRC, Error, Network terms Related information Network and network card help and support.
Icacl, which stands for integrity control access control list, is a term coined by Microsoft. It refers to their system for natively displaying, creating, modifying, and backing up ACLs (access control lists) for files and folders. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 and later versions of Windows include a program, icacls, a command-line utility for performing these functions. Icacls is also used to set integrity levels (representing “trustworthiness”) and ownership in Windows Vista....
Logic programming is a computer programming paradigm where program statements express facts and rules about problems within a system of formal logic. Rules are written as logical clauses with a head and a body; for instance, “H is true if B1, B2, and B3 are true.” Facts are expressed similar to rules, but without a body; for instance, “H is true.” Some logic programming languages, such as Datalog and ASP (Answer Set Programming), are purely declarative....
A mickey is a unit of measure for the smallest possible movement of a computer mouse. The speed is determined by how many millimeters you move the mouse with how many pixels the pointer moves on the screen. There are varying measurements depending on the equipment used, but generally a mickey is considered either 1/200 of an inch or 0.1 millimeters. Hardware terms, Measurements, Mouse terms Related information How to use a computer mouse....
Scribd is an online subscription service whose users can access a curated library of e-books, audiobooks, podcasts, and news delivered to their mobile device. The company was founded in 2007 by Jared Friedman, Tikhon Bernstam, and Trip Adler in San Francisco. In 2017, its tenth year of operation, Scribd was the 311th-most popular website in the world and 659th in the United States. E-book, Podcast, Software terms Related information What computer books would you recommend reading?...
Stream processing is a model for processing an ongoing stream of data. It differs from traditional programming models, where a set of data is loaded from a disk into memory and then processed in arbitrary ways. In stream processing, a small number of predefined operations are performed progressively in parallel as data becomes available in the stream. Stream processing is well-suited to DSP (digital signal processing), computer vision, digital video and image processing, and big data analysis....
Short for Telephony Application Programming Interface, TAPI is a standard developed by Microsoft and Intel. It enables a PC to support a broad range of communications devices, for example, support for a modem. Computer acronyms, Modem terms, Tele Related information Modem help and support.
The WELL is a website that started in February 1985 by Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant. It is credited as being the birthplace of the online community movement, and today continues to be one of the most influential online communities. The WELL started first as a BBS and became the website it is today in the early 1990s. In August 2005, The WELL was purchased by the Salon Media Group....
