Posts

Short for free-space optical communication and also known as infrared broadband or optical wireless, FSO is a point-to-point communications standard that uses infrared lasers. Unlike fiber optics, which utilized light sent through glass, FSO transmits data through the air using mirrors and lenses. Although similar to radio communication, FSO is that it does not require a spectrum license. Communications protocol, Computer abbreviations, Laser, Network terms Related information Network and network card help and support....

Short for high memory area, HMA is the first 64 KB (65,520 bytes) of extended memory above the first 1 MB of memory found on IBM compatible computers. The HMA is used to swap programs from conventional memory into high memory making the computer believe more conventional memory is available on the computer. In MS-DOS, the HMA can be accessed using Microsoft’s HIMEM.SYS file and specifying the DOS=HIGH command in the config....

Founded in 2005, LibriVox is an online archive containing free audiobooks. All LibriVox recordings are works in the public domain, read by volunteers. For example, users can listen to a volunteer read Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.” Audiobooks can be played directly from the website, or they can be downloaded and listened to later. To date, Librivox has over 6,000 books and texts in their audio archive, and adds new audiobooks at a rate of about 90 per month....

Short for Multiprotocol Label Switching, MPLS is the processing of data packet labels. With MPLS labels are examined instead of having to examine the contents of each packet, thus determining the network destination in a more efficient manner. This method can improve data transmission speeds because there is no need for a routing table to perform a look up of the data packet’s destination. Due to the virtual paths between network nodes, MPLS is not dependent on an OSI model data link layer....

Short for online transaction processing, OLTP describes software that facilitates transactions on the Internet. An OLTP application needs to handle the transaction requests of many users simultaneously, conduct the transactions immediately, and have a reliable backup mechanism in case of system failure. It’s often characterized by high throughput and priority read-write access to a massive database. Computer abbreviations, OLAP, Software terms

Sampling may refer to any of the following: Sampling is a step used in converting an analog signal to a digital signal. With a video or moving image, sampling is combining multiple still images and playing them at a high rate of speed causing those images to be animated. When referring to audio, sampling takes a segment of sound and plays it at a high rate of speed, resulting in continuous sound....

UDF may refer to any of the following: Short for Universal Disk Format, UDF is a file system first developed in 1995 by OSTA (Optical Storage Technology Association) and is commonly used with CD and DVD drives. UDF is supported on all operating systems, which allows a CD created on a Windows machine to be readable on a Macintosh machine. Short for user-defined function, UDF is a function that can be modified to fit the user’s needs....

Coined by Brian Kernighan, Unix or UNIX (not an acronym) is an operating system developed by Multics team members at the Bell Laboratories starting in the late 1960s. Many of these team members also helped create the C programming language. Today, Unix is not just the work of a few programmers; organizations, institutes, and other individuals have contributed significant additions to Unix and its variants, making it a widely used and popular operating system....

Shorthand for what do you mean, wdym is used in chat and text based communications when you’re not sure what someone is talking about in chat. Below is an example of how this could be used in chat setting. User1: Trying doing it from command.User2: wdymUser1: Open the command prompt, click start, type cmd and press enter.User2: Ohh, ok. Chat terms Wdym could be shortened even more to wym, which is short for what you mean....

Pronounced like the word yawn, YAUN is short for yet another Unix nerd and describes an individual who really enjoys Unix. Computer abbreviations, Computer slang, Geek, Hacker Related information Linux shell tutorial. How to learn more about computers. How does a computer work?

Featured Featured Guide Difficulty Moderate Steps 24 Time Required 45 minutes - 1 hour Sections 4 Back Cover 7 steps Midframe 12 steps How to Disconnect the Battery in the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G 1 step Battery 4 steps Flags 1 Featured Guide This guide has been found to be exceptionally cool by the iFixit staff. BackXiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF...

Difficulty Very easy Steps 3 Time Required 2 minutes Sections 1 Batteries 3 steps Flags Needs Better Images Better photos will improve this guide. Help out by taking, editing, or uploading new ones! BackYamaha YPG-225 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction Step 1 Batteries Turn the keyboard over so that the keys are facing the ground....

The Front-facing camera or selfie camera, is on the front of a device, like a laptop, smartphone, or tablet. On a smartphone, it is generally used for taking pictures of the user and others at close range. For laptops and tablets, it is primarily used for video chat calls, such as FaceTime or Skype. The front-facing camera generally has a lower megapixel count than a rear-facing camera. Pictured is an example of a front-facing camera found on the Galaxy Note 10....

Lyft is a transportation network that lets users summon a local, personal driver using a mobile app. The company is based in San Francisco and the service was launched in 2012. Lyft operates in over 300 cities, and its app is available for iOS and Android devices. Lyft’s philosophy focuses on cultivating a positive community of drivers and riders. Drivers rely heavily on rider reviews to create a positive reputation on the app....

RAID may refer to any of the following: Short for redundant array of independent disks, RAID is an assortment of hard drives connected and set up in ways to help protect or speed up the performance of a computer’s disk storage. RAID is commonly used on servers and high performance computers. The picture of the Drobo is a good example of a device using RAID technology. RAID uses several techniques used in RAID as explained below....

Replace may refer to any of the following: Alternatively called Search and Replace, Find and Replace or Replace is finding text and replacing it with an alternative text. Many software programs support the ability to find or search and replace text in a document from the Edit file menu. The picture below is an example of a Find and Replace dialog box in Microsoft Word. How to find and replace words The common shortcut key to Find and Replace text in a word processor, spreadsheet, and text editor is Ctrl+H....

One of the earlier Linux distributions, Slackware Linux or Slackware was developed in 1993 by Patrick Volkerding as a very similar operating system to Unix. It is based on the Softlanding Linux System and due to its stability and simplicity, is the basis for other Linux distributions. One of the most notable Slackware-based distributions is SUSE Linux. As of November 2022, version 15.0 is the most current release of Slackware. It is designed for both IA-32 and x86-64 architectures, but a port for the ARM architecture is also available....

Sometimes abbreviated as a spec, a specification is descriptive information about hardware or software products. For example, the technical specifications of a printer may list the printer’s size dimensions, ink, acceptable paper, etc. How do I understand the specs? Often the words and terms used in the specifications can be difficult for most users not familiar with computers to understand. The easiest method of determining the meanings behind these terms is to perform a search on the word that confuses you....

A phonetic alphabet is an alphabet with an assigned name to each of the letters. For example, to say “computer,” you would say “Charlie-Oscar-Mike-Papa-Uniform-Tango-Echo-Romeo.” Using the phonetic alphabet is useful for computer support over the phone when words or commands need to be spelled out. For example, a technician could say to type “c” as in “Charlie” and “d” as in “delta” at the command line for the cd command. Without using the phonetic alphabet, the user may type “cb” or something else because of a misunderstanding of what the technician is saying over the phone....

Time may refer to any of the following: A numerical representation of what point in a day it is. Time is displayed in hours, followed by minutes, and then seconds. There are 24 hours in one day, 1,440 minutes in one day, and 86,400 seconds in one day. Hour An hour may be represented by a numerical value of 1 to 12 or 0100 to 2400. Several digital clocks and computers running Microsoft Windows display civilian time using hours of 1 to 12 and represent the time of day with AM or PM....