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Short for Portable Network Graphics, PNG is pronounced as either the letters P-N-G or the word ping. It is a bitmapped image format featuring lossless compression. One of the best aspects of the PNG format is that it facilitates transparent images, which is helpful in many instances. For example, a website creator may want to have a logo on their page that doesn’t hide the background. Transparency is also useful when adding pictures to a web page that need to work in light mode and dark mode....

Short for player vs. environment, PvE is a description of game play where the user is playing against a NPC and not a real person. For example, all single player games are considered PvE games. Also, some online games have game modes where one or more players play against bots. Computer acronyms, Game terms, PVP

Raspbian is a free operating system released in July 2012 that runs on the Raspberry Pi single-board computer. It is derived from Debian Linux, and uses the LXDE desktop environment by default. The screenshot below shows the default desktop environment in Rasbian as of April 2019. Linux, Operating system terms, Raspberry Pi Related FTP pages Raspbian official website.

Short for System Management Mode, SMM was first introduced by Intel in October 1990 with the Intel 386SL. This process was created as a way for the CPU to execute code from a separate area of memory known as SMRAM. SMRAM is only accessible by the processor and not the operating system or other programs. SMM allows the processor to work transparently with the operating system and other programs to power up or down any hardware devices allowing the computer to better conserve power when idle....

Short for VHSIC Hardware Description Language, VHDL was first proposed in 1981 and developed throughout the 1980s by IBM, Texas Instruments and Intermetrics. VHDL is used for the development and verification of hardware designs and was adopted as IEEE 1076 standard in 1987. Open Verilog International and VHDL International combined to form Accellera. Computer acronyms, Programming terms Related information The official Accellera website.

A term coined by Dale Dougherty that many believe to be a description of the second generation of the World Wide Web. Web 2.0 is associated with technologies such as AJAX, podcasts, RSS feeds, weblogs, wikis, and tools that help users create content for community-driven websites. AJAX, Cloud computing, Internet 2, Internet terms, Social networking, Web, Web design terms Because of the wide array of definitions for this term, Web 2....

XOXO may refer to any of the following: Short for eXtensible Open XHTML Outlines, XOXO is a format for processing by XML engines, where the outline is a hierarchical, ordered list of elements. Short for “hugs and kisses,” XOXO is a way of letting someone know you care. Both the X and the O can be thought of as a hug and kiss. Related information The official XOXO specification. Chat terms, Computer acronyms, Programming terms, XHTML

Whether you’re looking to upgrade or are curious about your computer’s specifications, you may want to know what video card, or GPU, is in the computer. Some PCs have integrated graphics, and some have a video card. In either case, the instructions below help you determine and view the graphics device powering your computer’s video output. To proceed, choose your preferred method from the list below, or read all of the sections and proceed from there....

Difficulty Very easy Steps 7 Time Required 4 minutes Sections 2 Battery 4 steps Wheel 3 steps Flags 1 Better Introduction Improve this guide by completing or revising its introduction. BackWowWee CHiP Robot Dog Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications What you need Step 1 Battery Place CHiP on its back so that its stomach is facing you....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 5 Time Required 5 minutes Sections 2 Battery 2 steps SIM Card 3 steps Flags 0 BackZTE Telstra T95 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 Battery Remove the back cover using a plastic opening tool. Insert it into each corner starting at the upper left of the back cover and pushing out....

M.2 is a connection type specification for computer expansion cards, introduced in 2014. The two major types of M.2 devices are the SATA M.2 and the significantly faster (and more expensive) PCIe M.2. M.2 is often used for storage devices, such as SSDs, and high-performance non-volatile memory storage, such as Intel Optane. Other M.2 devices Other devices that are not storage devices that support the M.2 standard include: Bluetooth NFC Satellite navigation Wi-Fi Connection, Hardware terms, Memory, PCIe, SATA

Non-real time, or NRT, is a process or event that does not occur immediately. For example, communication via posts in a forum can be considered non-real time as responses often do not occur immediately and can sometimes take hours or even days. Examples of non-real time communication Bulletin board or forum communication. E-mail Facsimile Snail mail Real-time

Proof-of-Work (PoW) is a method for securing computing services from abuse, such as a denial of service attack, e-mail spam, or cryptocurrency fraud. Before a PoW-protected service can be used, “provable work” must be performed by the user, such as solving a difficult math problem with a CPU or GPU. Because the service is restricted to a physical limitation of the user’s computing hardware, abusing the service is made difficult or impossible....

Public-key forward secrecy is a type of public-key cryptography that ensures any short-term encryption key used for a single session cannot be derived later from the long-term public key. Cryptography, Security terms Related information How to protect yourself while on the Internet. Computer security help and support.

Quantum cryptography is the use of quantum computers to perform cryptographic tasks. It was first proposed in the early 1970s by physicist Stephen Wiesner at Columbia University and has since been developed by researchers globally. The advantages of using a quantum computer for cryptography, rather than a classical computer, arise from the inherent properties of quantum mechanical communications. For instance, in a quantum informational system, it is impossible to observe data without changing it, so that eavesdropping would be impossible....

The Send to feature, introduced with Windows 95, is an option in the Windows context menu when you right-click a file or folder. It “sends” a file to a program of your choice, opening the file with the program. For example, if you want to open a text file in a program other than the default program (e.g., Notepad), you could install a different text editor send any text document to that editor....

TextEdit is a text editor and word processor that is included with Apple macOS X that lets you create, view, edit, and modify text files and documents. The editor lets you format the text, create tables, import graphics, work with HTML, and add multimedia files like music and movie files. Where do I find TextEdit? Open TextEdit from the Applications folder, or from the Launchpad. Edit, File viewer, Text, Text editor, WordPad, Word processor, Word processor terms...

Many people spend their day switching between computers and smartphones to field emails, calls, and other work. The Phone Link app (formerly Your Phone) helps you access your phone via your PC, so there’s no need to take your phone out of your pocket. In this article, we’ll take a look at what Microsoft’s Phone Link app is, how it works, and whether it’s worth using or not. What Is Microsoft Phone Link?...

Alternatively called dual-ported memory, VRAM (video random access memory) is a more expensive RAM capable of performing reads and writes at the same time. VRAM can also be accessed by two devices simultaneously. VRAM is commonly used as video memory, increasing the overall speed of the video card. Computer acronyms, Dedicated memory, Hardware terms, Memory terms, RAM chip, Video memory, WRAM Related information How much memory does my video card have?...

Verify you’re removing the actual device beneath the category. If you remove an icon with a “+”, “-”, or “>” symbol next to it, you’re attempting to remove a category. To remove the category, you must first remove all the devices beneath it. If it’s a device that cannot be removed, it’s likely caused by corruption in Windows device drivers or the Windows registry. Because Microsoft has not documented or acknowledged this issue, try the suggestions below....