Skeuomorphism is a design technique used to create graphical user interfaces that emulate the look of familiar physical objects. Its purpose is to help users identify and understand interface elements at first glance. For instance, a beveled button may appear to protrude from the background, suggesting that it can be “pushed” by clicking it. Skeuomorphic icons resemble everyday objects. For example, the traditional save icon looks like a floppy diskette....
Introduced in 2013, the Control Center is a feature on Apple devices that lets you quickly change several device settings from a single panel. It contains several buttons, which, when pressed, toggle on and off features of the device. There are also sliders for volume and brightness, and media playback controls. The Control Center can be customized and rearranged in the Control Center section of the Settings app. The Control Center is available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac....
What is phqghume.exe? In Microsoft Windows, phqghume.exe is a process often in the C:\Windows\System32 folder. It is listed as malware and is not an essential Windows file. Usually about 6.2 KB in size, the program has no visible window when running. If run, it allows attackers to remotely access the computer to take sensitive data including passwords and banking information. Is this file a spyware, trojan, or virus? The file phqghume....
Short for text-to-speech, TTS is an accessibility feature included in many computer operating systems and programs. Text-to-speech, when enabled, reads displayed text and generates synthesized speech using various algorithms. This feature can make information more accessible for visually impaired users, or those who have trouble reading words on the screen by audibly relaying the information. Below are instructions for enabling TTS features on Windows and macOS computers. Enabling TTS in Windows On a Windows computer, the Microsoft Narrator application can be opened to enable text-to-speech narration of all text on the screen automatically....
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With computers, troubleshooting, and support, escalate, or an escalation, is a process of involving someone with more training, knowledge, privileges, or rank to help resolve a problem. Technical support escalation process Below is an example of the steps on how an escalation could take place to give you a better idea of the escalation process. A customer calls into technical support with a problem they’re having and reaches a level one technical support representative....
GFS may refer to any of the following: Short for Global File System, GFS was first developed at the University of Minnesota and now maintained by Red Hat. GFS is a file system that spans across a cluster and allows multiple computers to act as a unified machine. Documentation for Global File System and Global File System 2 is at the following links. Short for Google File System, GFS is the file system used by Google for its own use....
If you’re looking to free up some space on your hard drive, there are a few standout options for things to delete. You might have noticed the size of hiberfil.sys and wondered what on earth it is and why it’s so large. This file is responsible for managing computer hibernation, helping your computer restart from the Hibernate power state. So, can you delete hiberfil.sys? Is it even safe to do so?...
Persistent memory is a memory that can be accessed even after the process that created it has ended. The technique may use the processor’s memory access functions directly, or special APIs that facilitate low-level memory access. Often, a persistent memory scheme will structure data using a filesystem to associate identifiers with the information stored in RAM or virtual memory. Computer Science, Memory, Non-volatile memory, Programming terms
Alternatively called piping, plumbing describe a feature found in Linux, Unix, and other operating systems where the output of one program is sent as input to another program. This feature is useful for when a user needs data from one program and does not want to retype all the output. Linux, Operating system terms, Pipe, Unix Related information An example of a Linux and Unix command that takes advantage of plumbing is the tee command....
A preprocessor is hardware or software that processes information before it heads to another program (such as a compiler) or a computer’s main processor. You can think of it as an intermediary step used to prepare input data for its secondary purpose. CPU terms, Data, Hardware terms, Input, Software terms Related information CPU help and support.
Short for small business edition, SBE describes a version of Microsoft Office suite that was shipped with OEM computers. Microsoft SBE can include programs like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Streets. However, Microsoft SBE does not included Microsoft Access or Visio. Computer abbreviations, Office, Word processor terms Today, Microsoft no longer has an SBE model, but computers may still ship with Office trial software programs. Related information Microsoft Office help....
A file extension that is also sometimes known as SSI, SHTML is an HTML file that includes server instructions or server-side includes and is similar to an ASP file. This file is used to associate files that include server instructions, so all files load as fast as possible. A server administrator may set the name of the file extensions to anything. However, the files are commonly either .SHTML or .SSI. It is also possible for the administrator to allow all files to include executable code....
Shut down may refer to any of the following: Shut down is closing all software programs in preparation to turn off a computer’s power. The operating system is the last program to be closed as part of a computer’s shut down process. We recommend all computers be properly shut down to help prevent data corruption. The picture shows examples of different Microsoft Windows shut down screens. In the top picture, Windows 7 displays a shutting down message while it is shutting down....
Below are the steps on how to get out of an MS-DOS prompt or a Windows command line window. Exit Windows command line window Type exit and press Enter to close the Windows command line window. See the exit command page for additional information about this command. Exit MS-DOS prompt and load Windows If you’ve completely exited Windows and are only at an MS-DOS prompt, it may be necessary to reload Windows....
Below is a listing of questions and answers to those questions relating to the Windows Win386.swp file. Common questions How can I change the Win386.swp file location? Win386.swp may be stored on drive other than your operating system drive. Reasons why this may be beneficial: If little or no space is available on the drive where win386.swp is located, moving the swap file can save space. If a faster hard drive is installed onto the computer, moving the swap file location may help in increasing the performance of the computer....
Difficulty Difficult Steps 1 Time Required 15 minutes Sections Charging Port / Micro USB 1 step Flags Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff. BackXiaomi Redmi Note 3 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 XIAOMI REDMI NOTE 3 charging port fix Insert wisdom here....
FF may refer to any of the following: FF is an abbreviation for Firefox. FF is an acronym for fast forward. FF is an acronym for friends forever. FF is an acronym for form feed. It may also appear as a button or command on the printer. When pressed, it advances a page in your printer. FF is short for forfeit and is a term used in gaming when a person or team gives up....
More appropriately known as K56flex or KFlex, FLEX is a Lucent and Rockwell modem standard announced on November 15, 1996, to make their respective modem chipsets interoperable. By agreeing to interoperate, Lucent & Rockwell are providing the industry with an interoperable high speed modem protocol that will revolutionize Internet communications. Modem terms, V.90, X2 Related information Modem help and support.
Short for floating-point unit, the FPU is part of a computer specifically designed to perform floating-point mathematical operations. On October 30, 1994, Professor Thomas Nicely sent an e-mail indicating there was an issue with the Intel Pentium processors and how they perform floating point division. All 120 MHz and higher Intel Pentium processors are not affected by this issue. However, if you still want to test for this problem, perform the calculation below in a calculator....
