Posts

Short for enterprise resource planning, ERP is a business system that integrates multiple applications relating to accounting, human resources, inventory, orders, shipping, and services. ERP systems are widely used since the early 1990s and fall under the umbrella of enterprise applications, as larger businesses often use them. However, there are less complicated, small business versions of ERP software as well. Types of ERP systems Today, many ERP systems (ERP suites) run in the cloud as a SaaS (Software as a Service)....

Find may refer to any of the following: Find describes locating a specified text, file, document, or other objects on a computer, in a file, or on the Internet. For example, you can press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F now to open a find window and search for any text on this page. In Microsoft Word, you can press Ctrl+F to find specific text in a document. Generally speaking, to look for text in a current document, it is called “find....

Genius may refer to any of the following: Genius is a music website with an extensive database of song lyrics and explanations for the meaning behind them. It features exclusive video interviews with artists, discussing their music and the meaning of the lyrics. Before expanding to cover all genres, the website was initially known as Rap Genius. Genius also has a free smartphone app that allows users to read content from the site....

GM may refer to any of the following: Short for game masters, GM’s are real people who help run, maintain, and assist other players in online games. Short for gold master or golden master, GM is a primary copy of software that is released after testing and used for all future copies. For example, when Apple releases their macOS or other software applications they first release their GM for reproduction. Microsoft refers to this as RTM....

Itanium is a name for a brand of Intel processors that uses the 64-bit RISC architecture. They are based on Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing design philosophy, which states that the compiler should decide what instructions should be executed together. CPU terms, IA-64, RISC Related information CPU help and support.

Mbps may refer to any of the following: Mbps or Mb/s is short for megabits per second or millions of bits per second. Mbps is a measurement used to determine the amount of data (megabits) being transmitted per second and is smaller than MBps. MBps is short for megabytes per second or one million bytes per second. MBps is a measurement used to determine the amount of data being transmitted per second and is larger than Mbps....

Short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, MIDI is a standard for digitally representing and transmitting sounds that was first developed in the 1980s. MIDI sound is played back through the hardware device or computer either through a synthesized audio sound or a waveform stored on the hardware device or computer. The quality of how MIDI sounds when played back by the hardware device or computer depends upon that device’s capability....

The Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) offers round-the-clock protection against all kinds of threats on Windows devices. Despite being a standalone security tool, it is powered by several micro-processes behind the scenes. These micro-processes contribute to the proper functioning of the Microsoft Defender Antivirus. MsMpEng.exe and MpCmdRun.exe are good examples of important core processes powering Microsoft Defender. In this explainer, we’ll cover what MpCmdRun.exe does on your Windows computer, how you can use it to manage the Microsoft Defender, and what to do when the process malfunctions....

Short for player vs. player, PVP is gameplay where a real computer player plays against another real computer player instead of a NPC (non-player character or artificial computer player). PVP brings more of a challenge to players because of the capabilities and knowledge of the opposing player. Many hardcore players consider any non-PvP server as a carebear server. Computer acronyms, Game terms, Gank, PK, PVE, RVR

Response time may refer to any of the following: The response time is the total elapsed time from when a request is made to the time it is completed. For example, a company may show an expected response time for an e-mail response as eight hours. With an eight hour response time, you can expect to wait up to eight hours to receive a response. When referring to an LCD, a response time is how many frames are displayed each second....

Simulated annealing, also known as SA, is a technique used to optimize complex search algorithms. It is used to find the algorithms that have the best chance of performing well, even though they may not be the guaranteed best solution. SA is used in many computer science and mathematical optimizations. A good use for SA would be for the travelling salesman finding the best path between interconnected cities. SA is helpful for salesman because the search space of possible solutions grows exponentially as the size of the problem increases....

Short for symmetric multiprocessing, SMP is processing that is performed by multiple processors sharing the same motherboard, memory, operating system, and storage. SMP systems usually have two CPUs, but may have more. The Linux kernel supports a theoretical maximum of 255 CPUs. Beginning in the 2000s, CPU designs have trended toward adding cores to CPUs to increase parallel performance, rather than increasing the number of CPUs in a computer system....

Techspeak describes words used by computer techs, programmers and engineers. These words are usually highly technical and require a deeper understanding of computers, hardware design, or programming languages for proper comprehension. When shopping at a computer store, customers sometimes find sales people or the repair techs using prime examples of techspeak. This jargon may be difficult for customers to understand, and sometimes is off-putting. It can also deter them from purchasing goods and services....

The Manchester Mark 1 was one of the first computers that could run a stored program. Built at the Victoria University of Manchester, the first version of the Mark 1 became operational in April 1949. It was used to run a program to search for Mersenne primes for nine hours without error on June 16 and 17 that same year. The picture is an example of what the Manchester Mark 1 looked like from the University of Manchester....

Difficulty Difficult Steps 10 Time Required 2 hours Sections 3 Motherboard 7 steps Daughterboard 2 steps LED 1 step Flags 1 Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff. BackXbox One Elite Wireless Controller Series 1 (Model 1698) Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications...

Featured Featured Guide Difficulty Moderate Steps 12 Time Required 20 - 40 minutes Sections 3 Plastic Case 6 steps Power Supply 3 steps Fan 3 steps Flags 1 Featured Guide This guide has been found to be exceptionally cool by the iFixit staff. BackXbox Series S 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 Easy Steps 2 Time Required 3 - 5 minutes Sections 1 Front Facing Camera 2 steps Flags In Progress This guide is a work in progress. Reload periodically to see the latest changes! Missing Prerequisites This guide is missing information on how to start the process. Make a prerequisite guide! BackZTE Blade Spark Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide...

Difficulty Moderate Steps 12 Time Required 1 hour Sections 3 SIM Card 2 steps Fingerprint Sensor 8 steps Battery 2 steps Flags 0 BackZTE Blade Z Max Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction Be sure to discharge your battery as much as possible before you attempt this repair. LiPo batteries can catch fire and cause serious injury if damaged....

To join or unite two or more objects together. For example, a user may combine two or more files together to make one file. Concatenate, File, Merge, Software terms Related information How to merge or combine multiple files. MS-DOS and Windows command line users can combine multiple files into one using the copy command. Linux or Unix users can combine multiple files using the cat command.

Eg may refer to any of the following: Latin for exempli gratia, which translates to “for example,” e.g. is used when giving an example of something. An example of its use is “There are numerous Internet browsers, e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Opera.” The Internet domain suffix .eg is short for Egypt. i.e.