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Comuter information 2009Compiled by: jamal abdul nasir 092-042-03004205754
Mime stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions which is a standardformat for attaching non-text files, such as graphics and other files to a textbase electronic mail message. See ourMIME dictionary definitionfor additionalinformation an related terms.The Intel Pentium bug/flaw was an issue with the FPU which is a section of theprocessor which allows the computer to perform floating-point calculations.While this issue was very small and only occurred on earlier Intel Pentiumprocessors there was wide coverage of this issue and several thousandprocessors ended up being replaced. Additional Information about this issueand ways of testing your old Pentium processor can be found on ourCPU page.IRQ stands for Interrupt Request. An IRQ or Interrupt request line allows ahardware device inside of the computer a direct line to the Microprocessor andtells the Microprocessor to stop what it is doing and wait until it has furtherinstructions. Every PC computer has a maximum of 15 IRQs and are prioritizedin the computer according to the importance of the device. See ourunderstanding system resources pagefor additional information.A Cathode Ray Tube that is commonly referred to as a CRT is found in aComputer Monitor. The CRT is the main component and most expensive partwithin your computer monitor. Within the CRT are three electron guns, Red,Green and Blue. Each of these guns streams a steady flow of electrons left toright for each line of your monitor. As the electrons hit the phosphors on theCRT the phosphor will glow certain intensities. As a new line begins the gunswill then begin at the left and continue right, these guns will repeat thisprocess sometimes thousands of time until the screen has been completelydrawn line by line. Once the phosphors on the CRT have been hit with anelectron they will only glow for a short period of time, because of this the CRTmust be refreshed which means the process will be repeated as explainedabove. Additional information on computer Monitors can be found on ourMonitor Page.The CPU or the Central Processing Unit is the brain of the computer and thesingle most important chip in the computer. Modern processors contain millionsof transistors which are etched onto a tiny square silicon called a die, which isabout the with of a standard thumb. The CPU performs the system's calculatingand processing. The majority of personal computers included the Intelprocessors. Intel released the first processor, the 4004 in 1971. Today themarket is being shared by other companies such as the popular AMD processormanufactured by the AMD company. Additional information can be found on ourCPU page.
 
Comuter information 2009Compiled by: jamal abdul nasir 092-042-03004205754
Computer Viruses cannot be contracted through a computer scanner not to beconfused with a Virus Scanner. While the hardware scanner may be inputtingdata from hard copies or other sources of data it is impossible for a virus to betransferred through a scanner as the input is being placed into an imageformat. Additional information on computer viruses can be found at ourVirussection.Term derived from Johann Gauss who was a mathematician who studied andworked with electro-magnetic fields. Degauss is a method of erasing magneticmedia and the removal of remnants of previously recorded signals. The degaussprocess is achieved by passing magnetic media through a magnet field morepowerful than the media itself in order to rearrange the magnetic particles.Update: Michael B., a visitor of Computer Hope, also indicated that Degaussingwas first used by the British Royal Navy in the 2nd WW. An electro-magneticcable was inserted on the inside and around each warship as a safeguardagainst magnetic mines. Each time a ship came into harbor it was degaussed.An electrical current was passed through this cable and the magnetic field wasneutralized, hence the magnetic mine was unemployed.When degaussing a monitor the degauss demagnetizes the CRT, fixing possiblecolor impurities. After either the Degauss button is pressed or the monitor ismanually Degaussed the degaussing circuit will be activated and thendeactivated after a few seconds. Older monitors may not have this abilityhowever handheld monitor degauss can also be used to restore colorimpurities. Additional Information on Monitors can be found on ourmonitorpage.Cookie in short is a Internet File. The complete definition of acomputer Cookieis simply an HTTP headerthat consists of a text-only string that gets enteredinto the memoryof your browser. This string contains the domain, path,lifetime, andvalue of a variable that you set. If the lifetime of this variableislonger than the time the user spends at your site, then this string issaved tofile for future reference.Many believe that computer cookies aredangerous and are a privacy concern.However cookies are stored onyour computer hard disk drive and only
 
Comuter information 2009Compiled by: jamal abdul nasir 092-042-03004205754
accessible by the page it wascreated or the user of the computer. Someexamples of how computercookies can help you are:1.Store on your hard disk drive your personal information and preferencesfor a web site such as a Internet Store. This information can only beaccessed by that store and is used to help direct you faster to placesthat most interest you.2.Store information about your preferences for a start page. If you have acustomized start page which contains information such as local weatherand news this information is placed on the web page by looking atinformation from a cookie.The above are just a few good examplesof computer cookies, to helpunderstand what exactly they are used for.Downloading is the method of getting a file from another computer. Theopposite of downloading a file is uploading a file, where a user sends a file toanother computer.When on the Internet you are actually downloading each page you view to yourcomputers hard disk drive. In addition to downloading web pages, whendownloading software such as a software update or patch you are alsodownloading a file to the computer.When downloading a file it is important that you remember where you copiedthe file to on your hard disk drive. If this is not known you may have a difficulttime locating the file and running it to have it do its specific task.A standard PC floppy once formatted is capable of holding 1.44 MB. Becauseofthis small capacity by today's standards a floppy diskette and drive arerarelyused. New solutions such as the LS-120 floppy diskette drive are cableofreading the standard 1.44MB floppy diskettes however also support a newtype offloppy diskette capable of holding 120MB which is equivalent to around80 floppydiskettes.Additional information about floppy diskettes can be found on ourfloppydiskdrive page.Additional information about LS-120 drives can be found on ourLS-120page.
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