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Amazon rolls out encryption for Ring doorbells – BBC News

07/16/2021 Leave a comment

Amazon rolls out encryption for Ring doorbells – BBC News Footage captured by the video doorbells will now be end-to-end encrypted, following a trial.

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How to Delete Books and Documents from Your Kindle Library

03/26/2021 Leave a comment

How to Delete Books and Documents from Your Kindle Library Your Kindle can hold thousands of books and documents, all of which can be synced across your devices. But if you want to keep your Kindle Library organized, you might want to delete some files from your Kindle. https://www.howtogeek.com/715730/how-to-delete-books-and-documents-from-your-kindle-library/

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Terms

Bits / Bytes

At a basic level, all computer data is just a series of 0s and 1s. Each of these is referred to as a “binary digit”, for which “bit” is just an abbreviation. A byte is (generally) a collection of eight bits, so called because of the pun with bit and bite. Similarly a collection of four bits – half a byte – is sometimes called a “nybble”.

Bandwidth/Broadband

Bandwidth is an indication of how quickly data travels along a connection. The greater the bandwidth, the faster data will be sent and received. Broadband is a rather vague term that refers to bandwidth somewhere above that of an old dial-up modem, although there is no precise definition of the term. Broadband connections are generally “always on”, unlike modem connections. There are various technologies which provide “broadband” speeds – such as ADSL, cable, satellite etc.

Military-Grade Encryption

Many companies tout “military-grade encryption” to protect your data. If it’s good enough for the military, it must be the best—right? Well, kind of. “Military-grade encryption” is more of a marketing term that doesn’t have a precise meaning.

Memory, Disk Space

Another very common source of confusion. In computing, “memory” generally refers to the temporary storage used by a computer whilst it is switched on. A computer loads programs and data into its memory in order to carry out tasks. This is more accurately called RAM or “random-access memory”. Disk space (or “hard disk space”), on the other hand, is a more permanent store that holds files even when the computer is switched off. It’s from here that the computer loads things into its memory. Strictly speaking you don’t store things in the computer’s memory as that vanishes when you turn the machine off.

Web Browser

A program you use to look at and navigate between, pages on the World Wide Web. Examples include Internet Explorer and Firefox although there are many others. Again, people sometimes refer to web browsers as “the Internet”, whereas they really only provide the means to view pages on the web.

ADWARE

Any advertising software which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertising material to a computer after the software is installed on it or while the application is being used.

Did You Know?

Google rents out goats from a company called California Grazing to help cut down on the amount of weeds and brush at Google HQ!

The very first Apple logo featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting underneath a tree, with an apple about to hit his head.

Although GPS is free for the world to use, it costs $2 million per day to operate. The money comes from American tax revenue.

Technophobia is the fear of technology, Nomophobia is the fear of being without a mobile phone, Cyberphobia is the fear of computers.

When signing up to iTunes, if you accept their Terms & Conditions, you agree to not use it to make nuclear weapons.

The first ever VCR (Video Camera Recorder), which was made in 1956, was the size of a piano!

The radio took 38 years to reach a market audience of 50 million. The television took 13 years and the iPod only took 3 years to reach a market audience of 50 million.