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Windows 11 Will Teach You How to Use Windows 11

09/17/2021 Leave a comment

Windows 11 Will Teach You How to Use Windows 11 Microsoft is getting close to releasing the final version of Windows 11. The company is making all sorts of minor tweaks that are designed to bring the OS to its final form. The company has updated its Tips app to get it in line with the rest of Windows 11. […]

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows 11

09/12/2021 Leave a comment

Everything You Need to Know About Windows 11 Microsoft has unveiled the next generation of its market leading desktop operating system. Here are the high points.

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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.

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.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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