Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Rod Bland asked: Many people buy a computer with only the minimum amount of memory (RAM) installed. The reasons for this vary, but usually computers with the minimum amount of RAM are cheaper than the others, so appear to be a bargain.Other folks have older computers that might have had ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Logan Albright asked: There is no self-cleaning smart tool in a desktop, in fact, the very algorithm and design of hard disks, memory and any form of optical storage is indiscriminatory in that it does not deem which is useless junk and which isn't. Data is data, and the machine ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Dilip Dahanukar asked: Major Thakoor, an army officer, offered to educate Dinesh Singh Duptal the nephew of his colleague from a remote Himalayan village who had died in saving his life in the Indo-China war. But he had to take him as a son and so he changed his name ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Jon T Norwood asked: In 1965 Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, wrote a paper that made the observation that computers will double in speed every two years. This maxim, now called Moore's Law, has held true for decades. It would appear now however that within the next ten years ...
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
Michael Loke asked: FPM DRAM - Fast Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory is one of the earlier forms of RAM type and is an improvement over the conventional DRAM. Traditional DRAM requires the physical column and row address of each memory cell for each memory access, whereas FPM DRAM ...
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
Everett Maclachlan asked: If you have a Windows-based machine, you may have noticed a decline in your computer's performance since you bought it. It may freeze up suddenly, or it just could be acting a bit sluggish. Instead of buying a new system, you should first try whatever you can ...
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
Titus Hoskins asked: (c) 2008 Titus HoskinsYou have probably heard the expression: "You can't be too rich or too thin." Well, now you can also add: "You can't have too much memory."Actually, that last phrase is little misleading because when buying RAM (Random Access Memory) for your computer you can ...
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Dean Barnard asked: Copyright (c) 2007 Dean BarnardA computer consists of many types of memory. There are devices which hold temporary information, some can be programmed, and others store information. Hard disc drives, Floppy drives, CD-ROM and DVD-ROM are used to permanently store huge amount of data. In addition to ...
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Sunday, March 4th, 2007
Rod Bland asked: Not all computer memory upgrades are the same.Generally speaking, computer memory upgrades (not including Flash memory cards or USB drives) can be divided into two different types:Type 1: Generic upgrades. These are made by a plethora of manufacturers and are made to a speed and form factor ...
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
Duncan Kelly asked: It gets a bit confusing to the layman when confronted with Megabytes and Terabytes and other terms when trying to decide on what computer to buy.A Mega What?A byte is the amount of computer memory needed to store a piece of data the size of one character, ...
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