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#TechTerm Infotainment, a combination of "information" and "entertainment," describes media designed to educate users in an entertaining manner. It spans a range of formats, including television shows, websites, and software applications.
#TechTerm n computer science, a string is a fundamental data type used to represent text, as opposed to numeric data types like integers or floating-point numbers. It contains a sequence or "string" of characters, which may include letters, numbers, symbols, and spaces
#TechTerm A peripheral is any external device that connects to a computer for input or output. A peripheral connects either physically or wirelessly, and it is controlled by the computer when connected. Peripherals may also be called "I/O devices" or simply "accessories."
#TechTerm Stands for "Redundant Array of Independent Disks." RAID is a method of seamlessly storing data across multiple physical disk drives. The disks in a RAID array appear to a computer's operating system as a single storage volume instead of multiple independent disks.
#TechTerm Screen burn or "screen burn-in" is a residual image left on a screen after displaying the same image for a long time. It is a faded version of the image or "ghost image" that covers part or all of the screen.
#TechTerm Stands for "Home Area Network," which is the same thing as a home network. It is a local area network (LAN) within a home that may include both wired and wireless devices.
#TechTerm The Escape key is located in the upper-left corner of a computer keyboard. It typically resides to the left of the Function keys (F1, F2, F3, etc.) and above the tilde (~) key. Most often, is is labeled with the abbreviation "esc."
#TechTerm Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft technology used to manage computers and other devices on a network. It is a primary feature of Windows Server, an operating system that runs both local and Internet-based servers.
#TechTerm Apple silicon is a series of Mac processors developed by Apple. For several decades, Apple built Macintosh computers with CPUs from third-party manufacturers, including Motorola, IBM, and Intel.
#TechTerm A sector is the smallest addressable unit of data storage on a disk drive. On traditional hard disk drives (HDDs), sectors were 512 bytes in size. However, modern drives now use 4,096-byte sectors (or "4K sectors"), also known as Advanced Format technology.
#TechTerm Stands for "Virtual Path Identifier." A VPI is an 8- to 12-bit header in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) cell that identifies the path the cell should take to its destination.
#TechTerm A delimiter is a text character (or a sequence of characters) that separates elements in a text string or data stream. Some delimiters separate an object into multiple pieces of data, while other delimiters establish boundaries around data to provide structure.
#TechTerm Stands for "Computer-Aided Design." CAD is the use of computers to create 2D and 3D designs. Common types of CAD include two-dimensional layout design and three-dimensional modeling.
#TechTerm Compact Flash, often abbreviated CF, is a removable memory card format that uses nonvolatile flash memory. Digital cameras and other handheld electronic devices use CF cards to store and transfer digital photos, video, and other data.