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Guns Don't Kill People - Videogames Do!
“Ban these evil games”, “Videogame violence corrupting our nation’s youth”, “video games stole my husband”. It seems everyday that the media are making more and more claims about the evils of videogames. But are these claims based on fact, or is it...
Linux for Home Users
Hey Guys! Don’t raise your eyebrows or fear by hearing the word Linux. It is as user friendly as windows. Just take a look at the articles below and all myths about Linux in your mind will disappear. Introduction to Linux: It’s a free operating...
Save $500 on your next computer using coupon codes – no, really!
As consumers, especially on the Internet, we are constantly bombarded with promises like the title of this article. 80% off, save $300, or even get your free Xbox 360. We are pummeled by so many of these false promises, that they lose their...
Search the Web More Efficiently: Tips, Techniques and Strategies
Studies show that after email, searching the Web is the most popular activity on the Internet. Searching is easy; finding what you're looking for can sometimes be difficult. Hopefully the advice below will make your next Web search a breeze....
Small Wonders: Single Board Computers
What are Single Board Computers
When most people think of computers, the image of a PC or laptop
comes to mind. Some may even recall the football field size
computers of the 1960's and 70's before the emergence of the PC.
Very few people...
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The Internet
The earlier discussion of speed spoke casually about computers exchanging data over the Internet. Thus one might imagine that the Internet is a massive network similar to that used for telephone communications, except with computer-to-computer connections instead of telephone-to-telephone connections. Any two computers connected to the Internet can establish a communication link between them via telephone lines.
The Internet is more that a network of computers.It actually is a network of networks.Internet stands for internetworked networks.Computer networks have been around for decades. The first were geographically close to one another often within a single building and they were called local area network(LAN), these
networks were used by large companies for in-house data processing long before the arrival of the Internet.
LANs were used for administrative, educational and research purposes.Libraries used LANs to hold their catalogs.In time, university research LANs and commercial LANs could share information.
Eventually, commercial networks were created for the sole purpose of giving consumers access to this rapidly expanding infrastructure, this Internet, of computer-based communication. The Internet now reaches into more than 185 countries, connects more that seventy thousand computer networks , ansd is used by over three hundred million people worlwide.
About the Author
Varuna Sood
B.Tech Computers
India
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