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Explanation of different terms used for computer hardware, computer software and in the Internet.

How Coronavirus affected the IT industry

Various estimations are saying that almost a third of IT companies are struggling with the consequences of the pandemic. The IT labour market is changing. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the companies in very different ways. While six per cent of firms even consider their current economic situation to be very positive, just under two-fifths speak of a rather negative situation. Seven per cent are … [Read more...]

How innovative OCR helps students in their education careers

Most people think that optical character recognition is usually used for security and documents, but in reality, it is a false concept. This amazing technology is used in various fields, mainly to increase creativity and surprising ways. A popular application of this technology is in education, where it increases both time efficiency and productivity, helping students and teachers, for example, to … [Read more...]

4 Tech Trends that Will Continue to Grow

Technology is constantly evolving. And whether it’s due to current events out of our control or intensive efforts by the world’s leading scientists, every year brings innovation and invention that we could not have predicted the year before. Even though 2020 has been an extremely unpredictable year, technological innovation hasn’t stopped. Here are four tech trends that will only continue to grow … [Read more...]

Send HTTP POST Request to a Secure Webpage with PHP

You can send HTTP Post Request to any secured URL with a simple PHP script. Often this kind of script is helpful to build various buttons. In our different tutorials on IoT projects with ESP32, like in the guide Controlling AC Powered Appliances With ESP32 and IBM Watson IoT, we need to send a pair of HTTP POST requests to turn a thing ON and OFF. That is easy from command line using cURL. We can … [Read more...]

How Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) Works

An autonomous emergency braking system is an extension of the emergency braking assistant. An emergency braking assistant is a predictive driver assistance system for motor vehicles that warns the driver in case of danger, supports emergency braking (brake assistant) or brakes automatically. This is to avoid collision with an obstacle or reduce the collision speed. Some emergency braking … [Read more...]

Agile versus Waterfall in Real Life

In software development, the waterfall model is now considered to be frowned upon and antiquated. But waterfall has connections to the agile methodologies. Agility is a catchphrase that has affected almost all companies. At the decision-maker level, the topic of business agility, i.e. the agile way a company works, is becoming increasingly important. As a result, companies are trying to … [Read more...]

Opportunities and Prospects of Gambling Software Development

To develop software for the gambling industry, an entrepreneur needs to know some basics of the industry. The goal of this article is to highlight the technologies in present usage. Gambling is an industry which is completely dependent on technological innovations. Owners of the gambling platforms are aware of modern technological trends and implementing new solutions as soon as possible. A few … [Read more...]

Call for Code 2020: Coding Challenge to Save Mankind from Pandemics

Call for Code is a coding competition. We talked about Call for Code in the year 2018 and 2019 too. It is a multi-year initiative with 5 years commitment from IBM. To the developers, Call for Code is a chance to use the latest technologies to create a long-lasting cost-effective solution. In this year’s Call for Code Challenge, one of the themes is to mitigate the impact of global pandemics like … [Read more...]

How the Post-Quarantine Era Will Be for the IT Workers

The quarantine measures for coronavirus pandemic was an apt measure to control it. However, its impact already has been obvious to the whole world from an economic perspective. Quarantines travel bans, and home-stay resulted in a decline in consumer spending. Many businesses are operating at a loss. While many startups are struggling to close. These factors are resulting in unemployment and … [Read more...]

How to Use pgrep and pkill Command

On unix-like OS, the pkill command sends a signal to the processes while the pgrep command searches for processes currently running on the system. Originally, the pkill was written for using with the Solaris 7 (1998). kill, killall, pkill, pgrep can be used on all the GNU/Linux OS, MacOS X and Linux shell on Windows 10. The kill signals HUP (1) reloads a process, KILL (9) kills a process, TERM … [Read more...]

The Relationship Between BPM and BI

Only a few years ago, business process management (BPM) was an important strategic task for corporate management. Today, interest has waned due to rampant planning and modelling. Instead, digitalization is better tackled. Today, new business models and processes are being created, while existing processes and areas are being restructured and digitized. The short time horizon in which processes are … [Read more...]