Device Driver, often simply known as driver is a computer program or software module that is connected with the interaction, built-in or virtual devices, controls. Device Driver uses interfaces for communication and other communication systems, where the unit is connected to receive control signals and / or send data to the device and receive from it. How Device Driver works Device … [Read more...]
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Explanation of different terms used for computer hardware, computer software and in the Internet.
Touchpad : The Technology Behind the Square Input Device
Touchpad is a touch-sensitive input device, mostly used as a mouse replacement in laptops but other electronic instruments come with touchpad controls as well. Previously we have posted two interesting guides on Touchpad - one is Tips on using touchpad and the other is How to Enable Multiple finger gesture on any laptop with Synaptic touchpad. In this article, we will go through the technical part … [Read more...]
Sensor in Technology and Nature
Sensor picks up specific physical or chemical properties to complete action. To be measured parameter must be predefined either qualitatively or Quantitatively. Sensor not always points to an electrical or electronic component, but also biological component. This article on Sensor is directly related to Robotics, Cyborg etc. In fact the Senors used in technology are very primitive when compared … [Read more...]
Hybrid Hard Drive (HHD)
Hybrid Hard Drive (HHD) is a type of large-buffer hard disk. It is different from standard hard drives in that it integrates a cache using non-volatile memory. We previously wrote about Solid State Drive and Traditional Hard Drive. Hybrid Hard Drive usually the most complex point of an application, regardless of the format in its raw state committed by the operating system. Basics of … [Read more...]
Augmented Reality : Technology Now and Will Be Tomorrow
Augmented Reality is a bit less worked more buzz worded terminology. Augmented Reality has possibilities just like what Pranav Mistry shown with SixthSense. I am not talking about the Sixth Sense I wrote before in my personal weired blog, if you have not heard of Pranav Mistry's SixthSense, wait we will tell it about it too along with some details on Augmented Reality. What is this … [Read more...]
Solid State Drive : Overview, Structure and Function of SSD
Solid State Drive is made with the help of solid state physics. Instead of moving mechanical parts such as spinning magnetic disks, it has no moving parts. To understand the basics of traditional Hard Disk Drive, please read our previous article on Hard Disk Drive. Advantages of a solid state drive over conventional drives are mechanically robust, very short access time and the absence of noise … [Read more...]
Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging or MRI in short is an imaging technique used primarily in medical diagnostics for the representation of the structure and function of tissues and organs is used in the body. It is based on the physical principles of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and is therefore referred to as magnetic resonance imaging (colloquially shortened as MRI). Sometimes tomography is used to … [Read more...]
Internet Media Type or Content Types
Internet media type and MIME type or sometimes said as content-type, classifies the data in the body of a message in the Internet. As explained in the MIME standard ; data the server sends for example, plain text, an HTML document or a PNG image it is used to define. In e-mails, the Content-Type header field is used to classify the various data. We wrote about MIME or Multipurpose Internet Mail … [Read more...]
Encryption and Decryption in Technology
Encryption is process by which one makes a digital document unreadable to anyone who does not have the key that has been used to Encrypt. Decryption is the proper way to reverse the process of Encryption to make it human readable. Previously we wrote about How to Encrypt Decrypt any file or folder from right click context menu in Windows 7. Why we need to do Encryption Although … [Read more...]
MIME or Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions Types
MIME or Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions Types are extensions of the Internet standards which provides compatibility for additional characters. MIME supports to add Non-text attachments, Header information and more, that is why MIME was important up to a certain time until other technologies came and coming to replace MIME. General Description of MIME MIME allows transmission … [Read more...]
REST API or Representational State Transfer API
REST API refers to a programming paradigm for web applications. There is no explicit standard. There are five qualities that a REST service must have to be in. Previously we discussed about API or Application programming interface in details for the starters. So, in this article we will say about this REST API. Principles of REST API Basically the idea behind REST API is that a web … [Read more...]