Home Security with the help technology, that is Digital Home Security can be ensured at less price if you use your existing devices or devices you do not use. Home security is very important factor today for various reasons. Firstly, the proportion of old and fragile peoples are increasing due to planned less number of child per couple to save the Country's resource and Population Explosion. … [Read more...]
General
Explanation of different terms used for computer hardware, computer software and in the Internet.
VoIP – Voice over IP
VoIP or Voice over IP is a method of voice communications in an IP network. Worldwide, VoIP is has the highest reliability and availability is optimized. VoIP - Voice over IP network can run both local area network (LAN) or the public internet. Voice over IP is actually based on packet oriented Internet Protocol. Protocols of VoIP VoIP is also known as Internet telephony, voice … [Read more...]
UEFI : Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
In an previous article, we have discussed about BIOS and at the last paragraph, we have said that, BIOS is gradually is being replaced by Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). As we have written before, BIOS or Basic Input Output System is stored on a ROM on the motherboard and the settings are fully or partially accepted by the operating … [Read more...]
BIOS : Basic Input Output System
BIOS or Basic Input Output System is stored on a ROM on the motherboard and the settings are fully or partially accepted by the operating system. The story of BIOS begins with IBM PC, when IBM Hardware and Microsoft software needed to be married. However, that BIOS of today and those days has many differences. Most advanced Operating System uses only few informations those are stored on the BIOS, … [Read more...]
OEM, Retail and Bulk : What These Terms Are
OEM, Retail and Bulk - these are frequently used terms for the Computers, like OEM Software and Retail Software. What OEM, Retail and Bulk means ? One thing you must understand OEM (original equipment manufacturer) and Retail or Bulk can point to a single company. The reason of using OEM in this way is not to make it more confusing, but for their internal organized management system. What … [Read more...]
Tiered Storage : Consolidation of Server Storage
If you look the category listing of this article, you will notice that, this article is neither sub categorized under Virtualization or Cloud Computing. The reason is, tiered storage, right now can be placed under both categories. You probably have heard about Hierarchical storage management, Tiered Storage classically belongs to Hierarchical storage management (HSM). HSM is a data management … [Read more...]
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Can you recall The Terminator ? Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yes, we are talking about the movie The Terminator, because we are dealing with Cyborg, Artificial Intelligence and lot of more future things - which are not from the movies, but from the lab. We have wrote about artificial muscles too, somewhere in Robotics. So, the things are coming very closer, right? Machine Learning is the creation of … [Read more...]
Cyborg : Where Biology and Technology Meets
The word cyborg came from cyber and org, Cyborg is used to designate a creature composed of organic and mechanical elements generally intended to enhance the capabilities of the organic parts through the use of technology. The term Cyborg was coined by Manfred E. Clynes and Nathan S. Kline in 1960 to refer to an improved human being could survive in environments alien. They came to the idea after … [Read more...]
Brain Computer Interface (BCI) : Using the Cortical Plasticity
Brain Computer Interface is a technology that is based on acquisition of brain waves and then processed and interpreted by a computer. Brain Computer Interface establishes the way to interact with the outside through our "thinking" and these interfaces can transform into real action. As a simple example, with Brain Computer Interface, one can move a cursor on a laptop just by passive thoughts. … [Read more...]
Video Conference and the Technology Behind Videoconferencing
Video conference is the synchronous exchange of information between people geographically located far apart, Videoconferencing is an extension to localized meeting or conference with the help of technical equipment for video and audio transmission. The difference in quality of images and sounds in Video Conference are influenced by the participants prepared for the respective devices. The Video … [Read more...]
Multi Agent System (MAS) and Robotics
Multi Agent System (MAS) is a system of several identical or different specialized units acting in a collaborative way to solve a problem. From a administrative point, the difference between human and Multi Agent System is, human might not always act in a collaborative way predictively. Multi agent systems can be used to solve problems that are difficult or impossible to solve for an individual … [Read more...]