SCPC stands for Single Channel Per Carrier. SCPC is a form of satellite transmission where each channel is transmitted on a dedicated single carrier. The alternative to SCPC is MCPC (Multiple Channel Per Carrier). MCPC is more efficient than SCPC, but SCPC is still utilized for some satellite feeds. By using SCPC, satellite users are able to uplink to the same transponder from multiple locations.

BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) is an application development platform for wireless phones. Qualcomm was the company to set up this standard and it should be noted that although it was used for CDMA cellular phones, today it can be used for GSM, GPRS and UMTS. Essentially BREW allows consumers to download and use applications on their mobile phones. These applications can include chat programs, email, location positioning, games, etc… Developing Applications with BREW Many developers like to create applications using BREW. BREW makes it much simpler to create Read More

Cat 5, short for Category 5, is the current accepted industry standard for network and telephone wiring. Cat 5 is an unshielded twisted pair type cable exclusively designed for high signal integrity. The cable consists of four pairs of 24-guage twisted copper pairs terminating in an RJ-45 jack. If a wire is certified as Category 5 and not just twisted pair wire, then it will have "Cat 5" printed on the shielding. The actual Cat 5 standard describes specific electrical properties of the wire, but Cat 5 is most widely Read More

Photoelectron spectroscopy is the study of energy and how it relates to matter in terms of absorption and production. Photoelectron spectroscopy observes both wavelengths and frequencies and is used to view the physical composition of chemicals and solids. It is used in both analytical and physical chemistry and astronomy in order to study an object’s physical properties and velocity by measuring the amount of energy being transferred to and from the object. Specifically, photoelectron spectroscopy measures how the absorption of electromagnetic radiation affects the electrons it produced. How does Photoelectron Read More

Changing the font on a Windows computer can help personalize and customize it to fit the user's needs. The fonts in the Window's folders and programs can be easily changed to fit the user's personality/mood or simply for aesthetic purposes. Follow these simple steps to customize the font displayed on the computer's windows: Locate the control panel via either the Start menu or the keyboard shortcut command (by holding the "Windows" key + "R" which will open up a Run dialog window). In the text field type in the word Read More

When using a Windows computer, for the most part, there is always a print screen button that allows you to capture what your screen is showing. However, when using a Mac, there isn't this option. For whatever reason, Apple didn't add a print screen button to the keyboard and therefore, it is a little harder to do a print screen. Despite this, Mac users can do many different types of print screens to grab exactly what it is they want. The first way is to do a simple, print screen. Read More

Many mobile phone users quickly find that the cost to purchase new ringtones can quickly become prohibitive. These same people will many times have music libraries that have songs suitable to convert to ringtones. As a result, finding a convenient method to convert songs to ringtones can save consumers money and help them enjoy their favorite artists without paying additional money to iTunes or other music brokers for a processed ringtone created from the same music. The iTunes multi-media player can be used to create ringtones for use on iDevices Read More

ISO software refers to any program that is capable of creating ISO files or extracting them into usable files. An ISO file is a type of file format that is used to store linked files between a network of Internet users. While an ISO file can be downloaded and accessed by anyone, the files on that ISO are accessed from a large number of different computer users called Seeds and Peers. Seeds are users that have a complete copy of all the files that are stored on the ISO file Read More

Form Submit Tutorial A tutorial that shows how to submit form with Ajax in just a few easy steps File Uploader Tutorial A tutorial that shows how to develop a file upload script with Ajax & JS faces in just a few easy steps A fresh approach to implement an AJAX-powered component that will not only upload the file to server, but also monitor the actual progress of a file upload request in "real time… Sorting Tutorial A tutorial that shows how you can make all your tables sortable in Read More

The term Blog evolves from another term called “Web Log”. Blogging is a famous concept over the Internet where people maintain a website to write and update posts or articles. These articles could be personal, business oriented, news, reviews, etc. A person who writes a blog is called “Blogger”. The beginning of blogging dates back to 1995. The foremost purpose of blogging was to share one’s thought, happenings, and news with people over the world. But as time passed, blogging entered into a larger and a more interesting realm. People Read More