When making music, it can be difficult to get all the different instruments and voices to sync up perfectly. Someone might have played a little faster. The drummer might have been half a beat off. Whatever the reason, there are so many different reasons why there is a need to edit music. Depending on your resources, you might want to get an expensive program to edit music. However, for simple music editing, check out a program called Audacity. It's a free program that can handle most music editing that you Read More
What Causes Optical Illusions?
In simple terms, an optical illusion is caused by the structure of both the eye and brain and how they work together. Because of the anatomical make up of the eye and the complexity of the way images of transmitted from the eye to the brain, optical illusions are not as rare as one might consider. The Anatomy of the Eye The eye has two types of receptors on it (cones and rods) that pick up different bits of information on image. Around the retina, these cones and rods rest, Read More
MiniSD Card
The miniSD Card is a relatively new addition to the Secure Digital media format. The miniSD Card is a flash memory device that can hold digital information for a wide range of consumer electronic devices, but are usually used for mobile phones. All miniSD Cards come equipped with an adapter that will fit all standard SD memory card slots. This way you can use miniSD Cards in mobile phones and your digital camera or MP3 player. The miniSD Card was introduced in 2003 at the Cebit Computer Expo by SanDisk Read More
What is a Peltier Cooler?
A Peltier Cooler or Peltier Heat Pump is a type of refrigerator that has no moving parts and is capable of transferring heat to either side of itself. Peltier Coolers are advantageous as they are solid state devices and only require a DC electrical current in order to cool an object or area. A Peltier Cooler is the opposite of a thermoelectric generator as it converts electricity into a temperature difference, rather than a temperature difference into electricity. Peltier Coolers are used for various purposes and can be seen in Read More
How to Change Windows Sound Schemes
To change Windows sound schemes: Click the <Start> button. Click <Control Panel>. If you are in the Category View, select Switch to Classic View. Click <Sound and Audio Devices>. Select the <Sounds> tab. Either change to a new sound scheme, or edit your existing sound scheme. Click <OK>. The sound items that you can change (in Windows XP) are: CHIMES CHORD DefSound Ding NOTIFY RECYCLE RINGIN RINGOUT SSPing SSRoam START TADA Baloon Battery Critical Battery Low Critical Stop Ding Error Exclamation Hardware Fail Hardware Insert Hardware Remove Information Bar Logoff Read More
ITIL Framework
The ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) framework is a collection of concepts for information technology systems and operations. It is the most widely accepted reference standard concerning a wide variety of subjects including service support, service delivery, service management, infrastructure management, application management, security management, and business strategies. Companies can refer to the ITIL framework in order to improve business and set their own policies and alter the ITIL framework to suit their specific needs and/or experiences. How ITIL Framework Works The ITIL framework maximizes a company’s potential by Read More
7/16 DIN Connector
The name “7/16 DIN connector” comes from the size of the inner and outer contacts in metric measurements. The inner contact on the 7/16 DIN connector measures 7mm while the outer contact on the connector measures 16 mm. Designed for communications systems, the 7/16 DIN connector can work with equipment with as much as 100 watts of power per channel. 7/16 DIN connectors are used in a variety of applications around the world. Some of these applications include: antennas, base stations, satellite communications, and other high power communications applications. There Read More
Malware
Malware is a generic term for bad software. The word malware comes from the words malicious and software. Malware (Malicious Software) is software conceived to gain access to a computer without the end user’s knowledge or permission. Malware in general, pertains to a wide range of malicious software that includes computer viruses, Trojan horses, fraudulent adware, spyware, crimeware and so on. According to certain studies, malware is produced at such a high rate that it may even be more than that of genuine software applications. Prior to the advent of Read More
After Effects Tutorials
Floatin' on the Sea Tutorial A tutorial that shows how to make the frog and the dingy boat go up and down on the waves What we want to do in this tutorial is to make the frog and the dingy boat go up and down on the waves. As you can see in the timeline, I have selected both the frog and dingy layers by clicking one and then using the Shift key to select the next one…. Animate a Light Tutorial A tutorial that shows how to animate Read More
Collision Domain
A computer network can be segmented physically and logically. A collision domain is one of the logical network segments in which the data packets can collide with each other. One of the most common protocols used when referring to a collision domain is the Ethernet protocol. Collision domains are often referred to as ‘Ethernet segments.’ The term ‘collision domain’ is also used when describing the circumstances in which a single network device sends packets throughout a network segment and forces every other device in that network segment to pay attention Read More
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