A laptop battery provides power for a laptop when it is not plugged into a power source. The laptop battery is in the laptop. The power cord that charges a laptop battery is called the AC Power Adapter. The laptop battery can only power the laptop for a limited amount of time before the battery loses power and has to be recharged with the AC Power Adapter.   The length of time the laptop battery lasts mostly depends on the applications and programs the user runs on the laptop. Other Read More

A floppy disk is a media storage device that has been used in computers since the mid-1970s. Modern floppy disks measure 3 ½ inches diagonally and are both read and written to by a Floppy Disk Drive (FDD). While floppy disks are rarely used by modern computers and have had little to no motherboard support as of 2010, they are still used for some applications and can be accessed via external USB devices.   How To Format A Floppy Disk In order to format a floppy disk, or erase its Read More

Electronic ink is one of the technologies being researched today to replace the paper-and-ink method of printing reading materials. As of the present, there are two companies developing this technology and they're E-Ink and Xerox. The main components of this technology are cavities or microcapsules, the substance or ink enclosed in this capsule and the negatively charged pigmented balls or chips inside the capsules. These three components make possible the rearrangement of microcapsules on the "paper" upon command. The digital book will contain ultra-thin plastic paper. This will be composed Read More

The iSight is a webcam built by Apple that comes in both internal and external variants. The iSight features excellent quality and includes several tools that allow the user to produce professional pictures and videos. In addition, the Apple iSight is capable of video conferencing and remote access for surveillance purposes. The iSight includes a built-in microphone and gets its power from the computer itself so it does not require its own outlet. The webcam has a 640 x 480 resolution and can clearly view objects as close as 55 Read More

DVD Authoring is the process of creating or adding interactive content and graphics to an audiovisual DVD, which can then be played in a DVD player. DVD authoring is usually done on audiovisual DVDs as opposed to music discs and it is accomplished with the help of DVD authoring software. In the following paragraphs, we'll see the licensing requirements for DVD authoring softwares in general and the advantages of DVD authoring in the practical world other than entertainment. As per the rules, every DVD authoring software must conform to the Read More

The Front Side Bus (FSB) is the connecting path between the CPU and other key components such as system memory. The Front Side Bus is also called the Data Bus and the Processor Side Bus (PSB). Front Side Bus Widths of Various CPUs CPU Front Side Bus Width 8088 8 8086 16 80286 16 80386SX 16 80386DX 32 80486 32 AMD 5×86 32 Pentium 64 AMD K6 64 Pentium Pro 64 Celeron 64 Pentium II 64 Pentium III 64 AMD Duron 64 AMD Athlon 64 AMD Athlon XP 64 Pentium Read More

An ISO file is a type of archive file that allows users to copy the contents of an entire drive or disk. ISO files are uncompressed and contain many other files that have all been collected together for fast and easy transfers. ISO files are often used to store files from a CD or DVD so that they can be easily transferred across the Internet and then burned to a new disk when the user extracts the files. ISO software allows users to create ISO files, burn them to disks, as Read More

A pointing device is any piece of hardware that is used to allow a user to input spatial data to a computer. By moving a mouse, pen or a finger around, a user can implement movements and changes on the computer screen. The most common type of pointing device is the mouse and the arrow. When the mouse is moved on a mouse pad, the arrow on the screen moves. When the user clicks down on the mouse, the arrow clicks on the object it is hovering over. There are Read More

A full backup is a backup of every file on a file system, whether that file has changed or not. The alternatives to a full backup are incremental backup and differential backup. A full backup takes longer to accomplish and requires the most storage space on the backup media, but it also provides the quickest restore times. A full backup should be performed weekly or monthly on production systems, along with daily differential backups. It would be best to build full backups at all time, since they are the most Read More

You can upgrade an older microprocessor to a newer one in easy steps. Before going ahead, you should gather information about which new CPU you need and whether your motherboard is compatible with it or not. The compatibility of your new CPU with your motherboard can be ascertained by searching for specific information on the Internet, or checking with your trusted computer dealer. Preparing to Upgrade to a New CPU After purchasing the correct new CPU, make sure that adequate grounding is available before starting to replace the old CPU. Read More