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Tech Term of the Day - ITUNES 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
iTunes is an audio playback program developed by Apple Computer. You can use iTunes to import songs from CDs as well as other audio files from your hard drive. The program can also download songs (for...
Tech Term of the Day - IPOD 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
The iPod is a portable music player developed by Apple Computer. Though it is an Apple product, the iPod can be used with both Macs and PCs. The iTunes software, also created by Apple, is used to orga...
Tech Term of the Day - DEBUGGER 25 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Even the most experienced software programmers usually don't get it right on their first try. Certain errors, often called bugs, can occur in programs, causing them to not function as the programmer e...
Tech Term of the Day - DEBUG 24 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Computer programmers, like everybody else, are not perfect. This means the programs they write sometimes have small errors, called "bugs," in them. These bugs can be minor, such as not recognizing use...
Tech Term of the Day - VCI 22 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Stands for "Virtual Channel Identifier." The VCI, used in conjunction with the VPI (virtual path indicator), indicates where an ATM cell is to travel over a network. ATM, or asynchronous transfer mode...
Tech Term of the Day - HDV 20 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Stands for "High-Definition Video." According to a consortium of manufacturers including Sony, JVC, Canon, and Sharp, it is a "consumer high-definition video format." HDV is the next step up from Mini...
Tech Term of the Day - MINI DV 19 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Most digital camcorders record video and audio on a Mini DV tape. The cassettes measure 2.6 x 1.9 x 0.5 inches (L x W x H), while the tape itself is only 0.25 inches thick. A Mini DV tape that is 65 m...
Tech Term of the Day - DV 18 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Stands for "Digital Video." Unlike traditional analog video, which is captured frame by frame on a tape, digital video is recorded digitally, as ones and zeros. Since it is stored in a digital format,...
Tech Term of the Day - DIGITAL 17 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Digital information is stored using a series of ones and zeros. Computers are digital machines because they can only read information as on or off -- 1 or 0. This method of computation, also known as ...
Tech Term of the Day - ANALOG 16 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
As humans, we perceive the world in analog. Everything we see and hear is a continuous transmission of information to our senses. This continuous stream is what defines analog data. Digital informatio...
