Basics

What Is My CPU Speed: How Do I Find It?

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Your CPU speed, also known as the speed of your computer processor, determines how fast everything happens on your computer. If your CPU speed is slow, there isn’t much you can do about it (although we will discuss some options later). If your CPU speed is fast, then you’ll enjoy playing the latest games and [...]

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How to Set Up the Ultimate Online School Browser

January 11, 2011

When preparing for another year of school, setting up the ultimate browser for your online school studies probably isn’t near the top of the To Do List. However, not doing so may well increase study time, reduce study effectiveness, and increase research time and effort. Browser Basics The platform from which the ultimate online school [...]

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Computer Terms and their Meanings

October 7, 2010

Here is a quick list of computer terms, most being requests from Tips4pc members. To see more computer definitions please see the Computer Terms page. You can also get a free 59 page PDF Computer Terms Dictionary when you sign up for the Tips4pc newsletter at the bottom of every post. If you are new [...]

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Computer Basics Tips – What Is Software?

September 22, 2010

Software is a combination of computer programs, commands and information that enables the computer to execute different tasks. In 1958, the term ’software’ was first used by John Turkey. Basically computer software consists of digital languages that involve binary values and direct specific instructions to the computer processor. In simple terms software is what makes [...]

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Beginners guide to using a computer mouse? Tips and tricks

May 24, 2010

A computer mouse is one of the most important parts of a computer now days as most people would find it quite difficult to control a computer with just a simple keyboard. Of course there is a keyboard shortcut to perform all the necessary tasks on a computer, however using a mouse is so much [...]

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How to cut, copy and paste text or pictures

May 24, 2010

Knowing how to cut, copy and paste text or pictures can be extremely useful for everyday computer use. I use these easy tools at least a hundred times a day. You can cut, copy and paste text, pictures, html, emails, and more..This is something you will need to know how to do because it is [...]

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What is the difference between disc and disk?

May 22, 2010

Free computer Help  How annoying is it when you have two words that sound the same, have slightly different spellings, but can also sometimes mean the same thing. I came across this problem when I started writing articles about computers and was often confused when deciding which word to use, disc or disk? The problem [...]

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