What is a rootkit virus? Well those words alone sound scary and they most certainly can be. According to Wikipedia.org A rootkit is a stealthy type of software, typically malicious, designed to hide the existence of certain processes or programs from normal methods of detection and enable continued privileged access to a computer. The term rootkit is a concatenation of “root” (the traditional name of the privileged account […]
What is an Archive?
Archives are files that contain other files. Typically the files in an archive are compressed, but does not have to be. Archives usually have file names ending with ZIP, ZIPX, LZH, LHA, GZ, or CAB, depending on how they were created. Archives make it easy to group files and make transporting and copying these files […]
What is BCC and CC in Email
There always seems to be some confusion about what is blind carbon copy in email. Some definitions I have seen on the Internet vary considerably and that is why I decided to write my own explanation but with a little more detail. What is BCC and CC in Email In order to explain what BCC […]
What is 64-bit?
What is a 64-bit? In laymen terms, 64-bit means that a computer is equipped to process more applications at faster speeds. A 64-bit CPU processes information at faster speeds than the previous 32-bit. Each bit can have two values so 64 bits can have 264 values and therefore makes this equivalent to over 18,000,000,000,000,000000 values, whereas 32 bits is equivalent to only over 4,000,000,000. […]
Computer Terms and their Meanings
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 […]
ADSL – Computer Terms
ADSL: Short for asymmetric digital subscriber line, a new technology that allows more data to be sent over existing copper telephone lines. The old Dial up internet also used the phone line but used the same frequency, therefore you could not use the phone while surfing the internet. ADSL operates on a different frequency and […]
