Computer Fundamentals Index

Computer Introduction Types of computer Characteristics of computer Uses of computer History of Computers

Computer Languages

Low Level language Middle level Language High level language

Computer Generation

Generation of Computers First Generation of Computer Second generation of Computers Third generation of Computers Fourth generation of Computers Fifth generation of Computers Sixth Generation of Computer

Peripheral Devices

Input devices Output device

Components

Block diagram and basic components Control processing unit (CPU) Software Hardware

Memory

Computer Memory Registers Memory Hierarchy RAM Vs ROM Understanding file sizes (Bytes, KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB, YB)

Computer Network

Types of Network Types of Area Networks (LAN, WAN, MAN) TCP Flags

Computer Virus

Computer Virus

Computer Ports

Computer Ports

How

How to hack a computer How much do Computer Programmers make How does a Computer work How to associate a file with a program How does a computer convert text into binary How does a computer process data into information How to fix a CD-ROM DVD How to fix the no input signal How to install computer memory How to associate a file with a program How to log out of your operating system How do I change my name on Google How to installation or uninstallation Microsoft Paint How to fix a not a valid Win32 application error How to fix missing Microsoft Windows .dll files How to use a computer keyboard How to erase my hard drive and start over How can I test how many words I can write a minute How to shut down a computer How do I open and edit the Windows registry How to edit the registry from the command line How to restart Microsoft Windows How to install a computer processor How to open Microsoft Paint How to fix problems in Windows after installing new software How to enable or disable the preview pane of Microsoft Outlook How to open a Microsoft .wps or Works file in Word How to view the HTML source code in Microsoft Word How to View or Change the Screen Resolution of a Monitor How to Connect and Install a Computer Keyboard How to Delete Temporary Files in Windows 10 How to determine Which Version of Microsoft Office I'm using How to find out how much hard drive space is available How to Fix PC Stuck on Verifying DMI Pool Data How to choose which items show in the notification area How to find similar images using Search by Image How to fix Low Memory and out of memory errors How To Replace the CMOS Battery How do I Update my Antivirus Program How to fix a general protection fault How to Identify problems in the Windows Device Manager How can the Base be Shown How to test if a Website or Web Page is down How Much is 1 Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, etc How to fix a CMOS checksum error How to Fix a Windows CD-ROM, DVD, or Disc Drive Issue How to Open Safe Mode How to Password Protect Files and Folders in Windows How to Reset CMOS or BIOS Settings How to use Computer Keyboard How to create a text file How to enable or disable DHCP in Windows How to test computer memory to determine if its bad How do double space or change line spacing in Microsoft Word How do I know if I have Windows Administrator Rights How many cores does my computer have How to Create a Directory or Folder How to Enter and Exit the BIOS or CMOS Setup How to change Windows Compatibility mode How to clear your internet browser history How to Connect Computer Speakers How to Copy a Web Page Link or URL How to install a Hard Drive or SSD How to Open the Windows Control Panel How to split a screen in Windows How to copy text from a scanned PDF

Questions

Who invented Computer What are the advantages of the Internet? What are the disadvantages of the Internet? Is my computer 64 bit?What is Edge Computing? What is a Router? What is Monitor What is Printer What is a Web Browser What is Microphone What is a Webcam What is PC What is Keyboard What is Motherboard What is WAP What is URL What is a Digital Assistant When was the first Computer Invented What is Modem What is Firmware What is Imperative Programming What is Protocol What is Safe Mode What is Device Driver What is Hybrid Topology What is Mesh Topology What is Procedural language What is a hyperlink What is a Username Who invented the Internet What is Video Card What is Sound Card What is Binary What does Alt+B do What does Alt+D do What does Alt+E do What does Alt+Esc do What does Alt+R do What does ALT + Q do What does Alt + Tab do What is Data Manipulation What is a touch screen What is Back Panel What is Analog Monitor What is AR lens What is an ATX Style Connector What is a File System What is Hard Disk Drive (HDD) What is a boot device What is accessibility What is Line In What is network Interface card (NIC) What is Optical Disk Where can I ask questions on the internet What is Auto Rotate What is CAD (Computer-aided design) What is Cable Modem What is Home Page What is boot menu What is braille reader What is flash memory What is Windows What is Clipboard What is Cyber Warfare What is Myspace Why has my IP address changed What is Jacquard Loom My computer is running slow, what steps can I do to fix it What is a Kensington Lock What is a multicore processor What is automation Are smartphones and tablets computers What is a Login Script What is a Loosely Typed Language What is Multitasking? Why my computer monitor shows no display or black screen What is REM What is Parallelization What is Overtype mode What is open with What is Bracket What is an Online Service What is REM What is Parallelization What is Overtype mode What is open with What is Bracket What is an Online Service What is the Pg Dn Key (Page Down Key) What is the Pg up Key (Page up Key) What is Palmtop Computer What is a Processing Device What is a Print Preview What is the Print Screen Key What can I do if my computer or laptop is lost or stolen What is a Model Number What are the currently available antivirus programs What are Toggle keys What is a Case fan What is a Silicon Chip What is a Slate PC What is a TAB stop What is an Octothorpe What is Task Pane What is Task View What is the svchost.exe file used for in Windows Where can I find free online virus scanners Why am I unable to increase the resolution in Windows What is Autofill When I click my mouse, it sometimes double-clicks What is Scratch What is UDIMM What is MsConfig What is an Expansion Card What is an Executable File What is an Elevated Command Prompt What is an AC Adapter What is AIMBOT What is a Software Suite What is a LED Monitor What does Alt + X do What does alt + space do What does Alt + O do Now that Ive got a Computer, what can i do What is a Punch Card What is RDIMM What is Select All What is Serial number What is Thermos flask What programs can I use for speech recognition What are the Advantages of Computers What are the Disadvantages of Computers What does Alt + T do What Hardware Device Drivers should be Updated What is a Desktop What is a Ring Topology What is CMOS What is a Directory What is a Mechanical Mouse What is a Plotter What is a Variable What is an Icon What is Data What is HDMI What is Remote What is Right-Click What is SMPS Why does my Laptop not turn on What is a Copyright What is a Cordless Mouse What is a CSV file What is a Joystick What is a Start Button What is a Taskbar What is an Alignment What is an Output Device What is Cat 5 What is Google Chrome What is Post What are Recordable DVD Drives What Does Alt + F4 Do What Does Alt + L Do What is a bit (Binary Digit) What is a cable What is a Calculator What is a capacitor What is a Cold Boot What is a Dialog Box What is a Dual-boot What is a Slide What is A4What is AM What is Barcode Reader What is EHCI What is a Header What is a Joystick What is a Secondary Storage Device What is Access Time What is Account Sharing What is an Asterisk What is Asynchronous DRAM What is Back Quote What is BIOS What is Borderless Printing What is Case Badge What is CD-ROM What is Chat Slang What is Composite What is RJ Cable What Are Bottom Row Keys What is SAN What is Tray What is VDU What Does Alt + M Do What Does Alt + P Do What is a Cell What is a Command Key What is a key Combination What is a Menu Bar What is a Startup What is a T What is Chat What are the F1 through F12 keys What does Alt + Enter do What Does Alt + Home DO What does Alt + R do What does Ctrl + B do What Does Ctrl + Enter Do What Does Ctrl + R Do What does Ctrl + G do What does Ctrl + 9 do What does Ctrl + End do What does Ctrl + O do What Does Ctrl + P do What Does Ctrl + Q do What is a Colon What is a Core What is Apple Touch Icon What is Clock What is Code What is Computer Crime What is Ctrl What is DATWhat is Data diddling What is Date Why won't my computer turn on What Does Alt + N Do What does ctrl + 2 do What does ctrl + space do What does Ctrl + W do What does Ctrl + T Do What Does Ctrl + 2 do What does Ctrl + 5 Do What are the most common file types and file extensions What are Sticky keys What Does Ctrl + Shift + Esc Do What is Settings What is Task Manager What is Taskbar What is a DNS Resolver What does ctrl + 1 do What does ctrl + 0 do How to install software What is a Folder What is a Legend What is a MAC Address What is a Path What is a Ruler What is a Toolbar What is an Intranet Meaning and Differences with Internet What is an SSD What is Inheritance What is Tablet What is Depth What is Docking Station What is Double Click What is a Solid Ink Printer What is a Temporary File What is Backup and Restore What is Electronic Payment Systems Eps What is Marshalling

Difference

Difference between hardware and software Difference between multiprocessor and distributed systems Difference between Desktop and Laptop Difference between File and folder Difference between Hard Copy and Soft Copy Open Source Programs vs Closed Source Programs Difference between Optical Fibre and Coaxial Cable Difference between Website and Webpage Difference between Classes and Objects Input VS Output Difference between Primary and Secondary Storage with Examples

Misc

Quantum Computing Computer Software Autoexec.bat and config.sys info Update an Antivirus Use of Internet Advantages and disadvantages of Email Computing Power Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Augmented Reality Infrastructure Readiness Check Top 10 Internet tips and tricks Introduction and Features of FoxPro Features of Multimedia Top 10 online services and applications Receiving S.M.A.R.T. status bad backup and replacing error Version Control System Uninstalling Software or Apps in Windows Data Warehouse Increase or decrease font size in Word using keyboard shortcuts Mouse not detected or working in Windows Computer Cleaning Information and Steps Function Keys on Keyboard Windows 7 Alt+Tab wont stay on top or stick 10 Essential Examples of Web Browsers Binary Subtraction using 2s Complement Case Sensitive Languages Computer Pioneers and people who are CEO Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys Parts of Computers Names, Definitions and Images ROM and its Types Basics of Information Technology Characteristics of a Good Software Design Characteristics of Management Information System Classification of Management Information System Implementation of MIS Input Devices of Computer Definition Limitations of Management Information System 3 Types Of Network in Computer Block Diagram Of Control Unit Compilers Vs Translators Implicit Type Conversion Example What is ENIAC MCQs on MS Word Characteristics of System in MIS Knapsack with Duplicate Items Napier Bones Computer Optical Input Devices Scanner Input Device Software Products Specific Purpose Computers Two Types of Monitors Types of Number System in Computer Types of Video Formats Video Input Devices Advantages and Disadvantages of Mainframe Computers Advantages and Disadvantages of Minicomputers Application of Computer in Commerce Barcode Reader in Computer Binary to Decimal Fractions Character Printers Computer Applications Difference between Static Data Member and Static Member Function FYA in email Communication Language Translators in Computers Line Printers and their Applications MS Dos External Commands Transistors In Second Generation Of Computers What Is Technology? First Generation of Computers Vaccum Tubes Two Categories Of Software Types of Twisted Pair Cable Special Purpose Computers What is EBCDIC Code What is Dot Matrix Printer? What is Cathode Ray Tube Computer? Computer History-2024 Features of Windows Operating System What is Mullvad Browser? What is Streaming Content? Why Do People Create Viruses and Malware? How to install and use a webcam? BASIC UNIT OF MEMORY 3 Types of CPU What is Minicomputer? What is White Space? ROM Primary Memory Special Purpose Keys in Keyboard Features Of Microsoft Windows What is a Power Port? What is a printout? What is Driver Updater? What Is Ergonomics? What to Do if You're a Victim of Identity Theft Categories of Data Models Characteristics of Mouse in Computer Difference between Information System and Information Technology Difference between Object Oriented and Procedure Oriented Programming How to install an SSD or HDD List of Computer-related Movies, Documentaries and Shows Why can't I Remove a Program from Windows Add or Remove Programs? Difference between GUI and CUI Difference between RAM and ROM Generation of Programming Languages Assembly Language in Computer Grid Computing What is an Ultrabook? What is Peer to Peer Model? Computer vs Smartphone What is Phishing? What is VPN and How It Works? What is a Combo Box? Impact Printers Primary Devices of Computer Virus (Computer Virus) Basic Applications of Computer Static memory in computer organization What are the fundamental concepts of TOC? What is IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)? Basic Components of Computer Compare Data and Information CMOS in Computers Compare-Ssd-And-Hdd Components Of Computer System DRAWBACKS OF COMPUTER Hardware and Software Charts How Many Types of Computer Memory Transistor Based Computer Computer Byte Chart FACTS ABOUT OUTPUT DEVICES FEATURES OF MODERN COMPUTER Memory Measurement Unit Memory Table in computer MODEM Full Form in Computer Non-Impact Printers and Their Types The Applications of Computers: 10 Uses in Different Fields The Applications of Mobile Phones: 10 Uses in Different Fields Basic Computer MCQs with Answers MCQs on Office Automation Differences between Application Software and System Software How to Remove an App on a Smartphone or Tablet? How to rename or label a disk drive? Types of computer speaker What is a Page fault? What is a parallel port? What is a Parent Directory? What is a parity bit? What is an output buffer? What is Drive Letter? What is Editor? What is Flatbed Plotter? What is Hub? What is MICR? What is Multimedia? What is Optical Technology? What is Pop-up Menu? Where do I find my WEP, WPA, and WPA2 key? Cursor Movement Commands What is SHA-256 Algorithm? All Cables Name Application of Geographic Information System Application of Internet in Business Main Uses of Computer in Banks Accuracy Characteristics of Computer Components Of Computer System DRAWBACKS OF COMPUTER Hardware and Software Charts How Many Types of Computer Memory Transistor Based Computer Advantages of Flowcharts Difference between Scanner and Digitizing Tablet Disadvantages of Using Computer Pascal's Calculator Primary and Secondary Memory of Computer Serial Access Memory Types of Binary Codes Types of Plotters in Computer What is a Serial Port in the Computer? What is Zip Disk? Difference Between Analog and Digital Computer Define HR in Computer PCI and NBL Types of Impact Printers 7B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE Error How to fix Blue Screen Error in Windows What does Alt + F4 do? What is 4G? What is a Compiler? What is doomscrolling? What is PCB? What is Software? What is a Search Key? Components Of Computer System DRAWBACKS OF COMPUTER Hardware and Software Charts How Many Types of Computer Memory Transistor Based Computer Difference between Compiling vs Linking How to Clear Your Computer Cache in Windows 10 How to connect and disconnect a computer external hard drive How to create a link that opens a new web page window or tab How to find out my monitor or screen size How to Insert a Picture or Clip Art in an Excel File Introduction to Machine Learning and its types Laptop Touchpad Cursor Jumps Around while not Touching it What is a Disc What is a Female Connector What is a Raster File What is a Scripting Language What is an arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) and how does it work What is Parallelization What is Pause Key What is the MS-DOS path for Windows desktops

computer-fundamentals

Components Of Computer System DRAWBACKS OF COMPUTER Hardware and Software Charts How Many Types of Computer Memory Transistor Based Computer Difference between Compiling vs Linking How to Clear Your Computer Cache in Windows 10 How to connect and disconnect a computer external hard drive How to create a link that opens a new web page window or tab How to find out my monitor or screen size How to Insert a Picture or Clip Art in an Excel File Introduction to Machine Learning and its types Laptop Touchpad Cursor Jumps Around while not Touching it What is a Disc What is a Female Connector What is a Raster File What is a Scripting Language What is an arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) and how does it work What is Parallelization What is Pause Key What is the MS-DOS path for Windows desktops Difference between Compiling vs Linking How to Clear Your Computer Cache in Windows 10 How to connect and disconnect a computer external hard drive How to create a link that opens a new web page window or tab How to find out my monitor or screen size How to Insert a Picture or Clip Art in an Excel File Introduction to Machine Learning and its types Laptop Touchpad Cursor Jumps Around while not Touching it What is a Disc What is a Female Connector What is a Raster File What is a Scripting Language What is an arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) and how does it work What is Parallelization What is Pause Key What is the MS-DOS path for Windows desktops ALU and CPU in Computer BCD in Digital Electronics Difference between Raster and Random Scan Diffеrеncе bеtwееn Volatilе Mеmory and Non-Volatilе Mеmory What is Grayscale Monitor? Memory Representation of One-Dimensional Array System VS Application Software What is a Googlе Pixеl? What is a module in software, hardware, and programming? What is a Serial Mouse? What is DIME (Direct Internet Message Encapsulation)? What is Disk Cleanup? What Is Disk Space? What is Embеddеd? What is Filе Tab? What is the MS-DOS path for Windows desktops? Antivirus Softwarе: Dеfinition, Examples, and Working Bootstrap Loader in Computer Computer History for the year 2023 Basic computer quiz questions and answers Difference between Workstation and Server Diligence in Computer Features of Mini Computer Flatbed Plotter Functions of a Laser Printer Generation of Mobile Communication Technologies How to Fix Stop BAD_POOL_HEADER Error in Windows Internal and External Components of a Computer Internet Architecture Leibniz Calculator 50 Computer Viruses Magnetic Disk Diagram Weakness of Computers What is 80486 (i486)? What is a 32-bit? What is a Certificate? What is a Diskette Drive? What is a Domain? What is a Pebibit (Pibit or Pib)? What is a Proper Case? What is a Refresh? What is a Removable Disk? What is a Software Tab? What is a Tech Stack: Examples, Components, and Diagrams What is a Text Box? What is Backup? What is Boolеan? What is Currency? What is EAT? What Is OLE in Computer? What is Lock Scrееn? What is MailBox? What is MOS? What is My Documents? What is Num Lock? What is Permanent Storage? What is Pay-to-Win What is Quick Launch What is RPM What is Slogin What is Stdout (Standard Output) What is Superscript What is VRAM What is USP Accuracy Meaning in Computer Advantages and Disadvantages of RAD Model Apple Computer Keyboard Shortcuts Bluetooth and its Type of Network Components of System Approach Computer History – 2024 Computer Language Translator Computer Magazines Computer Network Components What is Translator Assembler? Examples of Mainframe Computer What is Feasibility Study Floppy Disk Information Hamming Code Formula How to Fix a Computer That Turns on but Displays Nothing? How to Prevent Data Corruption Perl 5 Functions POP in Computer SMTP Full Form in Computer Various Types of Information System What are Operand and Operators? What is a Browser? What is a Callout Function? What is a Cascade? What is a Dead Game? What is a Key Frame? What is a Mailbox? What is a Network? What is a Projector? What is a Secure Connection? What is a Watermark? What is Laser Computer? What is Microsoft Outlook? What is Spacebar? What is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)? What is the Software tab? Wi-Fi Applications and Usage Functions of Semiconductors Optical Fiber Transmission What is a Flash Drive? What is a Language Processor?

Computer vs Smartphone

Over the past twenty years, the usage of computers or smartphones has become intertwined with our daily lives. A person may wish to make a voluntary decision, for instance, whether to use a computer or a smartphone, regardless of whether it is an old version or an upgraded one. Both can deliver computing capacity, perform other functions, and run programs.

Computer vs. Smartphone

Today's consumers of mobile instruments are expected to have a PC at home or work, and the same client will also own a smartphone. We carry out a phone call, text messaging, browsing activities, checking email, and other incidental tasks on a smartphone and entail various major activities on a computer.

As much as young people may consider themselves very privileged to be born with all those little gadgets, such as a smartphone in one hand and a mouse in the other. Also, some average people did not experience any of that when they were young. Indeed, many of you can still recall a time when people used a rotary dial phone. Because of advanced present-day technology, senior citizens have an inherent tendency ever so often to forget how best to utilize any given mobile device.

In order to distinguish between them, one has to understand that smartphones are portable while computers are not. Another difference is power. As for us, the handheld smartphone is a complete wonder and gutless machine in comparison with a sophisticated desktop computer, yet the latter can smoothly run a browser, some applications, and Internet interactive maps. However, given that an increasing number of Internet users are utilizing mobile devices and especially smartphone devices, thus it is essential to determine how consumers' Internet behaviour has evolved in regard to these new devices.

Computer vs. Smartphone

For the handheld smartphone, we understand that the whole gizmo is a gutless wonder as against the desktop machine. Still, it is able to support a browser and some applications and even scrape through some interactive maps. Yet, as the internet is gradually shifting from being accessed through PCs and laptops and is being consumed more and more on mobile devices, which are especially smartphones, it is crucial to determine how consumers' internet-related behavior changes.

Their constant interaction with the computer or smartphone causes them to spend several hours with their eyes stuck on screens, causing strain or damage to the eyes; loud music played with headphones might harm the ears. Medical doctors have given us guidelines to prevent harming our eyes and ears when using computers and smartphones for a significant part of the day.

Notably, how one places the various structures that make up a given architecture has the possibility of making a difference between having a stiff neck or shoulder blades all day or an otherwise enjoyable adventure. Break to take at least an hour away from the screen, sitting appropriately in relation to computed heights and also having proper positioning of the computer or smartphone involves stretching of arms, legs, back, and neck to ease pressure on the muscles. At the same time, granting that computers are used more widely for watching video, smartphones are closer to computers than in previous years.

Computer vs. Smartphone

Unfortunately, at least for now, there are still a number of miscellaneous internet tasks that users feel they need to be equipped to perform on screens smaller than a regular phone. With the increase in mobile usage, the tasks that Internet users do using their mobile phones are as a proportion of time spent on the network through all stations.

These are some of the most commonly performed tasks with smartphones and computers, which are device-sensitive and fully optimize the use of the device. On the other hand, Emailing and printing are found to be most frequently used among computers, mainly due to the simplicity of typing text on a keyboard and the screens. Although the two functions are still among the most actively used within computer science, the share of people who read emails on their smartphones is higher than the share of people who create actual emails on their computers.

It is important to comprehend smartphones' focus in order to target the future effectively. It is equally important to examine a point of view that refers to the smartphone today as a computer of the future because newer forms of technologies and concepts will emerge in the future.

What kind of civilizations will be created with computers and smartphones?

To begin with, the way we are exposed to media and the way we engage with it is evolving. We have gone from loitering in front of a television to streaming Netflix on our laptops, from scrolling through our Facebook news feed on our tablets to browsing through Instagram on our smartphones.

The next wave of innovation is being propelled by people who have been born with mobile technologies being an intrinsic part of their lives. Business giants will determine the consuming habits that cannot even be conceived at present. Hence, what will happen to these new patterns? How will they disrupt the current economic models for the operating companies? In this blog post, we will discuss how technology is going to transform the future post on consumption.

Explain the effects of the digital age on developing new trends in consumer behavior.

Digitalization has brought about a new culture, and this is due to the fact that the majority of the content being produced can be accessed within the shortest time possible. We can only watch shows any time we want, if we are waiting for their new episode to be aired or waiting for a book to be published. We can always watch net flicks from the comfort of our own homes and can go on watching without limitations.

Computer vs. Smartphone

As the younger generation emerges as the decision makers in media consumption patterns means that the progress of transformation is bound to increase. Notably, these new consumers use their devices for a number of other reasons in comparison to what the prior generation of consumers employed the devices for. This column implies that they want to get business done fast, without barriers such as those that come with long registration forms or those interactions that require several steps with many sub-steps. Such features as immediacy and convenience will create these new consumers, and so on; hence, the digital natives will set patterns in consumption that are unimaginable at this present time.

The below table contains some of common differences between Computer and Smartphone:

                   Computer         Smartphone/Tablet
If you want a high-performance CPU, the central processing unit or CPU consumes a lot of electricity. The TDP (thermal design point) may be between 450 and 850W for a high-end desktop or greater. That is why the Wall Plug is standard usage with high-performance computers like HP and game computers. They also produce a significant amount of heat; this is counteracted through the use of large heat sinks.       You can display almost anything on a standard desktop and spend as much or as little as you wish on a monitor. Today, the largest segment of all computer displays is liquid crystal displays (LCDs). The size, quality, and features of an LED TV determine its price, which is usually within the range of $100 – $500 (sometimes up to $1000).     Even though laptops are meant to be small and lightweight, they fall short of smartphones in this aspect.           Because of their size, elements, and less demanding power consumption, laptops and desktop machines are capable of running applications more advanced than mobile devices or tablets.  First and foremost, smartphones and tablets operate on batteries, and this imperative to conserve power means the designs of these devices must reflect this necessity. This means it is impossible to deliver high and consistent power to a device's CPU from a battery that is of this small size. Therefore, the newest type of popular handheld device called a smartphone, will not make you feel as empowered as when you use the most powerful desktop version.     Smartphone screens vary, and this may depend on the company that developed the phone or the specific model of the phone. However, they will always be smaller than a desktop or a laptop; they normally measure about four to seven inches at most.         Smartphones are small and light enough to fit in a compartment or handbag. They are the epitome of flexibility because they are made to be carried anywhere. Although they are too big to fit in your pocket, tablets are lightweight and manageable with one hand.   Even with annual improvements in power, smartphones, and tablets are still unable to match the capabilities of a notebook or desktop computer.