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URL (Uniform Resource Locator) shorteners are web services that take long website URL's--the "address," and compact thin into a URL with fewer characters. The advantage of a shortened URL is that it takes up less space regarding...
Biometrics is the measurement and analysis of the unique personal characteristics of an individual, primarily for the hte purpose of verifying a person's identity. Your fingerprint, voice pattern, face, teeth, footprint and walking gait are all biometric characteristics unique to you as an individual....
A digital home assistant is an electronic device which responds to voice commands to do things for you such as answer questions and control networked home appliances. Using your home Internet network, the digital home assistant can adjust lights, heat, garage doors, play music, and search the Internet. Two digital...
The Gig Economy refers to transactions that take place between independent contractors (freelancers) and clients, generally arranged through websites which provide marketplaces for freelancers to find work and where customers can find freelancers. These sites bring people who need work and workers together to...
A screen capture is a photo or video created from a computer, smartphone or tablet screen. Instead of using a separate camera to take a picture of the screen, a software application "captures" whatever appears on the display of the device...
A virtual reality (VR) headset is a video display that fits over a person's head like a set of goggles and displays a 3D image. By blocking out the view of the real world, the virtual reality headset creates the impression that you're in a different location....
RSS, which stands for Real Simple Syndication, is a technology used on the web, primarily on blogs, to broadcast a blog's updates to the Internet. For people who subscribe to an RSS feed, using an RSS "reader" software will provide them with updates from the blog or website when new content is posted or updated....
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is an executive leader within an organization who makes decisions about technology. Typically the CIO is the top ranking executive and manages almost all of the computer systems and applications that run an organization....
Solid State Drives, abbreviated "SSD," are storage devices for computers that are usually used to replace a traditional computer hard drive. SSD's offer faster speed and performance than traditional computer hard disk drives....
A zip file is a computer file that has gone through a process to minimize the size of its contents. Reducing the size makes it easier to store data in less space on a disk and a smaller size file is faster to transfer from one computer another computer....
Most home and small office networks have similar setup and configurations. I'll be discussing issues related to the most common configurations, which usually consist of from 1 to 5 computers, a...
Robocalls are automated phone calls made by computer systems that play a recorded message when you answer your phone. They are often a sales message but can also be an automated message for an appointment reminder or political message....
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) is the rate at which the human body absorbs radio-frequency (RF) radiation. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has the authority for health-related regulations for RF energy and issues the regulations for acceptable limits of RF...
Data destruction is the complete elimination of any data that exists in any form of electronics and it's important to know about when you dispose of any electronics which might contain personal information....
IFTTT is a free web service that uses simple tools to create automated tasks, called "recipes," for the websites, computers, apps, smartphones and other devices that you use. The best way to explain what IFTTT does is with some examples of how other...
Precision agriculture (PA) is a farming method utilizing technological and scientific advancements to obtain the best possible crop output. Precision agriculture results in increased farmland production, keeping food costs lower and farms more productive....