Slumdog Millionaire has won 10 Oscar nominations, but what thrills me more is 3 nominations for Rehman, a musician of extraordinary versatility.He truly deserves the accolades and awards bestowed upon him.I am an ardent fan of his music and for me his every work is a masterpiece. He is a maverick composer who understands the nuances of music very well which is pretty much evident from the variety of instrument used, ranging from shehnai to keyboard in his songs.His music is very soothing and have wide swathe of musical genres from classical to western.
He is also an excellent singer and his melodious voice has produced many chart busters.Early in his career he was not given the due credit and industry pundits brush aside him as a ordinary composer. But soon he bounced back and produced back to back hits which restored his tumbling career and since then he has never looked back and today he is widely reckoned as the best music composer of India.
He has always set high standards for his music and strikes gold with every new release.What makes him even more special is his down to earth attitude who lets his work speak for him.
I hope that he will bring more laurels to the country and the industry.
He is the future of music industry in India and I wish him more success in the coming years.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Saturday, February 3, 2007
~~ Techie Terms 2 ~~
52) Bioemtrics: The use of measurable physical characteristics for idenitification purposes, such as fingerprinting.
53) BIOS: Basic Input Output System. Software built into all PCs, to control the basic operation of devices such as the screen, hard disk and keyboard. When a PC is switched on, the BIOS automatically kicks in, and looks for a drive (like the hard disk) from which the operating system proper can be launched.
54) Bit: A contraction of binary digit, which is the smallest unit of computer data. A bit can hold one of two values ? 1 or 0. Consecutive bits combine together to form larger units of information. There are eight bits in a 'byte'.
55) Bitmap (BMP): A type of graphic image recorded as many tiny dots (or pixels). Scanned photographs and similar images are often stored in this form. If you use an image-editing application to zoom in on a bitmap image, the pixels will gradually become distinct. BMP image files tend to be quite large, so other types are more popular.
56) Blanking plates: Plastic or metal plates on the back and front of a PC, fitted by manufacturers to cover unused expansion bays. Blanking plates can be easily removed when new devices are fitted.
57) Blend: In image editing, the combining of one or more graphic layers.
58) Bluetooth: A technology that allows devices (computers, phones, printers, etc. ) to communicate with each other wirelessly.
59) Blu-Ray: A new format that will deliver high-definition on DVD-sized discs.Movies and the first compatible players are expected by the end of 2005.
60) Body text: Text makes up the bulk of a story, article or chapter, rather than the headings or footnotes.
61) Bookmark: A way of flagging favourite websites in your web browser for later reference, much like marking a page in a book.
62) Boolean: Logical propositions, such as AND, OR and IF, often used to refine searches or filter computer data. Named after Boole, a 19th c. English mathematician.
63) Boot: The process a PC goes through after it is switched on ? performing a quick self-test, loading Windows, and so on.
64) Boot disk: A disk containing the operating system components essential for getting a PC up and running. Usually, the boot disk is the computer's hard disk but in times of strife, a suitably-prepared floppy disk can be used to kick-start a PC.
65) Boot sector: Area of a disk containing instructions enabling a computer to launch an operating system (such as Windows). These instructions are executed every time the computer starts up.
66) Bps ( Bits per second ): Measure of computer data transmission speed. For example, a 56Kbps modem can receive up to 56,000 bits of computer data per second.
67) Broadband: Refers to high-bandwidth internet connections, such as ADSL.
68) Browse: Using a web browser application to look at websites on the net.
69) Browser: The short name for a web browser ? an application that lets you view pages on the internet. Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator are the two most popular browsers.
70) Brush: Image-editing tools offer a selection of brushes for 'painting' on the screen. Some act like thick marker pens while others create an aerosol-like effect.
71) Bubblejet: Canon's trademarked name for its own inkjet printing technology.
BufferA small amount of memory used as a reservoir for data that's provided (usually in spurts) from a source.
72) Burn-proof: Technology used by some CD-RW drives to ensure error-free and foolproof disc creation.
73) Bus: In computer terminology, a bus is the data path on the motherboard that devices use to communicate with the processor.
74) Bus mastering PCI: A technology which reduces the burden on the processor when transferring data to and from the hard disk and other devices.
75) Byte: a unit of computer storage that can hold a single character. 1024 bytes make a kilobyte, or 1Kb.
76) C++: Programming language popular with professional computer software developers, and used to create many of today's top applications.
77) Cable: Shorthand for cable television and associated services.
78) Cache: A store for frequently-used data or files. Data can be accessed from a cache more quickly than from its original source. Internet Explorer uses a hard disk cache for web pages, while computer processors often have small amounts of very speedy memory as a cache.
79) CAD: Stands for Computer-Aided Design, which are special software applications that allow designers and architects to draw precise blueprints on screen, then model them in 3D to see how the design will appear in real life.
80) Caller ID: A system which enables a telephone caller's number to be displayed before the handset is picked up. Supported by most telecommunications companies and systems these days.
81) Capture cards: A video card that slots into a spare PCI slot in your computer and has the input and output sockets necessary for digitising video.
82) Capturing: The process of taking an ordinary analogue signal from a camcorder and converting it into digital information to be stored on a computer's hard disk.
83) CD changer: A device that can hold several CDs and switch between them as and when required.
84) CD writer: A special type of CD-ROM drive, which allows you to create, or 'burn', your own CDs.
85) CD-R: Standard for compact disc recordable format, or blank CDs onto which information (such as data or music) can be recorded ? but only once. Playable on most CD-ROM drives (except some older ones) and CD players. You need a CD-R drive to record onto CD-R discs.
86) CD-ROM: A version of the CD, which can store a lot more than just music. This small plastic disc can hold up to 650Mb of data.
87) CD-ROM drive: Used for installing software (on CD-ROM discs) and playing multimedia audio and video. Audio CDs can also be inserted.
88) CD-RW: Stands for compact disc rewritable format, or blank compact discs which can be recorded on over and over again.
89) Celeron: Cheaper but slower version of the Intel Pentium processor, used in budget PCs.
90) Cell: A spreadsheet page uses rows and columns to divide a page into cells. Rows and columns are identified with letters and numbers, so each cell has a unique co-ordinate, such as D15.
91) Channels: In the context of monitors, images are made up of three colour 'channels', one each to represent red, green and blue ? or RGB.
92) Charge-coupled device (CCD): A light-sensitive component used in digital cameras and camcorders.
93) Chat rooms: Online venues for typed chat, rather like the premium-rate chat lines you see advertised on late-night TV. Some even allow you to create cartoon-style characters to represent yourself.
94) Checksum: Mathematical formula performed on some data to generate a result that will be statistically unique for that data.
95) Chipset: Broadly speaking, any group of computer chips working together to perform certain functions. For example, a graphics card will have a number of chips ? the chipset ? designed to handle all graphics output.
96) Chorus: An audio effect that 'fattens up' the sound of a single instrument, to simulate several playing at once.
97) Chromakey effects: Sometimes known as blue-screening because subjects are filmed in front of a blue screen before being 'extracted' from the video. The subject can then be placed on top of another scene, giving the appearance of being somewhere they're not. Without Chromakey, Superman would never have flown.
98) Click: Pressing down once and releasing a mouse button, or other key.
99) Client: A geeky term for an additional piece of software that runs alongside your web browser, allowing you to use services like newsgroups and internet chat.
100) Clipart: A library of drawings or photographs that you can use in presentations, reports or in desktop-publishing documents. You must check whether there are copyright restrictions if you are intend using the pictures commercially.
53) BIOS: Basic Input Output System. Software built into all PCs, to control the basic operation of devices such as the screen, hard disk and keyboard. When a PC is switched on, the BIOS automatically kicks in, and looks for a drive (like the hard disk) from which the operating system proper can be launched.
54) Bit: A contraction of binary digit, which is the smallest unit of computer data. A bit can hold one of two values ? 1 or 0. Consecutive bits combine together to form larger units of information. There are eight bits in a 'byte'.
55) Bitmap (BMP): A type of graphic image recorded as many tiny dots (or pixels). Scanned photographs and similar images are often stored in this form. If you use an image-editing application to zoom in on a bitmap image, the pixels will gradually become distinct. BMP image files tend to be quite large, so other types are more popular.
56) Blanking plates: Plastic or metal plates on the back and front of a PC, fitted by manufacturers to cover unused expansion bays. Blanking plates can be easily removed when new devices are fitted.
57) Blend: In image editing, the combining of one or more graphic layers.
58) Bluetooth: A technology that allows devices (computers, phones, printers, etc. ) to communicate with each other wirelessly.
59) Blu-Ray: A new format that will deliver high-definition on DVD-sized discs.Movies and the first compatible players are expected by the end of 2005.
60) Body text: Text makes up the bulk of a story, article or chapter, rather than the headings or footnotes.
61) Bookmark: A way of flagging favourite websites in your web browser for later reference, much like marking a page in a book.
62) Boolean: Logical propositions, such as AND, OR and IF, often used to refine searches or filter computer data. Named after Boole, a 19th c. English mathematician.
63) Boot: The process a PC goes through after it is switched on ? performing a quick self-test, loading Windows, and so on.
64) Boot disk: A disk containing the operating system components essential for getting a PC up and running. Usually, the boot disk is the computer's hard disk but in times of strife, a suitably-prepared floppy disk can be used to kick-start a PC.
65) Boot sector: Area of a disk containing instructions enabling a computer to launch an operating system (such as Windows). These instructions are executed every time the computer starts up.
66) Bps ( Bits per second ): Measure of computer data transmission speed. For example, a 56Kbps modem can receive up to 56,000 bits of computer data per second.
67) Broadband: Refers to high-bandwidth internet connections, such as ADSL.
68) Browse: Using a web browser application to look at websites on the net.
69) Browser: The short name for a web browser ? an application that lets you view pages on the internet. Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator are the two most popular browsers.
70) Brush: Image-editing tools offer a selection of brushes for 'painting' on the screen. Some act like thick marker pens while others create an aerosol-like effect.
71) Bubblejet: Canon's trademarked name for its own inkjet printing technology.
BufferA small amount of memory used as a reservoir for data that's provided (usually in spurts) from a source.
72) Burn-proof: Technology used by some CD-RW drives to ensure error-free and foolproof disc creation.
73) Bus: In computer terminology, a bus is the data path on the motherboard that devices use to communicate with the processor.
74) Bus mastering PCI: A technology which reduces the burden on the processor when transferring data to and from the hard disk and other devices.
75) Byte: a unit of computer storage that can hold a single character. 1024 bytes make a kilobyte, or 1Kb.
76) C++: Programming language popular with professional computer software developers, and used to create many of today's top applications.
77) Cable: Shorthand for cable television and associated services.
78) Cache: A store for frequently-used data or files. Data can be accessed from a cache more quickly than from its original source. Internet Explorer uses a hard disk cache for web pages, while computer processors often have small amounts of very speedy memory as a cache.
79) CAD: Stands for Computer-Aided Design, which are special software applications that allow designers and architects to draw precise blueprints on screen, then model them in 3D to see how the design will appear in real life.
80) Caller ID: A system which enables a telephone caller's number to be displayed before the handset is picked up. Supported by most telecommunications companies and systems these days.
81) Capture cards: A video card that slots into a spare PCI slot in your computer and has the input and output sockets necessary for digitising video.
82) Capturing: The process of taking an ordinary analogue signal from a camcorder and converting it into digital information to be stored on a computer's hard disk.
83) CD changer: A device that can hold several CDs and switch between them as and when required.
84) CD writer: A special type of CD-ROM drive, which allows you to create, or 'burn', your own CDs.
85) CD-R: Standard for compact disc recordable format, or blank CDs onto which information (such as data or music) can be recorded ? but only once. Playable on most CD-ROM drives (except some older ones) and CD players. You need a CD-R drive to record onto CD-R discs.
86) CD-ROM: A version of the CD, which can store a lot more than just music. This small plastic disc can hold up to 650Mb of data.
87) CD-ROM drive: Used for installing software (on CD-ROM discs) and playing multimedia audio and video. Audio CDs can also be inserted.
88) CD-RW: Stands for compact disc rewritable format, or blank compact discs which can be recorded on over and over again.
89) Celeron: Cheaper but slower version of the Intel Pentium processor, used in budget PCs.
90) Cell: A spreadsheet page uses rows and columns to divide a page into cells. Rows and columns are identified with letters and numbers, so each cell has a unique co-ordinate, such as D15.
91) Channels: In the context of monitors, images are made up of three colour 'channels', one each to represent red, green and blue ? or RGB.
92) Charge-coupled device (CCD): A light-sensitive component used in digital cameras and camcorders.
93) Chat rooms: Online venues for typed chat, rather like the premium-rate chat lines you see advertised on late-night TV. Some even allow you to create cartoon-style characters to represent yourself.
94) Checksum: Mathematical formula performed on some data to generate a result that will be statistically unique for that data.
95) Chipset: Broadly speaking, any group of computer chips working together to perform certain functions. For example, a graphics card will have a number of chips ? the chipset ? designed to handle all graphics output.
96) Chorus: An audio effect that 'fattens up' the sound of a single instrument, to simulate several playing at once.
97) Chromakey effects: Sometimes known as blue-screening because subjects are filmed in front of a blue screen before being 'extracted' from the video. The subject can then be placed on top of another scene, giving the appearance of being somewhere they're not. Without Chromakey, Superman would never have flown.
98) Click: Pressing down once and releasing a mouse button, or other key.
99) Client: A geeky term for an additional piece of software that runs alongside your web browser, allowing you to use services like newsgroups and internet chat.
100) Clipart: A library of drawings or photographs that you can use in presentations, reports or in desktop-publishing documents. You must check whether there are copyright restrictions if you are intend using the pictures commercially.
Friday, January 26, 2007
~~ Techie Terms 1 ~~
1) 7.1: Similar to 5.1's true surround sound ? with pairs of front and rear speakers,a centre speaker and a subwoofer ? 7.1 also offers two extra rear speakers.
2) .GIF (GIF = Graphics Interchange Format): A commonly used graphics file format popular for images displayed on websites.
3) 10pt:Short for 10 point, a typographic measurement. The larger the number, the bigger the text character will appear.
4) 16:9: formatThe aspect ratio (width:height) of widescreen televisions and cinema screens.
286 processorEarly Intel chip used in desktop computers. It was followed by the 386 and 486, and then the Pentium series of processors.
5) 35mm: The width of the film used in many traditional cameras. Often used to describe the cameras that use this size of film.
6) 386 processor: Early Intel chip used in desktop computers. It was followed by the 486 and then the Pentium series of processors.
7) 3D graphics card: An expansion card designed to handle the three-dimensional graphics seen in many of today's top games.
8) 3G: Shorthand reference for 'third generation mobile telephone network'. 3G networks support fast data transfer, making such things as sound and video transmission possible.
9) 486 processor: Early Intel chip used in desktop computers. It was followed by the Pentium series of processors.
10) 5.1 digital decoder: Converts the surround sound soundtrack on a DVD movie into a signal that's sent to an amplifier.
11) 56Kbps: The fastest standard for traditional modems. Modems convert electronic signals from your computer into sound signals that can be transmitted over a phone line. 56kbps means that a modem is capable of receiving up to 56,000 bits of computer data each second.
12) 5-pin DIN: Archaic PC keyboard connector. It has been superseded by PS/2 and USB connectors.
16) Access point: Wireless communication hub that allows users to connect to a Wi-Fi network.
17) ActiveX: Technology for adding extra features to an application like a web browser.
ActiveX components are usually downloaded automatically, or with minimal user interaction.
18) Add-in: Extra features available in most Microsoft applications, but usually requiring installation from the original CD-ROM. For example, Excel's AutoSave feature is an Add-in module, and is only installed upon request.
19) Address: In the context of the internet, an address is the information a web browser needs to locate a particular website. Microsoft's website address, for instance, is www. microsoft. com.
20) ADSL: Stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. A technology that converts an ordinary household telephone line into an extremely fast internet connection -- around ten times faster than a regular 56K modem.
21) Advanced Photo System (APS): A photographic film format capable of capturing three different picture sizes. APS-based cameras also benefit from the simplicity of slot-in-and-go loading of the film cartridges. Reprints can ordered from index prints, consisting of thumbnail representations of photos, and supplied with all developed film.
22) AGP(Accelerated Graphics Port): A PC interface (either an expansion slot or built-in) used for super-fast 3D graphics facilities. Ideal for handling the 3D worlds depicted in many of today's top games.
23) Analogue: Signal whose value varies continuously over time. For example, when a person speaks, the sound wave is an analogue signal, varying smoothly as they talk. Analogue signal information differs from digital signals, which move sharply between fixed values. To help visualise this, consider the difference between an analogue watch face with sweeping hands and a digital watch display, which jumps from one number to the next.
24) Animated GIF: Stands for Graphics Interchange Format, a popular file format for storing graphic images, often for use on websites. An animated GIF is simply a string of these images, creating the illusion of moving pictures when played back.
25) Annotation: A comment or mark added to an image or a document, much like sticking a Post-it note on an office memo to highlight a point of interest.
26) Anti-virus software: An application designed to protect PCs from malicious computer code.
27) Aperture: In a camera, this is an opening that controls the amount of light passing through the lens.
28) API: Stands for application programming interface, a standard used by computer programmers to allow operating systems and software applications to understand one another.
29) Applet: Small utility program within Windows, like Calculator or ScanDisk.
30) Application: A computer software program that enables the user to perform specific tasks. For example, Microsoft Word is used for word processing, while Paint Shop Pro is designed for image-editing requirements.
31) APS (Advanced Photo System): A film format developed by Canon, Fuji, Kodak, Minolta and Nikon that uses a small slot-in cartridge to store the unexposed, exposed and developed film. APS cameras can take panoramic ans well as regular photographs.
32) Artifical Intelligence (AI): The science of simulating or duplicating intelligence using a computer. AI is useful for situations where clear-cut decisions are not possible and for mimicing the behaviour of humans or animals.
33) ASF (Advanced Streaming Format): A streaming file format from Microsoft.
34) Aspect ratio: A measure of the relative width and height of a display. Traditional television screens, for instance, have an aspect ratio of 4:3 (meaning four units wide by three units high), while modern widescreen sets have 16:9 proportions.
35) ATAPI: Stands for Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface, which is a control technology for devices like CD-ROM and hard disk drives.
36) ATRAC: Stands for Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding, which is Sony's proprietary audio file-compression system, similar to MP3 but with additional security features designed to prevent piracy of copyright material.
37) Attachment: A computer file, such as a word-processor document or spreadsheet, sent along with an email message.
38) Audio Format: In the context of Windows' Sound Recorder program, the choice of storing recorded audio in one of three quality settings ? CD, radio or telephone.
39) Autocorrect: A feature in a word processor that automatically corrects common spelling mistakes as they are typed.
40) Automatic document feeder (ADF): A facility of most printers and some scanners, enabling documents to be automatically fed through the print or scanner mechanism without user intervention.
41) Autoplay: A Windows feature that allows CD-ROM/DVD discs to launch or play as soon they're inserted into a drive.
42) AutoSum: A handy Excel feature that gives an at-a-glance total of a selection of figures.
43) Autotrace: A feature of some image-editing programs that identifies outline shapes in a bitmap graphics and attempts to trace them, resulting in editable vector paths.
44) Avatar: In computing context, a graphic or icon used to represent a person in an online chat-room or game. Avatars can usually be customised and range from simple images to complex three-dimensional shapes.
45) AVI: A type of video file used by windows and usuall played using Windows Media Player.
Back upThe process of copying your important computer files and documents from your hard disk to removable media (such as Zip or CD-RW discs) or another computer, to protect against loss of the originals.
46) Banding: Noticeable stripes appearing on a print-out ? usually only a problem with inkjet printers.
47) Bandwidth: In computing terms, a measure of the maximum amount of data that can be transferred over a connection at any one time. For example, if you connect to the internet using a modem, then the bandwidth is likely to be up to 56Kbps (or 56,000 bits of data per second).
48) Beta: Version of a software application or system still in development. Companies make beta versions available to selected testers for evaluation, testing and feedback.
49) Bi-directional: Refers to an ability for two-way communication. Most printer cables, for example, are bi-directional, so the computer can send data to the printer and the printer is able to respond with print-job progress information.
50) Binaries: Newsgroup postings of encoded files (photographs, sound files, video clips and so on), rather than plain text. These are frowned upon except in certain groups, such as those beginning 'alt. binaries. '.
51) Binary: A coding system used by computers and other digital devices to store data as a series just two digits 0 and 1.
2) .GIF (GIF = Graphics Interchange Format): A commonly used graphics file format popular for images displayed on websites.
3) 10pt:Short for 10 point, a typographic measurement. The larger the number, the bigger the text character will appear.
4) 16:9: formatThe aspect ratio (width:height) of widescreen televisions and cinema screens.
286 processorEarly Intel chip used in desktop computers. It was followed by the 386 and 486, and then the Pentium series of processors.
5) 35mm: The width of the film used in many traditional cameras. Often used to describe the cameras that use this size of film.
6) 386 processor: Early Intel chip used in desktop computers. It was followed by the 486 and then the Pentium series of processors.
7) 3D graphics card: An expansion card designed to handle the three-dimensional graphics seen in many of today's top games.
8) 3G: Shorthand reference for 'third generation mobile telephone network'. 3G networks support fast data transfer, making such things as sound and video transmission possible.
9) 486 processor: Early Intel chip used in desktop computers. It was followed by the Pentium series of processors.
10) 5.1 digital decoder: Converts the surround sound soundtrack on a DVD movie into a signal that's sent to an amplifier.
11) 56Kbps: The fastest standard for traditional modems. Modems convert electronic signals from your computer into sound signals that can be transmitted over a phone line. 56kbps means that a modem is capable of receiving up to 56,000 bits of computer data each second.
12) 5-pin DIN: Archaic PC keyboard connector. It has been superseded by PS/2 and USB connectors.
16) Access point: Wireless communication hub that allows users to connect to a Wi-Fi network.
17) ActiveX: Technology for adding extra features to an application like a web browser.
ActiveX components are usually downloaded automatically, or with minimal user interaction.
18) Add-in: Extra features available in most Microsoft applications, but usually requiring installation from the original CD-ROM. For example, Excel's AutoSave feature is an Add-in module, and is only installed upon request.
19) Address: In the context of the internet, an address is the information a web browser needs to locate a particular website. Microsoft's website address, for instance, is www. microsoft. com.
20) ADSL: Stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. A technology that converts an ordinary household telephone line into an extremely fast internet connection -- around ten times faster than a regular 56K modem.
21) Advanced Photo System (APS): A photographic film format capable of capturing three different picture sizes. APS-based cameras also benefit from the simplicity of slot-in-and-go loading of the film cartridges. Reprints can ordered from index prints, consisting of thumbnail representations of photos, and supplied with all developed film.
22) AGP(Accelerated Graphics Port): A PC interface (either an expansion slot or built-in) used for super-fast 3D graphics facilities. Ideal for handling the 3D worlds depicted in many of today's top games.
23) Analogue: Signal whose value varies continuously over time. For example, when a person speaks, the sound wave is an analogue signal, varying smoothly as they talk. Analogue signal information differs from digital signals, which move sharply between fixed values. To help visualise this, consider the difference between an analogue watch face with sweeping hands and a digital watch display, which jumps from one number to the next.
24) Animated GIF: Stands for Graphics Interchange Format, a popular file format for storing graphic images, often for use on websites. An animated GIF is simply a string of these images, creating the illusion of moving pictures when played back.
25) Annotation: A comment or mark added to an image or a document, much like sticking a Post-it note on an office memo to highlight a point of interest.
26) Anti-virus software: An application designed to protect PCs from malicious computer code.
27) Aperture: In a camera, this is an opening that controls the amount of light passing through the lens.
28) API: Stands for application programming interface, a standard used by computer programmers to allow operating systems and software applications to understand one another.
29) Applet: Small utility program within Windows, like Calculator or ScanDisk.
30) Application: A computer software program that enables the user to perform specific tasks. For example, Microsoft Word is used for word processing, while Paint Shop Pro is designed for image-editing requirements.
31) APS (Advanced Photo System): A film format developed by Canon, Fuji, Kodak, Minolta and Nikon that uses a small slot-in cartridge to store the unexposed, exposed and developed film. APS cameras can take panoramic ans well as regular photographs.
32) Artifical Intelligence (AI): The science of simulating or duplicating intelligence using a computer. AI is useful for situations where clear-cut decisions are not possible and for mimicing the behaviour of humans or animals.
33) ASF (Advanced Streaming Format): A streaming file format from Microsoft.
34) Aspect ratio: A measure of the relative width and height of a display. Traditional television screens, for instance, have an aspect ratio of 4:3 (meaning four units wide by three units high), while modern widescreen sets have 16:9 proportions.
35) ATAPI: Stands for Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface, which is a control technology for devices like CD-ROM and hard disk drives.
36) ATRAC: Stands for Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding, which is Sony's proprietary audio file-compression system, similar to MP3 but with additional security features designed to prevent piracy of copyright material.
37) Attachment: A computer file, such as a word-processor document or spreadsheet, sent along with an email message.
38) Audio Format: In the context of Windows' Sound Recorder program, the choice of storing recorded audio in one of three quality settings ? CD, radio or telephone.
39) Autocorrect: A feature in a word processor that automatically corrects common spelling mistakes as they are typed.
40) Automatic document feeder (ADF): A facility of most printers and some scanners, enabling documents to be automatically fed through the print or scanner mechanism without user intervention.
41) Autoplay: A Windows feature that allows CD-ROM/DVD discs to launch or play as soon they're inserted into a drive.
42) AutoSum: A handy Excel feature that gives an at-a-glance total of a selection of figures.
43) Autotrace: A feature of some image-editing programs that identifies outline shapes in a bitmap graphics and attempts to trace them, resulting in editable vector paths.
44) Avatar: In computing context, a graphic or icon used to represent a person in an online chat-room or game. Avatars can usually be customised and range from simple images to complex three-dimensional shapes.
45) AVI: A type of video file used by windows and usuall played using Windows Media Player.
Back upThe process of copying your important computer files and documents from your hard disk to removable media (such as Zip or CD-RW discs) or another computer, to protect against loss of the originals.
46) Banding: Noticeable stripes appearing on a print-out ? usually only a problem with inkjet printers.
47) Bandwidth: In computing terms, a measure of the maximum amount of data that can be transferred over a connection at any one time. For example, if you connect to the internet using a modem, then the bandwidth is likely to be up to 56Kbps (or 56,000 bits of data per second).
48) Beta: Version of a software application or system still in development. Companies make beta versions available to selected testers for evaluation, testing and feedback.
49) Bi-directional: Refers to an ability for two-way communication. Most printer cables, for example, are bi-directional, so the computer can send data to the printer and the printer is able to respond with print-job progress information.
50) Binaries: Newsgroup postings of encoded files (photographs, sound files, video clips and so on), rather than plain text. These are frowned upon except in certain groups, such as those beginning 'alt. binaries. '.
51) Binary: A coding system used by computers and other digital devices to store data as a series just two digits 0 and 1.
~~~ Computer terminologies 3 ~~~
1) Clock speed: Term used to describe the speed of a computer processor, measured in megahertz or, increasingly, gigahertz ? 700MHz or 1GHz (1,000MHz).
2) CMOS: Stands for complementary metal-oxide semiconductor, and pronounced cee-moss. This is a special computer chip that looks after system set-up information, like date and time and so forth.
3) Command prompt: Also known as DOS prompt. The Windows environment lets you point and click to navigate your way around the computer. However, the predecessor to Windows, DOS (disk operating system) requires typed in commands to control the PC ? and these are entered at the command prompt.
4) CompactFlash: Matchbook-size memory cards with no moving parts. These slot into various devices to store data. Popular with digital cameras and handheld computers.
5) Compression: To reduce the size of a file by encoding the data. This is useful for storing files which would otherwise take up lots of disk space, such as picture and video files. Compression also reduces transfer times, meaning files can be sent over the net, or to another disk, more quickly.
6) Configure: To tweak the functions of software or hardware to the particular settings you require. For example, Windows can be configured so that it displays a particular colour background, or so that it uses a larger typeface
2) CMOS: Stands for complementary metal-oxide semiconductor, and pronounced cee-moss. This is a special computer chip that looks after system set-up information, like date and time and so forth.
3) Command prompt: Also known as DOS prompt. The Windows environment lets you point and click to navigate your way around the computer. However, the predecessor to Windows, DOS (disk operating system) requires typed in commands to control the PC ? and these are entered at the command prompt.
4) CompactFlash: Matchbook-size memory cards with no moving parts. These slot into various devices to store data. Popular with digital cameras and handheld computers.
5) Compression: To reduce the size of a file by encoding the data. This is useful for storing files which would otherwise take up lots of disk space, such as picture and video files. Compression also reduces transfer times, meaning files can be sent over the net, or to another disk, more quickly.
6) Configure: To tweak the functions of software or hardware to the particular settings you require. For example, Windows can be configured so that it displays a particular colour background, or so that it uses a larger typeface
Thursday, January 25, 2007
~~ computer terminologies 2 ~~
11) Bluetooth: A technology that allows devices (computers, phones, printers, etc. ) to communicate with each other wirelessly.
12) Blu-Ray: A new format that will deliver high-definition on DVD-sized discs.Movies and the first compatible players are expected by the end of 2005.
13) Bookmark: A way of flagging favourite websites in your web browser for later reference, much like marking a page in a book.
14) Boot: The process a PC goes through after it is switched on ? performing a quick self-test, loading Windows, and so on.
15) Boot disk: A disk containing the operating system components essential for getting a PC up and running. Usually, the boot disk is the computer's hard disk but in times of strife, a suitably-prepared floppy disk can be used to kick-start a PC.
16) Bus: In computer terminology, a bus is the data path on the motherboard that devices use to communicate with the processor.
17) Cache: A store for frequently-used data or files. Data can be accessed from a cache more quickly than from its original source. Internet Explorer uses a hard disk cache for web pages, while computer processors often have small amounts of very speedy memory as a cache.
18) CAD: Stands for Computer-Aided Design, which are special software applications that allow designers and architects to draw precise blueprints on screen, then model them in 3D to see how the design will appear in real life.
19) Capture cards: A video card that slots into a spare PCI slot in your computer and has the input and output sockets necessary for digitising video.
20) CD changer: A device that can hold several CDs and switch between them as and when required.
12) Blu-Ray: A new format that will deliver high-definition on DVD-sized discs.Movies and the first compatible players are expected by the end of 2005.
13) Bookmark: A way of flagging favourite websites in your web browser for later reference, much like marking a page in a book.
14) Boot: The process a PC goes through after it is switched on ? performing a quick self-test, loading Windows, and so on.
15) Boot disk: A disk containing the operating system components essential for getting a PC up and running. Usually, the boot disk is the computer's hard disk but in times of strife, a suitably-prepared floppy disk can be used to kick-start a PC.
16) Bus: In computer terminology, a bus is the data path on the motherboard that devices use to communicate with the processor.
17) Cache: A store for frequently-used data or files. Data can be accessed from a cache more quickly than from its original source. Internet Explorer uses a hard disk cache for web pages, while computer processors often have small amounts of very speedy memory as a cache.
18) CAD: Stands for Computer-Aided Design, which are special software applications that allow designers and architects to draw precise blueprints on screen, then model them in 3D to see how the design will appear in real life.
19) Capture cards: A video card that slots into a spare PCI slot in your computer and has the input and output sockets necessary for digitising video.
20) CD changer: A device that can hold several CDs and switch between them as and when required.
~~ computer terminologies 1~~
1) 3G: Shorthand reference for 'third generation mobile telephone network'. 3G networks support fast data transfer, making such things as sound and video transmission possible.
2) ActiveX: Technology for adding extra features to an application like a web browser. ActiveX components are usually downloaded automatically, or with minimal user interaction.
3) ADSL: Stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. A technology that converts an ordinary household telephone line into an extremely fast internet connection -- around ten times faster than a regular 56K modem.
4) Advanced Photo System (APS): A photographic film format capable of capturing three different picture sizes. APS-based cameras also benefit from the simplicity of slot-in-and-go loading of the film cartridges. Reprints can ordered from index prints, consisting of thumbnail representations of photos, and supplied with all developed film.
5) AGP: Accelerated Graphics Port. A PC interface (either an expansion slot or built-in) used for super-fast 3D graphics facilities. Ideal for handling the 3D worlds depicted in many of today's top games.
6) AVI: A type of video file used by windows and usuall played using Windows Media Player.
7) Banswidth: In computing terms, a measure of the maximum amount of data that can be transferred over a connection at any one time. For example, if you connect to the internet using a modem, then the bandwidth is likely to be up to 56Kbps (or 56,000 bits of data per second).
8) Beta: Version of a software application or system still in development. Companies make beta versions available to selected testers for evaluation, testing and feedback.
9) BIOS: Basic Input Output System. Software built into all PCs, to control the basic operation of devices such as the screen, hard disk and keyboard. When a PC is switched on, the BIOS automatically kicks in, and looks for a drive (like the hard disk) from which the operating system proper can be launched.
10) Bitmap (BMP): A type of graphic image recorded as many tiny dots (or pixels). Scanned photographs and similar images are often stored in this form. If you use an image-editing application to zoom in on a bitmap image, the pixels will gradually become distinct. BMP image files tend to be quite large, so other types are more popular.
2) ActiveX: Technology for adding extra features to an application like a web browser. ActiveX components are usually downloaded automatically, or with minimal user interaction.
3) ADSL: Stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. A technology that converts an ordinary household telephone line into an extremely fast internet connection -- around ten times faster than a regular 56K modem.
4) Advanced Photo System (APS): A photographic film format capable of capturing three different picture sizes. APS-based cameras also benefit from the simplicity of slot-in-and-go loading of the film cartridges. Reprints can ordered from index prints, consisting of thumbnail representations of photos, and supplied with all developed film.
5) AGP: Accelerated Graphics Port. A PC interface (either an expansion slot or built-in) used for super-fast 3D graphics facilities. Ideal for handling the 3D worlds depicted in many of today's top games.
6) AVI: A type of video file used by windows and usuall played using Windows Media Player.
7) Banswidth: In computing terms, a measure of the maximum amount of data that can be transferred over a connection at any one time. For example, if you connect to the internet using a modem, then the bandwidth is likely to be up to 56Kbps (or 56,000 bits of data per second).
8) Beta: Version of a software application or system still in development. Companies make beta versions available to selected testers for evaluation, testing and feedback.
9) BIOS: Basic Input Output System. Software built into all PCs, to control the basic operation of devices such as the screen, hard disk and keyboard. When a PC is switched on, the BIOS automatically kicks in, and looks for a drive (like the hard disk) from which the operating system proper can be launched.
10) Bitmap (BMP): A type of graphic image recorded as many tiny dots (or pixels). Scanned photographs and similar images are often stored in this form. If you use an image-editing application to zoom in on a bitmap image, the pixels will gradually become distinct. BMP image files tend to be quite large, so other types are more popular.
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