Questions tagged [terminology]
Questions regarding computer-specific terms and jargon. Make sure you show research effort and that your question can be objectively answered.
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What is the difference between CPU and Microprocessor?
What is the difference between CPU and Microprocessor?
mahi
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What is a router? What is a switch? and What is a hub?
I always mess up with the basic concepts in networking. This are the very basic questions.
What is a router, its functions and what is meant by routing?
What is a switch, its functions? Many time I ...
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What is the difference between 4K, UHD and QHD? Do we agree on one official resolution?
Nowadays it seems that Full HD isn’t enough anymore and the terms “4K,” “QHD” and “UHD” are thrown around interchangeably.
At the same time, there is not just one “4K” resolution in the catalogs. I ...
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What is the difference between a directory and a folder? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Directory vs. Folder
Most people use the terms "folder" and "directory" interchangeably. Is there a difference, and if so, what is it?
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What is meant by the terms CPU, Core, Die and Package?
Now this might sound like too many previous questions, but I am really confused about these terms. I was trying to understand how "dual core" is different from "Core 2 Duo", and I came across some ...
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What does it mean to "align" partitions?
I am familiar with what partitions are, but I saw a question about aligned partitions on Ask Ubuntu, and realised I didn't know what "aligned partitions" are.
So what does it mean to "align" ...
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What does X denotes in ASPX, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX etc?
Previously there were ASP, DOC, XLS, PPT etc and now ASPX, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX respectively.
What does X denotes in ASPX, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX etc?
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Why Random Access Memory, RAM, called "Random Access"?
Mark Hahn,
RAM is not random-access. It’s much more like disk, which has two-dimensional access, and an inherent block-size.
Vikki Kinsella
So in order to give you the correct answer, I'm going ...
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Where did the term "superuser" originate?
Where did the term "superuser" originate? Is it a shortening of "supervisory user", or is it just an indicator of the level of power one such user holds in a system?
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What exactly is VGA, and what is the difference between it and a video card?
Operating system development tutorials pinpoint reaching screen data by writing directly to VGA or EGA or Super VGA, but what I do not get is what is the real difference between writing to a fixed ...
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SSD, SD, eMMC, Raw NAND what are the differences?
so the underlying technology with SSD, eMMC, SD, USB Flash etc... is NAND flash correct? So is the difference between all of them just the way controllers are implemented? Or are the technologies ...
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What's the difference between intranet, extranet and internet?
What's the difference between intranet, extranet and internet?
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What are the differences between firmware and software/OS?
I was wondering what differences are
between firmware and software?
What differences are
between firmware and OS?
Are boot-loaders firmware? Bios is.
How about GNU grub? Is grub software or firmware?
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Why are things like Gnome Terminal called "Terminal Emulators" instead of just "Terminals"?
What are they emulating that keeps them from just being terminals? What does a plain-old "terminal" look like, if they are just emulators?
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How to name/describe the Windows 7 Start Button?
When troubleshooting trivial problems via phone, I'm often in this situation:
Me: Click on the Start Button
Other: What button?
Me: sigh The blue circle on the lower left with the windows logo on it
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