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What Is SMS

What Is SMS?

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SMS stands for Short Message Service and it is one of the oldest technologies used for exchanging short text messages of up to...

What Is Dial-Up

What Is Dial-Up?

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An internet connection that is established through the use of a modem is known as a dial-up. The computer is connected to stand...

What Is Uptime

What Is Uptime?

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Uptime refers to the time period when a network or server is up and running. It is the opposite of downtime, which refers to th...

What Is Downtime

What Is Downtime?

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Downtime refers to the time when a network or a server is inaccessible due to congestion, maintenance, rebooting, physical disc...

What Is Ecommerce

What Is Ecommerce?

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Short for electronic commerce, ecommerce refers to the buying and selling of products electronically on the internet. Ecommerce...

What Is A Server

What Is A Server?

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A server is a computer that handles requests and delivers data over a network. For example, a web server stores webpages and im...

What Is Social Networking

What Is Social Networking?

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Social networking is the use of dedicated applications to interact with other users online, normally family, friends, relatives...

What Is Broadband

What Is Broadband?

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Broadband, also known as wideband is a telecommunications technology that provides high-speed data transmission through physica...

What Is A Keyboard Shortcut

What Is A Keyboard Shortcut?

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A keyboard shortcut, also known as a hotkey, a shortcut key, an accelerator key, or an access key is a key combination that is....

What Is Network Congestion

What Is Network Congestion?

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Network congestion is a disruption to the normal flow of traffic to a network, caused by it receiving more traffic than it can....

What Is A URL

What Is A URL?

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Short for a uniform resource locator, a URL is the address of a webpage or file on the internet. It uniquely identifies the l...

What Is Wireless

What Is Wireless?

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Wireless is an adjective that describes network technologies that enable devices, such as laptops, smartphones, and tablets, to...

What Is Information Technology (IT)

What Is Information Technology? (IT)

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Information technology (IT) is the study and use of computer systems, networks, hardware, software, and storage to process and....

What Is A Network Administrator

What Is A Network Administrator?

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A network administrator is a person who is responsible for ensuring the reliability, productivity, security, and suitability of...

What Is A Chatroom

What Is A Chatroom?

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A chatroom is a place online where users communicate by typed messages. Chatrooms are usually live, which means that as soon as a user clicks the 'post' b...

What Is A Network

What Is A Network?

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A network is a collection of two or more devices that can communicate with each other by physical or wireless connections in or...

What Is A Router

What Is A Router?

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A router is a device that can form a LAN by connecting devices within a building. It shares an internet connection between mult...

What Is An Upload

What Is An Upload?

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An upload, sometimes shortened to a U/L is a term used to describe a file being copied from a device to a server in order for i...

What Is A Download

What Is A Download?

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A download, sometimes shortened to a DL or D/L is a term used to describe a file being copied from a web server to another devi...

What Is Instant Messaging

What Is Instant Messaging?

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Instant messaging, often shortened to IM is a technology used in online chat for real-time communication of typed messages over....

What Is Email

What Is Email?

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Short for electronic mail, email is a way of sending and receiving messages over the internet and is one of the most commonly u...

What Is The World Wide Web

What Is The World Wide Web?

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The World Wide Web, also known as WWW, or simply the web is the service that allows users to visit web pages in their browser.....

What Is The Internet

What Is The Internet?

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The internet, also known as the net or the web is a global computer network and the largest WAN that provides access to informa...

What Is Intranet

What Is An Intranet?

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An intranet works in a similar way to the internet, but it is a private internal network that is used within an organisation, s...

What Is A Hotspot

What Is A Hotspot?

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A hotspot is a physical location that allows users to receive a Wi-Fi connection and internet access, usually for free on an op...

What Is Bluetooth

What Is Bluetooth?

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Bluetooth is a high-speed wireless communication technology that uses low-power radio waves in order to allow two electronic de...

What Is Wi-Fi

What Is Wi-Fi?

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Wi-Fi is a wireless technology, believed to be short for Wireless Fidelity, although it is not the official full word for Wi-Fi...

What Is Ethernet

What Is Ethernet?

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Ethernet is a popular high-speed wired technology for directly connecting a device, such as a laptop or a computer to a router....

How To Stay Safe Online

How To Stay Safe Online?

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The internet has become so popular. As of now, it is possible to use the internet for almost anything, such as online shopping....

What Is An Internet Service Provider

What Is An Internet Service Provider?

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An internet service provider, also known as an internet network service provider is a company that provides internet access for both homes and business...