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What Is A Leaderboard Ad?

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A leaderboard ad is a rectangular and wide ad usually placed at the top of the webpage before the main content of webpages so that it will be immediately...

What Is MKV?

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Stands for Matroska Video. MKV is an all-in-one video format that supports an unlimited number of picture, audio, and subtitle tracks in a single file.

What Is An MFA Site?

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Stands for a made for ads site, made for advertising site, or made for AdSense site. An MFA site is a type of website solely created to display ads.

What Is Flaming?

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Flaming is the act of sending personal abuse, insults, or offensive messages on the internet to other people. It is a hostile form of online communication.

What Is A Traffic Exchange Network?

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A traffic exchange network is a web-based service that allows users to receive traffic to their websites in exchange for visiting other users' websites.

What Is MP4?

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MP4 is a widely used multimedia format that can store high-quality audio and video. It can also be used to store other data, including metadata, subtitles and static images.

What Is SVG?

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Stands for Scalar Vector Graphic. SVG is a vector image format used to store images as shapes and lines based on mathematical statements rather than pixels of colour.

What Is MOV?

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MOV is a video format that was designed for use with Apple QuickTime software, but can be played using other compatible video software or programs.

What Is AVI?

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Stands for Audio Video Interleave. AVI is a standard file format developed in 1992 by Microsoft that can store both high-quality video and audio output in a single file.

What Is GIF?

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Stands for Graphics Interchange Format. GIF is an image format with an 8-bit colour depth, meaning that it can only display 256 different colours from the 24-bit RGB colour space.

What Is BMP?

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Short for Bitmap, the BMP file format is used to store Bitmap digital images. It is an uncompressed file format, meaning that high quality is retained, but file sizes are extremely large.

What Is PNG?

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Stands for Portable Network Graphics. PNG is an image format that uses lossless compression to save high-quality images in a low file size.

What Is JPEG?

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Stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. JPEG is an image format that has a 24-bit colour depth, the same as BMP images, and uses lossy compression to reduce the number of...

What Is Proprietary Software?

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Proprietary software is a type of software that remains the property of its developer, meaning that it is not made freely available to modify and distribute to others.

What Is The Digital Divide?

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The digital divide refers to the gap between people who have full access to computers and the internet and those who do not.

What Is The 3D Secure Protocol?

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The 3D Secure protocol, also known as the 3DS protocol, is designed to add an extra layer of security for credit card and debit card transactions online.

What Is The SET Protocol?

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Stands for the Secure Electronic Transmission protocol. The SET protocol is a communications protocol used to secure electronic payments made using a debit or credit card.

What Is Netiquette?

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Short for internet etiquette. Netiquette describes acceptable behaviour when communicating online. The anonymity of online communication has led to problems with...

What Is Technotrash?

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Technotrash, also known as e-waste, describes the waste created when throwing out technology that breaks or becomes outdated.

What Is Virtual Memory?

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Virtual memory is a portion of a hard drive or solid-state drive (SSD) that is reserved to compensate for shortages of RAM. This happens when the amount of RAM needed to...

What Is Open-Source Software?

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Open-source software is a type of software that is made freely available to use, modify, and distribute to the public for personal, educational, or organisation use without restrictions.

What Is An Adaptive User Interface?

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An adaptive user interface, also known as an adapted user interface or an AUI, is a type of user interface that adapts its layout, presentation, elements, and options to suit the needs of users and the technology it is running on.

What Is SATA?

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Stands for Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or Serial ATA. SATA is a wired standard used to connect storage devices, such as hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), and optical drives to a computer.

What Is HDMI?

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Stands for High-Definition Multimedia Interface. HDMI is a digital graphics standard used to connect display devices, such as monitors, televisions, and projectors.

What Is VGA?

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Stands for Video Graphics Array. VGA is a computer graphics standard used for display devices, such as monitors and projectors.

What Is A Screen Magnifier?

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A screen magnifier is an accessibility device that attaches to a monitor and magnifies the contents of the screen, including the pointer, words and visual media, to make it easier for people to see.

What Is A Braille Embosser?

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A braille embosser, also known as a braille printer, is a type of printer that outputs text as braille cells rather than standard ink text.

What Is An Eye Typer?

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An eye typer is an input device that tracks the user's eye movements and determines where the user is looking. A camera is mounted on the computer that focuses...

What Is Compression?

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Compression is the process of reducing the number of bits needed to represent data to reduce the file size, saving storage space and speeding up file transfers.