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What Is Public Domain?

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The public domain consists of work that is available to the public as a whole and not subject to copyright.

What Is Troubleshooting?

Difficulty: Easy

Troubleshooting is the process of discovering and resolving problems with hardware, software, and other products.

What Is Webmail?

Difficulty: Medium

Webmail is an email service that can be accessed through a web browser without the need to download any software.

What Is Bricking?

Difficulty: Medium

Bricking happens when an electronic device loses its functionality, making it unusable. This term comes from the fact that the electronic device is as useful as a brick.

What Is An iFrame?

Difficulty: Medium

An iframe, also known as an inline frame is used to load a separate webpage within a HTML document. It is supported by HTML5 and is included in the latest HTML5 specifications.

What Is Green Software?

Difficulty: Medium

Green software, also known as sustainable software is a type of software that is designed to minimise environmental impact. Green software tends to be faster, whilst using less energy, meaning lower energy costs and increased efficiency.

What Is A Memory Leak?

Difficulty: Medium

A memory leak is a programming error that happens when a program fails to release memory that is no longer needed, gradually consuming more memory until none is left.

What Is Social Sharing?

Difficulty: Easy

Social sharing is the process of posting or reposting web content on a social media website to allow others to view and engage with it, increasing its reach and exposure.

What Are Media Queries?

Difficulty: Medium

Media queries are a CSS functionality that allows different style rules to be defined based on the width and height of the viewport, orientation of the viewport, and screen resolution.

What Is HEIC?

Difficulty: Medium

Stands for High Efficiency Image Container. HEIC is a file format used to store photos in a compressed format in order to save space.

What Is WebP?

Difficulty: Medium

WebP is an open-source raster graphic image format developed by Google intended to reduce the size of images on the web.

Top 10 Most Common Mistakes Internet Users Make

Difficulty: Easy

When using the internet, there are some common mistakes that people make over and over again, often without realising it.

What Is A Data Breach?

Difficulty: Medium

A data breach is an intentional or unintentional exposure of confidential or sensitive information to unauthorised people.

What Is Cryptography?

Difficulty: Medium

Cryptography is the practice of securing information by transforming it into a secure format. This ensures that only the person who is meant to see the information can view it and no unintended recipients can understand it.

What Is POST?

Difficulty: Medium

Stands for Power On Self Test. POST is a series of checks to ensure that all hardware is working properly before starting the boot process.

What Are System Resources?

Difficulty: Medium

System resources are physical or virtual components of a computer system that provide the capabilities and are used to perform tasks efficiently.

What Is Source Code?

Difficulty: Medium

Source code is a set of instructions, functions, and other statements written in a programming language used to make a website, app, or computer program work as intended.

What Is Vapourware?

Difficulty: Medium

Vapourware is a type of software or hardware that has been announced to the general public, but is not yet released and is unlikely to be released any time soon, if ever.

What Is Hypertext?

Difficulty: Medium

Hypertext is a text format that provides references (hyperlinks) to other text, allowing users to navigate from one page to another in a web browser.

What Is An Advertising ID?

Difficulty: Medium

An advertising ID is a unique user ID assigned to a device that enables third-party tracking across multiple apps. This advertising ID is stored on the operating system and used to create profiles to provide personalised ads in apps.

What Is Green Computing?

Difficulty: Medium

Green computing, also known as green IT, or sustainable computing, is the environmentally responsible and eco-friendly use of computers and resources.

What Is A Screen Reader?

Difficulty: Medium

A screen reader is an accessibility software application that converts on-screen text to speech. This helps people with visual impairments to understand digital content and navigate the web.

What Is E-Learning?

Difficulty: Easy

Short for electronic learning, e-learning is a type of learning that takes place electronically over the internet.

What Is A Hard Copy?

Difficulty: Easy

A hard copy is a physical copy of a document printed on paper. Unlike a soft copy, a hard copy is no longer editable and can be considered a permanent version.

What Is A Taskbar?

Difficulty: Medium

A taskbar is a bar located at the bottom of a display of a graphical user interface (GUI) that shows which windows are currently open and allows quick access to favourite applications.

What Is A Soft Copy?

Difficulty: Easy

A soft copy is an electronic copy of a document that can be viewed on a phone, tablet, or computer. Unlike a hard copy, a soft copy does not...

What Is A Screenshot?

Difficulty: Easy

A screenshot is a digital image that shows the contents of a computer screen at a given point in time. It is created by the operating system and may include the whole screen or a section of it.

What Is Web Application Development?

Difficulty: Medium

Web application development is the process of building, designing, and testing web applications that will be stored on web servers and provided to other users over the internet.

What Are System Requirements?

Difficulty: Easy

System requirements refer to a list of specifications a device must have in order to run software or hardware needed to perform tasks.

What Is A Web Application?

Difficulty: Medium

A web application is a type of software that is accessed through a web browser. Web applications are stored on a web server.

What Is Computerhelp4all?

Computerhelp4all is a site with articles for everyone about the topic of computing, as suggested in the name '4all'.

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What Is Public Domain?

What Is Troubleshooting?

What Is Webmail?

What Is Bricking?

What Is An iFrame?

What Is Green Software?

What Is A Memory Leak?

What Is Social Sharing?

What Are Media Queries?

What Is HEIC?

What Is WebP?

Top 10 Most Common Mistakes Internet Users Make

What Is A Data Breach?

What Is Cryptography?

What Is POST?

What Are System Resources?

What Is Source Code?

What Is Vapourware?

What Is Hypertext?

What Is An Advertising ID?

What Is Green Computing?

What Is A Screen Reader?

What Is E-Learning?

What Is A Hard Copy?

What Is A Taskbar?

What Is A Soft Copy?

What Is A Screenshot?

What Is Web Application Development?

What Are System Requirements?

What Is A Web Application?

What Is Computerhelp4all?

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