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What is Inflation and how does it affect the common man

Recently all news dailies carried the headlines ……….. ‘The headline inflation rate has crossed double digits’. This indeed is worrying. So what is inflation and how does it affect the common man. In simple terms inflation is nothing but rise … Continue reading

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What is UDP?

The Internet Protocol or IP suite contains two major protocols, of which the User Datagram Protocol or UDP is one. The other protocol in the suite is TCP. UDP has limited few transport functions like simple error-checking along with multiplexing … Continue reading

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What is Subnetting?

A sub-network or a “subnet” is by definition a ‘smaller’ network. The word describes a specific network of nodes, computers or other devices that have a common designated IP (Internet Protocol) address prefix for router direction. The act of grouping … Continue reading

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What is RAM – Random Access Memory

RAM stands for Random Access Memory. When a layman refers to a computer’s memory he or she is actually talking about the Random Access Memory, or the RAM. It is the RAM that actually forms the layer between the Operating … Continue reading

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What is GPS Clock

The Global Positioning system (GPS) is a constellation of military satellites launched by the United States of America initially for military use only. These satellites respond to GPS transceivers and triangulate the exact latitude and longitude of the GPS transceiver … Continue reading

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What is MP4/MPEG 4

MP4 or MPEG 4 is a collection of functions and methods that defines a specific compression of audio and/or video data. The name comes from the joint collaborating authority – Moving Picture Experts Group, who defined and agreed upon this … Continue reading

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