Media Player - A media player is a program that allows you to view images and animation, listen to audio and watch video files on your computer. Media players may also include the capability to organize media files, convert them to different formats, connect to and purchase media from an online media store, download podcast and vodcast, burn audio CDs, and transfer media to portable media players. Windows includes windows media player. There other popular media players are iTunes, realplayer and...

Disc Burning an Personal Computer Maintenance - Disc Burning software writes text, graphic, audio and video on a recordable or rewritable cd, dvd, or blu-ray disc. This software enables the home user easily to back up contents of their hard disk on an optical disc  and make duplicates of uncopyrighted music or movie. Disc burning software usually also includes photo editing, audio editing and video editing capabilities. When you buy a recordable or rewritable disc, it typically includes...

CRT Monitors - A CRT monitor is a desktop monitor that contains a cathoderay tube. A cathoderay tube (CRT) is a large, sealed glass tube. That front of the tube is the screen. Tiny dots of phospor material coat the screen on a CRT. Inside the CRT, an electron beam moves back and froth across the back of the screen to glow, which produces an image on the screen. CRT monitors have a much larger footprint than do LCD monitors : that it, they take up more desk space and thus are not used much today....

Digital Communications - Which factor largely in many people's personal and business lives, include any transmission of information from one computer or mobile device to another. This feature covers many forms of digital communications : e-mail, text messaging and picture/video messaging, digital voice communications, blogs and wikis, online social network, chat rooms and web conferences and content sharing. With the internet cell phone network and other wireless network increasing in size and speed,...

Internet Filters - Filters are programs that remove or block certain items from being displayed. Four widely used internet filters are web filters, anti spam, programs, phishing filters and pop up blockers. Web Filters, web filtering software is a program that restricts access to certain material on the web. Some restrict access to specific web sites, other filter site that use certain wordd or phrases. Many businesses use web filtering software to limit employee's web access. Some schools, linraries...

Miniature Hard Disk - Both internal and external hard disk are available in miniature sized. These tiny hard disk have from factors of 1,8 inch, 1 inch, and 0,85 inch. evice such as portable media players, digital camera and smartphone often have internal miniature hard disk, which provide greater sronge capacities than flash memory. External hard disk that are smaller in sized capacity, which also contain miniature hard disk, are sometimes called a pocket hard drive because they enable mobile users...

Antivirus Programs - The term, computer virus describes a potentially demaging computer program that affect, or infects, a computer negatively by altering the way the computer work without the user's knowledge or permision. Once the virus is a computer, it can spread throughtout and may demage your files and opearting system. Computer viruses do not generate by chance. The programer of a virus, known as a virus author, intentionally writes viruses a challenge. Others write virus programs to cause...

Adware Removers and Spyware - Adware is program that displays an online advertisment in a banner or pop up window on web pages, e-mail, or other internet services. Sometimes spyware is hidden in adware. A spyware remover is a program that detects and deletes spyware and other similiar programs. An adware remover is a program that detects and deletes adware. Most spyware and adware removers cost less than $50 some are available on the web at no cost. Some operating systems removers. Popular stand...

Personal Firewall - A personal firewall is a utility that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized instrusions. Personal firewall constantly monitor all transmissions to and from a computer. When connected to the internet you computer is vulnerable to attacks from hacker. A backer is someone who teries to access a computer or network illegally. Users with broadband internet connections such as throught DSL and cable internet service are even susceptible than those with dial up...

Utility Programs - A utility programs aslso called a utility, is a type of system software that allows a user to perform maintance type task, usually related to managing a computer, its devices, or its programs. Most operating system include several buit in utility programs. User often buy stand alone utilities, however, because they offer improvements over those included with the operating system. Functions provided by utility programs include the following managing files, searching files, viewing...

Embedded Linux and Google Android - Embeded linux is a scale down linux operating system designed for smart phones, PDAs, portable media players, internet telephones and many other types of devices and computers requiring an embedded operation system. Devices with embedded linux offer calender and address book and other PIM functions, touch screens and handwraiting recognition. Many also allow you to connect to the internet, take picture, send e-mail and instant messages, listen music and play video....

Windows Embedded CE - Is a scaled down windows operating system designed for use on communications, entertaiment and computering devices with limited functionality. Examples of devices that use Windows Embedded CE includeVoIP telephones, industrial control devices, digital cameras, point of sale terminals, automated teller machine, digital photos frames, fuel pumps, security robots, handheld navigation evices, portable media players, ticket machines and computerized sewing machines. Windows...

iPhone OS - Developed by Apple, is an operating system for the iPhone and iPod touch, Apple's smart phone and touch screen portable media player, respectively. These devices are multi touch, meaning they recognize multiple points of contact. This feature enables users to interact with iPhone Os devices using finger motions such ad tapping a button on the screen, sliding your finger to drag an object and pinchingor unpinching your fingers to zoom in or out. With the iPhone OS users can manage...

BlackBerry - The BlackBerry operating system runs on handheld devices supplied by RIM (Research In Motion). BlackBerry devicesprovide RIM capabilities such as managing schedules, contact and appoitment as well as phone capabilities. They also provide wireless functionality that includes sending e-mail messages, text messages and instant messages, connecting to the internet and browsing the web, and accesing bluetooth devices. Some BlackBerry devices allow users to take pictures, play...

Windows Mobile - Windows mobile an operating system based on windows embedded ce, includes functionality, programs and a user interface designed for spesific types of smart phones and pda's. Devices with a touch screen use windows mobile proffesional and those without touch screens use windows mobile standard. With the windows mobile operating system and a compatible device, users have access to all the basic PIM (personal information manager) functions such as contact list, schdules, task, calenders...

Palm OS - A competing operation system to windows mobile is palm os, which runs on smart phones and pda. With palm OS devices, users manage schedules and contacts, phone message, notes, task and address list and appointments. Informations on the mobile device easily synchronizes with a personal computer or prints on a printer using a cable or a wireless technology. Many palm  OS devices allow users to connect wirelessly to the internet, browse the internet, send and receive e-mail massages...

Solaris and Netware - Solaris, a version of unix developer by sun microsystems, is a server operating system designed specifically for e-commerce applications. Solaris manages high tarffic accounts and incoporates security necessary for web transactions. Client computers often use a desk top program, such as gnome desktop, that communicates with the solaris operating sytem. Netware novell's netware is a server operating system designed for client/server networks. Netware has a server portion that...

Linux and Unix - Linux some network servers use linux as their operating system. Thus, linux also is a multipurpose operating system. With linux, a netwok administrator can configure the network, administer security, run a web server, and process e-mail. Clietnts on the network can run linux, unix, or windows. Distributions of linux include the mozilla web browser. Example : Ubuntu, Redhat, Backtrack, Garuda Os. Unix in addition to being a stand alone operating system, unix also is a server operating...

Windows Server 2008 - Is an upgrade to windows server 2003. Windows server 2008, which includes feactures of previous windows server versions, offers the following capabiliities : Improved web server management, enabling users to share data. Enhanced server security. Network acess proctection restricts computers that do not meet specified requirements. Proctetion againt malicious software attacks. Share many technologies with windows. Client support using windows, mac os, unix and linux. To meet...

Server Operating System - As discussed earlier in this chapter, a server operating system in a operating system that is designed specifically to support a network. A operating system typically resides on a server. The client computers on the network rely on the server for resource. Many of the stand-alone operating system discussed in the previous section function as client anda work in conjuction with a server operating system. Some of these stand-alone operating sytems do includes networking capability...