On the 22nd day of the A2Z Challenge 2019, I shall talk about the A2Z of Virtual Reality. Imagine that you want to visit Switzerland to spend your summer vacation or how about a trip to the Moon? Sounds exciting, isn’t it? But, if I tell you that you can do both simply by sitting …
Apr 24
A2Z 2019 – Day 21 : ‘U’ – USB
On the 21st day of the A2Z Challenge 2019, I shall talk about A2Z of USB (Universal Serial Bus). It is a common interface that connects peripheral devices such as keyboards, mice, printers, scanners, media devices, digital cameras, flash drives, and external hard drives. In simple terms, it’s a newer version of a port that …
Apr 23
A2Z 2019 – Day 20 : ‘T’ – Telecommunication
On the 20th day of A2Z Challenge 2019, I shall talk about the A2Z of Telecommunication. Telecommunication is the process of exchanging information between two communicating participants with the help of telecommunication devices. Telecommunications devices include telephones, radio, fibre, satellites and the Internet. Today’s post is an extension of my earlier post on networking. In …
Apr 22
A2Z 2019 – Day 19 : ‘S’ – Software
On the first day of the 4th week of the A2Z Challenge 2019, I shall talk about the A2Z of Software. Software is a set of programs that are used to operate computers. Softwares are intangible and are not tangible like computer hardware. They are lines of codes written by computer programmers that have been …
Apr 20
A2Z 2019 – Day 18 : ‘R’ – RAM and ROM
On the 18th day of A2Z Challenge 2019, I shall about A2Z of RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read Only Memory). In the world of computers, there are two kinds of primary memory (main memory) – RAM and ROM. RAM stores data as long as the computer is switched on. Once you switch off …
Apr 19
A2Z 2019 – Day 17 : ‘Q’ – QR code
On the 17th day of the A2Z Challenge 2019, I shall about the A2Z of QR code. QR stands for Quick Response. A QR code is a two-dimensional barcode. It consists of black squares arranged in a square grid on a white background. QR contains information about the item to which it is attached. QR …
Apr 18
A2Z 2019 – Day 16 : ‘P’ – Programming Languages
On the 16th day of the A2Z Challenge 2019, I shall talk about the A2Z of Programming Languages. Don’t Worry… I won’t discuss coding. I will just talk about the programming languages, also called computer languages. So, what is a computer language? It’s a language that consists of a set of rules for instructing a …
Apr 16
A2Z 2019 – Day 14 : ‘N’ – Networking
On the 14th day of A2Z Challenge 2019, I shall talk about a very important topic – Networking. In this post, I am going to talk about the A2Z of networking. In computer science, networking is the practice of exchanging data over a medium. The process of exchanging data between a source and a receiver …
Apr 15
A2Z 2019 – Day 13 : ‘M’ – Microblogging
On Day 2 of A2Z Challenge 2019, I talked about Blog. Today, on the 13th day, I am going to talk about A2Z of microblogging. A microblog is a type of blog in which a user can post small pieces of text and audio/visual on the Internet. Unlike traditional blogs, that are often hosted on …