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what is Hard Disk

Asked by gauri in Computers & Technology at 7:19 PM on April 28, 2008

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A rigid non-removable disk in a computer and the drive that houses it. Hard disks store more data and can be accessed quicker than floppy disks.

Answered at 10:31 PM on April 28, 2008

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what is Gigabyte

Asked by gauri in Computers & Technology at 7:19 PM on April 28, 2008

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1024 megabytes. Commonly rounded down to one billion bytes.

Answered at 10:31 PM on April 28, 2008

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what is HDTV

Asked by gauri in Computers & Technology at 7:21 PM on April 28, 2008

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High definition television is the highest form of digital television. It has a 16:9 aspect ratio, which is the same as a movie theater screen. This is possibly HD’s biggest selling point. The other is the resolution. High definition is the best available picture on a television. It comes in three different flavors: 720p, 1080i and 1080p.

Answered at 10:27 PM on April 28, 2008

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what is Hacker

Asked by gauri in Computers & Technology at 7:19 PM on April 28, 2008

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Hacker is a term used by some to mean "a clever programmer" and by others, especially those in popular media, to mean "someone who tries to break into computer systems."

Answered at 10:30 PM on April 28, 2008

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what is HDMI

Asked by gauri in Computers & Technology at 7:20 PM on April 28, 2008

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HDMIHDMIHDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is an interface standard used for audiovisual equipment such as high-definition television and home theater systems. With 19 wires wrapped in a single cable that resembles a USB wire, HDMIHDMIHDMI is able to carry a bandwidth of 5 Gbps (gigabits per second). This is more than twice the bandwidth needed to transmit multi-channel audio and video, future-proofing HDMI for some time to come. This and several other factors make HDMI much more desirable than its predecessors, component video, S-Video and composite video.

Answered at 10:28 PM on April 28, 2008

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what is Hardware

Asked by gauri in Computers & Technology at 7:20 PM on April 28, 2008

pooja's Answer

hardware is the physical aspect of computers, telecommunications, and other devices. The term arose as a way to distinguish the "box" and the electronic circuitry and components of a computer from the program you put in it to make it do things. The program came to be known as the software.

Answered at 10:29 PM on April 28, 2008

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what is JPEG

Asked by gauri in Computers & Technology at 7:23 PM on April 28, 2008

pooja's Answer

it is a commonly used method of compression for photographic images. The name JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, the name of the committee that created the standard. The group was organized in 1986, issuing a standard in 1992, which was approved in 1994 as ISO 10918-1. JPEG is distinct from MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group), which produces compression schemes for video.

Answered at 10:25 PM on April 28, 2008

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what is Icon

Asked by gauri in Computers & Technology at 7:22 PM on April 28, 2008

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A picture or graphical representation of an object on a display screen to which a user can point to with a device, such as a mouse, to select a particular operation or perform a certain action.

Answered at 10:25 PM on April 28, 2008

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what is HDV

Asked by gauri in Computers & Technology at 7:21 PM on April 28, 2008

pooja's Answer

HDV is an inexpensive high-definition video recording format which uses MPEG2 compression to fit HD content onto the same DV or MiniDV tapes originally developed for standard definition recording.

Answered at 10:26 PM on April 28, 2008

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