Category Archives: Glossary

What is a Keylogger?

A keylogger is a hardware device or a software program that records the real time activity of a computer user including the keyboard keys they press.

IRQ Assignments

Anyone who has ever tried to install a legacy (non plug-and-play) device has learned that device configuration can be a world of confusion for the novice. Fortunately, the entire concept of device configuration can be simplified through the understanding of a few basic terms and concepts.

Award BIOS Beep Codes

AwardBIOS was once the branded BIOS software by a company named Award. Award is now owned by Phoenix Technologies, one of the top BIOS software makers in the world. Many motherboard manufacturers have integrated AwardBIOS into their motherboards and, when trouble starts, will sound the AwardBIOS beep codes.

What is a Exbibyte?

A exbibyte is a unit of data storage that equals 2 to the 60th power, or 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes.

10 Safety Tips For Buying On eBay

eBay has become a household name for shoppers. A lot the buyers on eBay are not regular internet shoppers but they still shop on eBay. Such is the power of eBay giving simplicity of shopping and top bargains. From time to time, there is some fraud on eBay about fake fashion items, event tickets that do not exist,… Read More »

What is a Megabyte?

A megabyte (MB) is a unit of digital information storage capacity that represents one million bytes. It is commonly used to measure the size of digital files, data storage devices, and computer memory.