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A gigabyte is 2 to the 30th power, or 1,073,741,824 bytes.

A gibibyte is a unit of data storage that equals 2 to the 30th power, or 1,073,741,824 bytes.

One gigahertz is equal to 1,000 megahertz (MHz) or 1,000,000,000 Hz. It is commonly used to measure computer processing speeds. For many years, computer CPU speeds were measured in megahertz, but after personal computers eclipsed the 1,000 Mhz mark around the year 2000, gigahertz became the standard measurement unit. After all, it is easier to say “2.4 Gigahertz” than “2,400… Read More »

A mebibyte is a unit of data storage that equals 2 to the 20th power, or 1,048,576 bytes.

Stands for “Garbage In, Garbage Out.”

A megapixel is one million pixels. It is commonly used to describe the resolution of digital cameras. For example, a 7.2 megapixel camera is capable of capturing roughly 7,200,000 pixels. The higher the megapixel number, the more detail the camera can capture. Therefore, the megapixel count is a significant specification to look for when buying a digital camera.

A megabyte is 2 to the 20th power, or 1,048,576 bytes.

A name server translates domain names into IP addresses. This makes it possible for a user to access a website by typing in the domain name instead of the website’s actual IP address. For example, when you type in “www.microsoft.com,” the request gets sent to Microsoft’s name server which returns the IP address of the Microsoft website.

A meta search engine is a search tool that aggregates search results from multiple individual search engines simultaneously and presents them to the user in a single list. Instead of relying on a single search engine’s index and algorithms, a meta search engine queries several search engines, directories, or databases to gather a broader range of results.

Stands for “Network Basic Input/Output System.” NetBIOS was introduced in 1983 by IBM as an improvement to the standard BIOS used by Windows-based computers. The BIOS provides an interface between the computer’s operating system and the hardware. As the name implies, NetBIOS adds support for networking, including the ability to recognize other devices connected to the network.