Data and Telecommunications, terms, concepts and abbreviations.
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Computer Hardware parts, abbreviations and concepts.
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Mother Board
1) The main Printed Circuit Board (PCB) of a computer - referred to as a Mother Board because other smaller PCB´s are sometimes attached to it - this are in turn referred to as daughter boards.
2) Any PCB that can accept daughter boards. |
Graphic Design & prepress terms from desktop publishing to offset printing.
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Linux/Unix Terms and Commands.
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FTP
A protocol developed to enable the transfer of files across a network. It provides a reletively insecure username and password security but has been more recently enhanced to allow for SSL encryption to provide a secure password exchange.
To some extent the use of FTP has been superceeded by SFTP (a component of SSH) or the secure file transfer protocol. |
Photography terms and concepts, including digital and traditional photographic techniques.
(11 terms)
Bracketing
Making several exposures, using different settings (initially this was restricted to exposure but with digital photography can also include white balance and quality). Bracketing allows for error and permits selection of the best exposure after development.
Most professional photographers will always bracket photos where you only have one chance to capture the moment - weddings for example. |
Web design termonology, concepts, and abbreviations.
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