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Follow @ASM_Educational Common Cloud Models CompTIA A+ | Microsoft MTA O/S: Exam objectives 4.1 Introduction to Cloud Computing Simply put, cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the Internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale. You typically pay only for… Read more »

Follow @ASM_Educational     What are the Different Motherboard Form Factors? Microsoft MTA O/S | CompTIA A+ Exam objectives 1.2: sizes. Introduction to Motherboards A motherboard (MB), also known as a Mainboard, system board or logic board, is the central or primary circuit board in a Personal Computer (PC). It is an extremely complex electronic… Read more »

Follow @ASM_Educational Backup and recovery procedures protect your data against data loss and reconstruct the data, should loss occur. When searching for a backup solution, you’ll find that there are two main types of backups: “file-level backup” and “image-level backup.” File-Level Backup File-level backups are the most common type of backup. This method has been… Read more »

Follow @ASM_Educational Source by Wikipedia Monitor Connectors: · If you are using a Monochrome / CGA/ EGA monitor, it is a digital monitor and will have a DB-9 Male connector that plugs into a digital adapter. · If you are using a VGA/ SVGA monitor, it will have a male DB-15 connector that plugs into… Read more »

Follow @ASM_Educational Source by Wikipedia A bus is a set of signal pathways that allow information to travel between components inside or outside of a computer. Laptop Buses PCMCIA or PC Card Personal Computer memory card international association is a type of bus use for laptops. There are different types of cards and you primarily… Read more »

Follow @ASM_Educational Source by Wikipedia A bus is a set of signal pathways that allow information to travel between components inside or outside of a computer. Other Types of Bus USB USB or Universal Serial Bus is an external bus that most popular form of bus use today USB is hot swappable USB can daisy-chain… Read more »

Follow @ASM_EducationalSource by Wikipedia A bus is a set of signal pathways that allow information to travel between components inside or outside of a computer.     Types of Bus   External bus or Expansion bus allows the CPU to talk to the other devices in the computer and vice versa. It is called that because… Read more »

Follow @ASM_Educational Source Learning About Computers   What are binary numbers? The binary number system is when only two numbers are used – 0 and 1. It is also called base 2. The computer number system is base 2. Our number system is referred to as decimal or base 10 because we use 10 digits… Read more »

Follow @ASM_Educational Source Learning About Computers To install a power supply is really quite easy. It fits in the top back of the case. First, orient the holes on the power supply to those on the case. Then, place the unit in the space provided and slide it in until the screw holes are aligned…. Read more »

Source Computer Hope     As you can see in the picture below, your left-hand fingers should be placed over the A, S, D, and F keys and your right-hand fingers should be placed over the J, K, L, and ; keys.

Source: Adopted From www.computerhope.com The most popular printer for home computer users that prints by spraying streams of quick-drying ink on paper. The ink is stored in disposable ink cartridges, often a separate cartridge is used for each of the major colors.

Source: Adopted From www.computerhope.com Similar to a laser printer, LED printers are non-impact but use a light-emitting diode instead of a laser in the printhead.

Source: Adopted From www.computerhope.com First developed at Xerox PARC by Gary Starkweather and released in 1971, a laser printer is a printer that utilizes laser technology to print images on the paper.

Source: Adopted From www.computerhope.com Alternatively referred to as a Multifunction printer(MFP), AIO is short for All-In-One. It is used to describe a hardware device such as an all-in-one printerthat is a printer, fax, and scanner all in one device.

Source: Adopted From www.computerhope.com A printer is an external hardware output device responsible for taking electronic data stored on a computer or computing device and generating a hard copy of that data.

Source: Adopted From www.computerhope.com Almost all laptops can connect to an external display and have the laptop display sent to that external display instead of, or in addition to, the laptop screen. Examples of an external display include a CRT monitor, flat panel display, projector, or TV.

Source: Adopted From www.computerhope.com Unlike a desktop computer, laptops and other portable computers often do not offer many upgrade options. Below is a listing of common laptop upgrade questions and the answers to each of the questions regarding laptop and portable computer upgrades.

Source Computer Hope     The word “virus” is often used as a common term for all malicious programs, but technically a virus is a program or code that attaches itself to a legitimate, executable piece of software, and then reproduces itself when that program is run.

Spyware can invade your privacy by recording, passing on and abusing your personal details – including credit card details – all of it behind your back.

   An essential guide on computer worms and how they actually work A computer worm is similar to a computer virus, but unlike a virus it does not need to attach itself to an existing program.

Source: Adopted From www.bullguard.com All the information you need on rootkits and how to remove them

Source: Adopted From www.myturbopc.com “Malware” is short for “malicious software” – computer programs designed to infiltrate and damage computers without the users consent.

Source: Adopted From www.computerhope.com Find how much RAM is installed and available in Windows 8 and 10

Source: Adopted From www.computerhope.com A game’s online performance can be attributed to many factors. Below is a listing of some of the different causes of why an online game may be slow or laggy.

Source: Adopted From www.computerhope.com [bs_icon name=”glyphicon glyphicon-exclamation-sign”]Tip: This page only covers an overall slow computer and not a computer that has a slow boot up or slow Internet.

Source: Adopted From www.computerhope.com A slow Internet connection can be caused by any number of reasons. Below is a short list of some of the more common reasons your Internet connection may be slow.

Source: Adopted From www.computerhope.com A slow Microsoft Windows boot up can be caused by a number of different issues. The following document contains various suggestions and tips that can help improve the overall speed of your computer’s startup.

A bad computer motherboard or CPU can cause an assortment of different issues on your computer. Below are just a few of the possible issues you may encounter. It is important to remember that the issues below can also be caused by more than just a bad motherboard and CPU.

A heat sink is an electronic device that incorporates either a fan or a peltier device to keep a hot component such as a processor cool.