Archive for Definitions
iJustine (& Social Media) Vs. the Homeless
YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet=YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet||{};I don’t often hop on my soap box I keep my personal thoughts to myself on a lot of topics and try to keep all of the information on the blog useful but I guess I’m looking for some feedback here.
I was reading a post earlier which resurected a a thought/prospective post that I thought [...]
Define: Load Balancing
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Load Balancing is pretty much server and network system stress relief.
Computer server systems and networks route hundreds of thousands of millions of data packets each and every second all over the world. Such large amounts of data need to be handled efficiently.
Load balancing spreads the load of data across devices.
If a network has 3 routers [...]
Define: Linux
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Linux is a Unix based operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds.
Linux was created because Linus was unhappy with other Unix operating systems available at the time. Naturally, if you’re not happy about it, make your own, right?
The Linux architecture was freely distribured so that other programmers can take the code [...]
Define: LED
LED: Light Emitting Diode.
A semiconductor device that, when electrically charged, emits a narrow spectrum light. Or, a small, bright bulb.
Define: LCD
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
A low power display consisting of two polarizing panels with a liquid crystal surface between them. Electrical current applied to certain areas cause the LCD to turn light or dark.
