posted Oct 31, 2011 6:24 AM by Peter Beens
ePub is a open standard for eBooks. Sadly, the present Kindle does not support it, which is one of the reasons I purchased a Nook instead. (summer 2010)
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posted Aug 31, 2011 3:52 AM by Peter Beens
To copy a file from your local computer to a server or host system; the reverse process of download.
A few examples: In class, you will be uploading files to your hand-in drive (which is located on a school board server) or downloading files from my website to your local computer. |
posted Feb 28, 2011 5:44 AM by Peter Beens
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posted Jan 7, 2011 7:46 AM by Peter Beens
I chose today's word because I liked the sound of it!
Katzenjammer -- Uneasiness; anguish; distress. Read more here. |
posted Nov 25, 2010 5:55 AM by Peter Beens
Emotional intelligence (EI) is the area of cognitive ability involving
traits and social skills that facilitate interpersonal behavior.
Intelligence can be broadly defined as the capacity for goal-oriented
adaptive behavior; emotional intelligence focuses on the aspects of
intelligence that govern self-knowledge and social adaptation.
For more information, see http://searchcio.techtarget.com/definition/emotional-intelligence.
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posted Nov 21, 2010 7:18 AM by Peter Beens
In computing, the term "chipset" is commonly used to refer to a set of specialized chips on a computer's motherboard (or "main board"), and even expansion cards.
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posted Nov 4, 2010 4:07 PM by Peter Beens
posted Sep 2, 2010 6:50 PM by Peter Beens
A torrent file stores metadata used for BitTorrent. It is defined in the BitTorrent specification[1]. A torrent file contains the URLs of multiple trackers and integrity metadata about all the pieces. It can also contain additional metadata defined in extensions to the BitTorrent specification[2]. These are known as "BitTorrent Enhancement Proposals". Examples of such proposals include metadata for stating who created the torrent, and when. For more details, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.torrent. |
posted Jun 12, 2010 7:15 AM by Peter Beens
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 Copyleft is a play on the word copyright to describe the practice of using copyright law to offer the right to distribute copies and modified versions of a work and requiring that the same rights be preserved in modified versions of the work.
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posted May 8, 2010 10:15 AM by Peter Beens
This word is a tribute to my old grade 6 teacher, Mr. Bond, who taught us that it was the longest word in the English language. I still remember it to this day!
To see the definition, click here. |
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