A TFT display on a computer monitor is brighter and faster than a regular LCD display. TFT stands for “thin-film transistor.” LCD stands for “liquid crystal display.” Both terms refer to the flat-panel display, or screen, of a computer monitor or television set. TFT v. LCD LCD is a generic term. A TFT display is […]
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How to Create a Bootable USB Fdisk
To create or delete a partition on a hard disk without the use of a Windows operating system, you must use a bootable disk or USB drive with Fdisk installed. Fdisk is a DOS utility that allows users to configure the partitions on a hard disk. A bootable drive installed with this utility is particularly […]
How to Do Vector Computations in Excel
A vector is a list of two or more numbers. A row vector has numbers lined up in a row, and a column vector has them lined up in a column. Two vectors can be added or subtracted if they are both the same type of vector and have the same dimension. Two vectors can […]
How to Convert WAV to MP3 Using Windows Media Player
Image Credit: Vladimir Vladimirov/E+/GettyImages In the world of digital audio, there is no shortage of unique file formats in which you can create and share music. Generally speaking, different forms of encoded digital audio rely on distinct compression methods. On a simple level, a method of compression reduces audio fidelity to ensure that the file […]
How to Save Animated GIFs to the Computer
You can save animated GIFs to the computer. Image Credit: millann/iStock/GettyImages Animated GIFs are easy to access on internet-connected computers at any time, but saving a specific GIF ensures it’s easy to access offline or online. You can use that GIF on various websites and platforms that support the .gif file type. Saving and implementing […]
SODIMM Vs. SDRAM
Close-up of hands installing a RAM chip into a computer motherboard Image Credit: Piotr Adamowicz/iStock/Getty Images Unless you’re a tech enthusiast, it’s hard to maintain much interest in the differences between computer memory standards. Memory is described with a blizzard of acronyms and performance figures, which convey relatively little to nontechnical users. You might walk […]
How to Disable a Proxy Server in Google Chrome
Proxies conceal your actual IP address by making websites see the proxy’s address instead. Windows 7 allows you to configure a proxy address for use when browsing websites or performing other online activities. Although some browsers override this proxy setting with their own, Google Chrome relies on the Windows proxy settings. Disabling a proxy server […]
How to Create a Js File
File of Zeroes and Ones To create a Js (JavaScript) file simply remove the SCRIPT tags and save the JavaScript code with a .js extension using Notepad. This allows you to call the JavaScript when needed, instead of having the JavaScript code typed out in the HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) code. The SCRIPT tags […]
How Do I Crop an Image With Microsoft Paint?
Use Paint or other image editors to crop digital photos. Image Credit: scanrail/iStock/Getty Images To crop an image in Paint, you simply grab the part of the image you want and remove the rest. On the Home tab of ribbon, click the “Select” tool, drag the mouse in the image area to select the part […]
How to Burn a Nero .NRG to a Flash Drive
An .NRG file is a proprietary type of “Disk Image” file—which is essentially a full copy of a CD burned onto your hard drive as a single file—created by the Nero Burning ROM CD/DVD burner program. Typically, these types of files would be saved somewhere on your hard drive. If, however, you prefer to make […]