Computer Lingo

hi robbie

the only site that i can think of at the moment that may be able to help you is called CNET, or you could go to mirosoft themselves and get their help good luck with this.

by the way the difference between and external and internal modem is that the internal one is like a card that slots into your motherbaord inside your pc where as the external on is attached to your computer no matter the size by a cable into a usb port.

hope this helps you

cheers smokey

Hi Robbie.

I don't really have any links for that specific purpose, but put in a good search in Google and you wil find answers to almost anything. You'll probably also find some sites where you find about what you are looking for.

Regards
Popol Vuh

Robbie,
I've found this site to be extremely useful (and easy to understand) in explaining how various things work.

Robbie, if its hardware related I can probably help you with allot of your questions. I have some software knowledge as well but my expertise is mainly in the hardware. I work for Big Blue.

Also try this site for some hardware info. Tom's Hardware

Robbie,

One of the ways a person learns something is to ask questions!

You posted in the Off Topic forum, and as long as folks are answering your questions, I'd say - go for it!

Chester

This is long winded and if I didn't answer your questions with what you wanted to know, let me know.

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Regarding internal and external modems how do each work and what is the advantages and disadvantages of one over the other.

Int and ext modems work exactely the same. The differences are in the advantages and disadvantages. External modems have there own power source so they are more expensive. But, if one fails, you simply replace it without opening the covers on your computer or even turning off your computer for that matter. Internal modems require a slot on your system board and if you have a micro system board, this is where a ext modem would be a better choice.

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USP plugs what are these and what do they look like.

Here is a link explaining what I think you are refering to. Its much easier to read the page and look at the pics instead of having my ramble on or type it all out.

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Finally regarding pixels how does this work and what pixels format represent the best quality.

Think of pixels as a bunch of dots on your screen. Now if you have allot of pixels your picture or video will be much better looking then with less. One pixel is about the size of a period (.) in 12 point font. Now this takes us to resolutions which are how a video card displays a picture on your computer. Most people run there comuters are 800x600 or 1024x768. But you can run higher and that is dependent on your hardware. Here is a layout of display resloutions. These change as manufacturers create better displays/tvs and video chipsets which are on your video cards.

Computer Standard Resolution
VGA 640 x 480 (4:3)
SVGA 800 x 600 (4:3)
XGA 1024 x 768 (4:3)
WXGA 1280 x 768 (15:9)
SXGA 1280 x 1024 (5:4)
SXGA+ 1400 x 1050 (4:3)
WSXGA 1680 x 1050 (16:10)
UXGA 1600 x 1200 (4:3)
UXGAW 1920 x 1200 (1.6:1)
QXGA 2048 x 1536 (4:3)

Analogue TV Standard Resolution
PAL 720 x 576
PAL VHS 320 x 576 (approx.)
NTSC 640 x 482
NTSC VHS 320 x 482 (approx.)

Digital TV Standard Resolution
NTSC (preferred format) 648 x 486
D-1 NTSC 720 x 486
D-1 NTSC (square pixels) 720 x 540
PAL 720 x 486
D-1 PAL 720 x 576
D-1 PAL (square pixels) 768 x 576
HDTV 1920 x 1080
Digital Film Standard Resolution
Academy standard 2048 x 1536
DVD 720x480
Laserdisc 560x360