Do You Need a Router if You Have a Modem? If you have more than one device on your network (and you almost certainly do), you require a router to manage the local network those devices comprise together. Since most home users today have multiple devices (taking into account computers, mobile devices, streaming boxes, gaming consoles, and more), network device manufacturers made life easier by building these into a single package for some models....
What Is the Definition of a Network? A network can have a pretty broad definition. At its simplest, it always involves two or more computers being linked either physically with cables or via a Wi-Fi connection. By being linked, these computers can share their resources, files, or internet connection without manually connecting on each occasion. Where networks can get much more complex is when it comes to size. A family home might, for instance, have a network consisting of two home computers and a Wi-Fi connection (which the family uses for various additional devices such as a smart TV, streaming box, smartphones, etc....
What Is a PUP? A PUP (potentially unwanted program) is any program that you do not specifically approve for download onto your computer. Sometimes the software maker decides to include them for helpful reasons. For example, a piece of software might come with a third-party installer to help ease installation. This is considered legal in most cases because of the End User License Agreements (EULA) that come standard with software downloads....
Rear projection TVs were at their peak of production and popularity in the early-to-mid-2000s, dropping off substantially in 2008, when most manufacturers halted production over lacklustre sales due to the reduced cost and increased popularity, of LCD TVs. The last rear projection TVs were released in 2012 by Mitsubishi. What Does a Rear Projection TV Look Like? Rear projection TVs don’t look too dissimilar to CRT TVs of their era, although they are often a little more compact, with considerably less depth—especially at larger sizes....
What Are Steering Wheel Audio Controls? Steering wheel audio controls make it less dangerous to interact with your car radio when you’re driving. The basic idea is to use these controls without taking your hands off the steering wheel or taking your eyes off the road. Specific controls vary from one vehicle to the next, but they often allow you to adjust the volume, switch from the radio to auxiliary inputs, change channels, skip songs, and more....
The company released this format in 2010 and has a page dedicated to the compression techniques that WebP uses. The following browsers and operating systems support WebP: ChromeMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxOperaAndroid’s built-in browserSafari 14 and up How Do I Open a WebP File? You don’t need any special software or a particular web browser to open a WebP file. In most cases, you can double-click it, and it will open in your default browser....
Most of the files we encounter in normal computer use will likely have the archive attribute turned on, like the image you downloaded from your digital camera, the PDF file you just downloaded…run-of-the-mill files like that. How Is an Archive File Created? When someone says an archive file has been created, it doesn’t mean that the contents of the file were changed, or that the file was converted into some kind of different format called archive....
The optical drive normally goes by other names like a disc drive, ODD (abbreviation), CD drive, DVD drive, or BD drive. Some popular optical disc drive makers include LG, ASUS, Memorex, and NEC. In fact, one of these companies probably manufactured your computer or other device’s optical drive, even though you never see their name anywhere on the drive itself. Optical Disc Drive Description An optical drive is a piece of computer hardware about the size of a thick softcover book....
Touch ID lets you use a fingerprint to verify your identity on Apple devices that support it. Touch ID, along with your password and personal identification number (PIN), helps secure your device. While a password or PIN is something you know, a fingerprint is biometric, or something you are. Touch ID allows you to verify your identity quickly, without having to enter a password or PIN. On an iPhone or iPad, Apple allows you to choose to use Touch ID for four distinct tasks:...
Depending on the browser you use, the search box types right to left, and the results display mostly backward. You can search for words either backward or forward, but typing them backward is more fun. Is This a Joke? ElgooG is a parody site originally designed and hosted by All Too Flat, a parody and comedy website. Although elgooG is not affiliated with Google appears in the fine print at the bottom of the elgooG search screen, a search of the Whois website reveals Google is indeed the owner of the site....
If you already use other Google products and find them particularly useful for a business or organization that you work with, Google Sites might just be another one to add to your digital toolbox. Here’s what you need to know about it. A Brief Intro to Google Sites Google Sites is an app that’s a part of Google Workspace (formerly G Suite), which is a group of Google’s business productivity apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, and more....
Google Voice screens calls, blocks numbers, and applies rules to each caller. When you receive a voicemail message, Google Voice transcribes it and sends you an email or text message alert. Get Started With Google Voice To sign up for Google Voice, you need a Google account and a U.S.-based mobile or landline phone number. The exception is Google Fi, which enables your Google Voice number to become your regular number....
What Is HDCP? High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) was developed by Intel as a security feature to protect copyrighted material. It requires compatibility between the sender and the receiver. In other words, a cable box with built-in HDCP technology will only work with TVs that are also HDCP-compatible. Think of HDCP as a security license key for installing a computer program. It works by encrypting a digital signal with a code that requires authentication from both the signal transmitting device and the signal receiving device....
When the 10.1.1.1 IP Address is Used This IP address is only needed to either block or access a device with this IP address assigned to it. For example, since some routers use 10.1.1.1 as the default IP address, access the router through this address to make router changes. 10.1.1.1 is a private IP address that can be assigned to any device on local networks configured to use this address range....
How to Use 192.168.1.5 When the 192.168.1.5 IP address is assigned to a router, you can access it by entering its URL, which is http://192.168.1.5, in the address bar of a web browser. This address must be opened on a device that’s connected to the network, such as on a phone or computer that’s connected to the router. If 192.168.1.5 is assigned to a device, you cannot access it like you can when it’s used as a router address, but it might need to be used in other circumstances....
M4a also uses the MPEG-4 Part 14 container format, commonly referred to as MP4. The MP4 format is a metafile wrapper that can hold any type of data (both video and audio) and acts as a container for M4b audio streams. Incidentally, the MP4 container format is based on the Apple QuickTime platform, but it differs slightly by having extended MPEG features and Initial Object Descriptor (IOD) support. That means it includes elements to access MPEG-4 content....
Hence, the name: This Nintendo console can “switch” from a home console attached to a television to a portable game console with controllers on either side. How Does the Nintendo Switch Work? In the simplest terms, the Nintendo Switch is a tablet with a 6.2-inch display and two Wii-like game controllers attached to either end of the device. (The Nintendo Switch Lite has a 5.5-inch screen, and the OLED model has a 7-inch display....
Some people use Twitter to discover interesting people and companies online, opting to follow their tweets. Why Twitter Is So Popular Twitter’s big appeal is how scan-friendly it is. You can track hundreds of engaging Twitter users and read their content with a glance, which is ideal for our modern attention-deficit world. Twitter employs a purposeful message size restriction to keep things scan-friendly: every microblog tweet entry is limited to 280 characters or less....
Why Can’t I Connect to a Network? Wireless networks are complex because there are several points for failure. From the Wi-Fi switch to a software conflict, router issue, and ISP problem, finding out where the network fault is can be difficult. The common reasons for why Windows won’t connect to a network are misconfigured settings and physical distance from the network source. But there are also several other possible causes: Wi-Fi is turned off, a piece of software has broken the connection, the network that requires unique authentication, or the network is overcrowded....
Here are five options. Linux system requirements vary from one distribution to another, but you can typically run Linux on MacBooks that are no longer capable of running the latest version of macOS. It isn’t the same as macOS, and Linux can take some getting used to, but this is a great way to extend the life of a MacBook. You may even find that your MacBook boots and runs faster after switching to Linux....
