Electronic Funds Transfer: NEFT Vs RTGS...!

NEFT -  National Electronic Funds Transfer, a nationwide payment system. Through this method, Individuals, Firms & Corporates can transfer funds from one account to another account in any Bank. But, both the banks should be part of NEFT net work. It works through 12 sett…

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Terminology of Tech - MOBILE DEVICES - Trojan

Software similar to a virus which could be disguised as something useful, such as PC game or mobile app.  If launched, it could steal user information or / sabotages the device on which it is running.

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Terminology of Tech - MOBILE DEVICES - MHL

Mobile High - Definition Link (MHL) is a connection standard developed by a consortium of companies (Sony, Samsung, Nokia & Toshiba).  A single 5-pin MHL port (which also looks and works like micro USB) can offer USB host support, carry highspeed data, 1080 p HD video an…

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Terminology of Tech - MOBILE DEVICES - Qi Charging

Qi (pronounced Chee) is an inductive charging standard developed to transfer electrical power over a maximum distance of 4 cm. It uses the theory of electromagnetic induction to charge a mobile device with a special receiver, when placed on top of a Qi charging mat.

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Terminology of Tech - MOBILE DEVICES - Rooting or Jailbreaking

Rooting means to gain root access to your Android device. This allows you to remove limitations, change the software code & run disallowed apps among others. Jailbreaking is the equivalent term for Apple products.

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Terminology of Tech - MOBILE DEVICES - PPI

The pixel density of a screen is denoted with PPI (pixels per inch) it is calculated as diagonal resolution of a display (in pixels ) by the diagonal size of the screen. The higher the PPI,the sharper the screen. However, beyond a point, this ceases to matter as the human won…

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Terminology of Tech - WEB / ONLINE - Meme

An idea or / a concept that spreads and gains popularity on the internet.

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Terminology of Tech - WEB / ONLINE - Flame / Troll

Internet slang; to flame someone means to insult or / put down someone,usually on a web based platform (YouTube, blog or / Facebook comment, forums, chat rooms etc).  A troll is similar, but usually refers to general internet behaviour that is intentionally mean and / or abu…

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Terminology of Tech - WEB / ONLINE - Open Source

This describes software that has been created and distributed with either relaxed or / no copyright restrictions.

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Terminology of Tech - WEB / ONLINE - HTML5

The 5 - th revision of the HTML (hyper text markup language) standard, a core technology on which the World Wide Web is based.  HTML5 is easier for developers,more accessible to multiple types of device and easily incorporates audio / or video.

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Terminology of Tech - WEB / ONLINE - Newbie or Noob or n00b

Internet slang ; a derogatory way to refer to someone who is not very well versed with anything to do with the web or technology in general.

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Terminology of Tech - WEB / ONLINE - DoS

(Denial of Service) A type of attack on (usually) an internet service,which aims to prevent the service from operating properly, often by bombarding it with more information than it can process. Not to be confused with DOS or Disk Operating System.

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Terminology of Tech - CAMERA / IMAGING - EXIF

EXIF or Exchangeable image file format is the format in which a digital camera stores image information like shutter speed, exposure, ISO, date, time & camera model.  It can easily be read in the image properties.

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Terminology of Tech - CAMERA / IMAGING - Bokeh

Usually associated with a shallow depth of field, Bokeh is a photography effect in which any, out of focus light source in an image appears as a pleasing, blurred shape instead of lights with sharp edges.

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Terminology of Tech - CAMERA / IMAGING - HotShoe vs.ColdShoe

While both of these are mounting points above the camera for accessories,a Hotshoe has an electrical connection so that the accessory can be controlled b the camera. A Coldshoe is simply a mounting point to physically attach the accessory to the camera.

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Terminology of Tech - CAMERA / IMAGING - BSI

BSI or back-side illuminated is a type of digital camera sensor that can capture more light than traditional camera sensor. This enables the camera to offer better low light performance.

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Terminology of Tech - CAMERA / IMAGING - DoF

Dof or /  Depth of Field describes the range of focused area in an image. A shallow DoF means that the foreground or subject is in sharp focus while the background is out of focus.

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Terminology of Tech - SSD Vs HDD

SSD or / Solid State Drive is a type of data storage device that uses flash memory while HDD or / Hard Disk Drive is a conventional (and older) type of hard drive with magnetic spinning platters. SSDs are faster to read and write data,have no moving parts (hence are not suscep…

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Terminology of Tech - Big Data

This is a term used to describe a large volume of structured or / unstructured data (usually for enterprises ) that can not be analyzed using the usual database & software tools / techniques.

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Terminology of Tech - USB SS

Usually visible near the USB ports on newer computers, USB SS is short for USB Super Speed. It also known as USB 3.0.USB 3.0 lets you transfer data roughly ten times faster than USB 2.0.

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