Computer Science
Routers- Definition and Types

Routers
Routers are physical devices that join multiple wired or wireless networks together. A Router is a Layer-3 Device. A router is similar to a switch, but it can also connect different logical networks or subnets and enable traffic that is destined for the networks on the other side of the router to pass through. Routers [...]

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Posted on 16th January 2010No Comments
Computer Network- Definition and Types

Computer Network
A computer network is a group of computers that are connected to each other for the purpose of communication. Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices. Networking, routers, routing protocols, and networking over the public Internet have their specifications defined in documents called RFCs (Request for Comment).
A [...]

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Posted on 9th January 2010No Comments
Streams- Definition and Types

Streams
The C file system is designed to work with a wide variety of devices, including terminals, disk drives, and tape drives. Even though each device is very different, the buffered file system transforms each into a logical device called a stream. All streams behave similarly. Because streams are largely device independent, the same function that [...]

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Posted on 30th December 2009No Comments
Operating System- Definition and Types

Operating System
An operating system is System Software that utilizes the computer resources effectively and acts as a user interface between user and computer. The main purpose of operating system (OS) is to effectively manage the hardware and software resources of a computer system. System software controls the working of hardware and aids in effective execution [...]

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Posted on 15th December 2009No Comments
What is Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Graphical User Interface (GUI)
The term User Interface was originated in reference to an engineering environment. Prior to this programmers interacted with computers but a category of no programming users came into existence and a different form of interaction was needed for this class. This user interface was referred to as a Graphical User [...]

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Posted on 14th December 2009No Comments
Role of Scanf Function in C and C++

scanf( )
scanf() is the general-purpose console input routine. It can read all the built-in data types and automatically convert numbers into the proper internal format. It is much like the reverse of printf(). The prototype for scanf() is
int scanf(const char *control_string, …);
The scanf() function returns the number of data items successfully assigned a value. If [...]

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Posted on 12th December 2009No Comments