Basics of Computer and Information Technology

Computer networking is a jungle of acronyms. In this article, which will be the first in an occasional series, I will briefly explain some o...

A number of weeks ago I posted an article naming the various elements that you will find in in Windows programs. This is the second part o...

All the various controls on a Windows program have names that are not always intuitive. In this post I will identify the most common control...

What has booting to do with my computer? The term booting is short for bootstrapping, which refers to a process by which a simple control sy...

What is an Operating System? An operating system, or OS, is software that enables you to operate the computer. It manages the opening of fil...

In a new regular feature I will try to translate a few technical terms into plain English. In the first post I will look at some terms about...