Question: I am going to buy myself a digital camera. I am a bit confused about “megapixels” and print dimensions. Can you explain? – Simon Answer: Digital camera technology can be very difficult to understand, especially if you just want to take a picture. After all, film cameras are a point-and-click affair, in which you […]
Question: I’m interested in buying a new monitor and I’d like to understand the differences between a flat panel versus a CRT monitor. What features should I look for? I’d like to see an explanation of what the specs on the box mean and why they are important. – Kit Answer: That’s a very good […]
For faster Internet connections and for networking, an Ethernet port (or “network port”) is used. It looks like an extra-wide North American telephone jack but it has 8 pins instead of the phone cord’s 4 pins. Be careful not to plug a phone cord into an Ethernet port. The first picture below shows the Ethernet/network […]
A modem port (shown below) looks like a standard North American telephone jack. It connects an internal modem to a telephone line. A modem (for those who are new to the computer world) is used to connect a computer to the Internet by making a data call over phone lines to an Internet Service Provider […]
Question: I have an old computer. It’s a Pentium 133 MHz with 32 megabytes of RAM. I would like to add a flatbed scanner. None of the newer models will work with my computer, since I don’t have a USB port or a 166 MHz machine, so I will have to buy a used scanner […]
