Question: Is there a place or book, which defines all those arcane extensions such as .PAB, .PST, .CFG, .DFL, .FCO, .EM, .8BI, etc., etc., and gives some indication whether files with the different extensions can be eliminated if not used? “â€J.T. Answer: File extensions are one of the many legacies of MS-DOS that continue to […]
If you’re in an MS-DOS window and you’d like to see a folder’s contents, you don’t have to use DOS commands. Simply type: explorer . (that’s the word explorer and then a space and then a dot) … and press Enter. A single-paned window with info about the current directory will pop up. If you […]
How to put an icon to your A: (floppy disk) drive on your system Desktop. Simply follow these steps : Double-click the My Computer icon. Then right-click on the 3.5 floppy icon and drag it to the desktop. Then select Create shortcut here.
Question: I have come across a term called “embedded chip testing” on a Year 2000 article. Just exactly what is it? –Eric Answer: Many people think that the Year 2000 (“Y2K”) bug problem is limited to computers, but it’s not. The problem extends to any device containing an electronic chip that has programming built into […]
Question: Would you have any statistics or information on usage of the following programming languages in industry: Visual Basic, Visual C , and Java? Specifically, if one were to seriously study one of those three languages, in order to make oneself more marketable in the workplace, are there trends that would recommend learning one over […]