Okay guy who asks a hundred questions as one question.  First he function of an internet service provider is to provide internet service to customers.  It works by purchasing huge bandwidth channels (typically fiber) from national backbone providers (like level one, cox, etc) and then purchasing equipment that can feed that network connection out to … Read more

Random access memory acts as a temporary storage solution for the computer.  RAM is extremely quick, but it is volatile meaning when it loses power it resets back to zero.  Everything that runs gets allocated in memory, this includes your operating system, your browser, any games running, the position of the mouse cursor.  Everything.  The … Read more

I'm not sure what this even means?  Do you mean what are the advantages of having multiple operating systems?  If you do then it would simply depend on the user.  I have Mac OSx Snow Leopard, Vista Home Premium, and Backtrack HT installed on my system.  There are numerous advantages.  But I would argue if … Read more

In regards to Vibrant's answerKeep in mind that CISC architecture is constantly growing as new media instructions are added and new tasks are developed for computers.  This makes the whole library of instructions much larger than originally planned and causes much more bottlenecking as the appropriate instructions must be selected.  RISC has always scaled to meet the … Read more

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As much as it wants, dogs typically handle their own water consumption quite well.  You should always provide water, if the dog drinks it all, provide more.  On that note, I want to put this warning out as I am not a veterinarian.  It is possible to die from "water poisoning," This occurs when all … Read more

Constantly shifting thats how they are defined at least.  Mini computer usually refers to the size of the system physically, some form factors that fit the Mini category are mini ITX, ITX, and mini ATX.  I'm not certain if BTX has a "mini" variant or not but it never really picked up.  Mainframes are sort … Read more