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How Rom Works First Paragraph: Read-Only Memory (ROM), also known as firmware, is an integrated circuit programmed with specific data when it is manufactured. ROM chips are used not only in computers, but in most other electronic items as well. In this edition of How Stuff Works, you will learn about the different types of ROM and how each works. Comments: To optimize your computer for testing, learn how computer memory works. Author: Jeff Tyson Publisher: How Stuff Works Issue/Date: NA How Computer Memory Works First Paragraph: When you think about it, it is amazing how many different types of electronic memory you encounter in daily life. Many of them have become an integral part of our vocabulary. Comments: There are numerous types of electronic memory in the world. This article explains them all so that you can better understand your computer and other devices. Author: Jeff Tyson Publisher: How Stuff Works Issue/Date: NA Email and Messaging First Paragraph: In the context of an electronic commerce web site, there are three categories of messaging: event-driven or transaction email, subscription email, and broadcast messaging. Comments: It's helpful to understand email and messaging if you're a tester - because you'll probably need to test them at some point. Author: Dersk Sisson Publisher: Philosophe Issue/Date: NA How C Programming Works First Paragraph: The C programming language is probably the most popular and widely used programming language on the planet. Programmers around the world embrace C because it gives maximum control and efficiency to the programmer. Comments: This complete 'C' tutorial is fast and thorough enough to allow you to understand this popular programming language. Author: Marshall Brain Publisher: How Stuff Works Issue/Date: NA How Bytes and Bits Work First Paragraph: If you have used a computer for more than five minutes, then you have heard the words bits and bytes. Both RAM and hard disk capacities are measured in bytes. So are file sizes when you examine them in a file viewer. For example, you might hear an advertisement that says "This computer has a 32-bit Pentium processor with 64 megabytes of RAM and 2.1 gigabytes of hard disk space." Many of the pages in How Stuff Works also talk about bytes (for example, the page on CDs). In this edition of How Stuff Works we will discuss bits and bytes so that you have a complete understanding. Comments: Learn how memory works in computer systems. Memory bugs are commonly difficult to identify, but can bring your work to a halt in a hurry. Author: Marshall Brain Publisher: How Stuff Works Issue/Date: NA How 3-D Graphics Work First Paragraph: You are probably reading this on the screen of a computer monitor - a display that has two real dimensions, height and width. But when you look at a movie like "Toy Story II" or play a game like TombRaider, you see a window into a three-dimensional world. One of the truly amazing things about this window is that the world you see can be the world we live in, the world we will live in tomorrow, or a world that lives only in the minds of a movie s or game s creators. And all of these worlds can appear on the same screen you use for writing a report or keeping track of a stock portfolio. Comments: More and more applications are going 3-D. Find out how they do it and learn to create better tests. Author: Marshall Brain Publisher: How Stuff Works Issue/Date: NA How the First-Down Line Works First Paragraph: In the U.S., football is as American as apple pie. Kids play Pop Warner football, some progress to high school football, some of those play college football, and a select few play professional football in either the NFL or CFL. And on the last Sunday in January, people all over the world gather to watch the Super Bowl, the championship of American professional football. Comments: As the line between computers and television continues to blur, testers have to meet the challenges of video presentation. Author: Shel Brannan Publisher: How Stuff Works Issue/Date: NA How Computer Programs Work First Paragraph: Have you ever wondered how computer programs work? Have you ever wanted to learn how to write your own computer programs? Whether you are 14 years old and hoping to learn how to write your first game, or you are 70 years old and have simply been curious about computer programming for 20 years, this edition of How Stuff Works will help you to learn how computer programs work by teaching you how to program in the Java programming language. Comments: Help your developers by being able to understand and speak their language. If you are new to software testing and do not have any programming background, this article gives you the programming fundamentals by actually teaching you the basics using Java programming language. Author: Marshall Brain Publisher: howstuffworks.com Issue/Date: NA |
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