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Technology has impacted every facet of life, and the education system is not exempted.
In this modern age of growing technology and connectivity, tech gadgets have penetrated classrooms and learning institutions and have greatly enhanced the lives of students.
Technology in the classroom is commonplace these days and students from grade school level to university level make use of them.
Question from Alvin: I recently retired after working for the same construction company for 43 years.
Now I’d like to take up something new to occupy all this free time that I suddenly have to fill.
I’ve always wanted to learn about computers so I’ve started reading a few tech blogs, and RicksDailyTips is one of them (thanks to my brother Keith for recommending it).
I’m not tech savvy by any stretch (I hope to change that eventually) but I do believe I’m progressing ok for an older dude who still uses a flip phone.
There’s a term that keeps popping up in the articles I read that I just can’t seem to get my head around. Can you tell me what the word “bottleneck” means in regards to computers?
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Question from Brenda F.: I think it’s wonderful that take the time to provide all this great information and help people with their problems.
I’ve noticed that you never ask anyone for money or request any type of payment for the things you do.
I believe you really should because your time is valuable and you deserve to be paid for using it to help all of us. Why do you do all this for free?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Computer technology has changed so much since the “stone age” of personal computing (circa mid-1970s).
Back then our mass storage options consisted of cassette tapes that were slower than ice melting and 8 inch floppy disks that held just a few kilobytes of data each.
What’s more, those floppy drives and floppy disks were very expensive!
Today we have hard drives than can hold several terabytes of data and solid state drives (SSDs) that can swap data in and out of a computer’s RAM at breathtaking speeds. [Read more…]
Question from Elaine: Hi Rick. I’m hoping you can help me.
I joined your Rick’s Tech Tips group on Facebook a couple of months ago to make sure I didn’t miss any of your posts.
I just found out however that I’m not being notified every time you publish a new post (and I want to be!).
How can I fix this so I can see all of your posts?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]