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Word of the week: Driver

Driver A small piece of software that allows your PC to control another piece of computer equipment, such as a modem, printer or scanner. Think of when this term stemmed from, a driver of car. The driver controls the hardware.

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Word of the week: Bandwidth

Bandwidth Bandwidth refers to the amount of data or information that your Internet connection can cope with. The more bandwidth you have the faster you can receive data from the Internet. A simple text-only email message doesn’t need much bandwidth, … Continue reading

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Word of the week: ADSL

ADSL Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a technology that provides high-speed Internet access (also known as ‘broadband’) over an ordinary telephone line. This  technology  can  allow  you  to still make ordinary voice calls over the telephone line, while you … Continue reading

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