Windows 8 1.3 Windows 8 Devices 1.4 Metro vs. Desktop 1.5 The Touchscreen Controversy 2. The Windows 8 User Interface 2.1 Understanding Metro 2.2 Navigating 2.3 Tiles and Live Tiles 2.4 What If I Don’t Like Metro? 3. Mouse, Keyboard or Fingers? 3.1 Navigation with the Keyboard 3.2 Using a Mouse 3.3 The Original Pointing Device 3.3.1 Open the Charm Bar: Swipe from the right 3.3.2 Switch Apps: Swipe from the left 3.3.3 Snap Apps: Swipe slowly from the left 3.3.4 Show Running Apps: Swipe from left-and-back
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should also be considered. Consoles are for whom the gaming community calls “Lazy-Boy Gamer’s”; meaning, turn on the console, relax in a lazy-boy recliner and play games. This is made possible due to the use of a controller. Pc gaming uses a mouse and keyboard to play games, so the user will be sitting at a desk in an upright position which can be uncomfortable over long periods of time. When it comes to graphics, Pc’s have no competition. With more processing power with a Pc, most games run at 60-120FPS
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WHERE’S THE ANY KEY?!?! The confusion of keyboards, mouses, programs, desktops, and just the general process of using a computer can be frustrating. A “touch-screen” made it much easier for a user to navigate around their computer, cell phone, laptop or tablet. Not only did the touch-screen make things more simple, it also made devices smaller and more portable. There is no need for a physical keyboard if you can use a touch keyboard built right into your device. HISTORY E.A. Johnson developed
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command line prompt is C:\>. The GUI (Graphical User Interface) only uses a keyboard to navigate by entering commands and it does not use a mouse. GUI (Graphical User Interface) uses windows, icons and menus to carry out the commands, for example opening, deleting and moving files. Although the GUI (Graphical User Interface) operating systems are through the use of a mouse and the keyboard can also be utilized by using the keyboard shortcuts or the arrow keys.
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Series 9 MacBook The MacBook Air is a line of notebook computers that are ultraportable and is part of the Macintosh product line, created by Apple Inc. The Air was designed to balance both performance and portability, consisting of a full-sized keyboard design, a machined casing made of aluminium, and a very light and thin structure. Samsung Series 9 The Samsung Series 9 features Samsung’s MaxScreen technology which has allowed the company to keep the bezel to a minimum and lend the screen
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connects two components (e.g. a hard disk and a motherboard). Interfaces are responsible for the exchange of data between two components. At the physical level they consist of both software and hardware elements. I/O units Components like mice, keyboards, serial and parallel ports, screens, network and other cards, along with USB, firewire and SCSI controllers, etc. Clock frequency The rate at which data is transferred, which varies quite a lot between the various components of the PC. (Usually
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Exercise Based on basics of c and if else 1. Write a program to print ASCII value of a character entered. 2.Write a program to read a character and if the character entered is a upper case then convert it into lower case and vice versa. 3. Write a program to convert degree Fahrenheit into degree Celsius. 4. Write a program to check whether a number entered is a even number or odd number using switch case statement. 5. Write a program to read month of the year as an integer and print the month
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1. Inter-process Communication (IPC) Introduction Inter-Process Communication, which in short is known as IPC, deals mainly with the techniques and mechanisms that facilitate communication between processes. Now, why do we need special separate mechanisms or techniques for communicating between processes? Why isn't it possible to have information shared between two processes without using such special mechanisms? Let us start from something primitive. Imagine you have two glasses completely filled
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the keyboard, therefore it does not signal any beep codes as an older motherboard with PS2 mouse connectors would. The main difference between a USB mouse and a ps2 is that ps2 speeds up to 2mbps where USB speeds up to 480 mbps and it is hot swappable (plug & play) among many types of devices. Also because the USB is not specifically used for mice and keyboards, the absence of them does not raise any beeping signals. Because of this reason, switching the ports for the mouse and keyboard or
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Mac OS X Lion Power User Keyboard Shortcuts v2.0.1 Visit MacMost.com for Mac and iPhone video tutorials, news, reviews and commentary. ⇧ shift ⌃ control ⌥ option ⌘ command ⇥ tab ↩ return ⌫ delete Finder Commands ⏏ eject ⎋ esc Mission Control ⌘ space Spotlight menu ⌃↑ View Mission Control ⌘ ⌥ space Spotlight window ⌃↓ Show appʼs windows ⌘⌫ Move to trash F11 Show desktop ⇧⌘⌫ Empty Trash F12 ⇧⌥⌘⌫ Force Empty Trash
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