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Bilingual SKUs and Part Numbers
Many of your favourite brands use consistent numbering systems to help you identify languages. For instance: HP #ABA vs #ABL at the end of a SKU #ABA ...
Tue, 24 Aug, 2021 at 4:00 PM
A Primer on Printers
What do Printer Part number suffixes mean?   D Duplex means the printer can automatically print on both sides of the paper C means a colour printer W Wi...
Thu, 16 Jun, 2022 at 11:50 AM
A Primer on Monitors
What are the various types of connectors monitors use? HDMI: This type of connector is very common, often used with devices other than PC, like game con...
Tue, 21 Jun, 2022 at 11:21 AM
What is the difference between chrome books, consumer, gaming, and business computers?
  Chromebooks run Google’s specific operating system.  They have less powerful processors, memory, and storage.  Although some applications for them run of...
Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 at 10:16 AM
What is the difference between the 2.5” SSD drive, M.2 SATA SSDs, and M.2 NVMe SSDs?
The term SSD drive is an acronym for Solid State Drive, these drives store data even when powered off. They consist of a special memory with no moving parts...
Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 at 11:52 AM
What is a battery backup or UPS?
Battery backups can also sometimes be called an uninterruptible power supply, uninterruptible power source, online UPS, standby UPS, and UPS. However, these...
Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 at 1:04 PM
What is the Cloud, and how is it used?
The division of cloud types includes public, private, and hybrid versions.   The public cloud is made up of companies that provide internet-based services...
Thu, 21 Jul, 2022 at 12:56 PM
What does TCP/IP mean and how is it used?
TCP/IP is short for Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol. It is a system of rules to allow computers to communicate. This communication can be ...
Mon, 25 Jul, 2022 at 12:58 PM
What are computer viruses, malware, and ransomware?
Computers being connected to the internet and or other networks are subject to being infected with unwanted software. Undesirable software can be just annoy...
Mon, 25 Jul, 2022 at 4:50 PM
What is the Internet of Things or IoT?
The Internet of things is how the physical devices around the world are connected to the internet for both gathering and sharing data. These devices have se...
Wed, 27 Jul, 2022 at 11:43 AM