All Questions on What-is-What - Page 6

What is Google?

Google.com is a website whos mission is, in its own words, "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful". It is the largest search engine on the internet, and additionally offers services such as email, maps, new... _[more]

What is the GPL?

The GPL is the Free Software Foundation's General Public Licence. The GPL is considered the standard open source software licence, and many non-software works are published under the GPL as well. The purpose of this license is to ensure that a work c... _[more]

What is a Hacker?

A hacker is a computer software or hardware expert who displays exceptional knowledge and understanding in his field. Originally, the term was reserved for those who created or modified their hardware to do things that readily available hardware coul... _[more]

What is Hardware?

Hardware is the physical, tangible components of a computer or other electronic device. The term hardware traditionally refers to the physical components of any technology, which is paired with human or animal power and skill to perform it's function... _[more]

What is HTML?

HTML is the language in which webpages are written. The acronym stands for HyperText Markup Language. The term "Hypertext" refers to the links inside of HTML pages, which allow the user to quickly jump from page to page, and even to different places ... _[more]

What is HTML Email?

HTML Email is a type of email message formatted with the HTML markup language. This means that instead of writing plain text, the authors of email messages formatted in HTML can change the font size and colour of their text, and can add pictures, tab... _[more]

What is a Hybrid Vehicle?

A hybrid car is an automobile that has two or more major sources of propulsion power. Most hybrid cars currently marketed to consumers have both conventional gasoline and electric motors... _[more]

What is Infrared?

Infrared, or IR, is the the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between 0.750 and 1000 micrometers. The term infrared literally means "below red", reference to the spectrum's location just below the 0.700 micrometers that the human eye perceives ... _[more]

What is the Internet?

The Internet is a global network of computers that communicate via TCP/IP protocol. While the uncapitalized term "internet" refers to bridged networks in general, the capitalized term "Internet" refers to the global network of networks that is public... _[more]

What is Internet Explorer?

Internet Explorer is Microsoft's integrated web browser. Known by its acronym IE, the program is referred to as an integrated web browser, rather than as a standard web browser, because of the heavy reliance between it and Microsoft's Windows operati... _[more]