Definition of Delete vs Cancel – Two Commonly Confused Computer Terms
In this article, I want to talk a little bit about two computer terms that I see people confusing or demonstrating that they don’t understand completely. People often use the two interchangeably or consistently use the wrong one. These two terms are “cancel” and “delete.”
Computer Question – Why Do You Have to Restart Your Computer?
This question was asked by Paul Prior. Paul wrote saying, “Out of curiosity, after updates I get a message saying to restart my computer, which I always do. What’s the reason for this?”
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This is a pretty simple thing to understand when you think about it the right way.
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What is a USB Flash Drive – Computer Terms in Plain English
In this audio lesson & transcript, I’m going to take a question from Mark. He writes and asks, “What’s a flash drive?”
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A flash drive is a type of storage device for a computer. A storage device is the broad or general term for anything that is used to store data or files.
A hard drive in your computer is a storage device. An old floppy disk is a storage device. A CD-ROM or DVD is a storage device, and so is a flash drive.
A lot of people call flash drives by specific brand names. They think that is the correct name for them. Sometimes they’ll refer to them as a thumb drive, jump drive, go drive, key drive or any number of things. These are actually all brand names or partial brand names that people have mistakenly thought was the correct general term for that type of device.
A flash drive is a
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