Data Packets
Click “send” on a file or email or message, and you might picture it being sent like a letter to its destination. In reality, your file is torn up into
Primary Memory
Primary memory is incredibly important to the functioning of a computer …it’s also not always fully understood what it is and how it works. Learn more here! What is Primary
Packet Switching
When you click “send” on an email, you might think that your message gets sent like a paper letter – one message, delivered from place to place until it arrives
IP Addresses
The internet is a huge system. How can specific things be easily found in such an enormous space? Any device that connects to the internet is assigned an IP (Internet Protocol)
Motherboards
At the heart of a computer lies the motherboard. A computer couldn’t function without it. But what exactly is a motherboard? The motherboard of a computer is a printed circuit
Bits
Whenever people talk or write about computers, they use the term BITS: “bits of information,” “megabits,” “bits per second,” etc. BIT is short for Binary digIT. Binary means “two” and digits refer