Google Android is an open source platform for mobile phones based on the Linux operating system and the Java programming platform. Previously there were rumors and it was known under the name GPhone. After the introduction, the development was taken over by the Open Handset Alliance. The 1st phone with this operating system is the T-Mobile G1.
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What does USB mean?
USB means Universal Serial Bus
USB is a standard for connecting peripheral devices (mouse, keyboard, scanner, printer, photo camera, etc.) to a computer. USB has come as a replacement for parallel and serial ports. One advantage of USB is that it can take care of the power supply of the connected peripherals, also USB devices can be connected without having to restart the computer (also called hot-pluggable or hot-swappable). By now we have already arrived at version 3 of this standard. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yExrqFfdsU
What does UMTS mean?
UMTS stands for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System and is the successor of GPRS. UMTS is also called 3g. UMTS promises speeds similar to ADSL and so many new possibilities arise. Think of image telephony, watching movies, wireless internet and e-mail everywhere, but also faster sending of photos, presentations and files. Theoretically, UMTS speeds can be reached up to 2 megabits per second.
What does GPRS mean?
GPRS means General Packet Radio Service
The abbreviation GPRS stands for General Packet Radio Service and is a technique for exchanging data between the provider and the GSM phone. It is the forerunner of UMTS. The payment is made over the dates that are received/sent, not for the time one is online.
What does HTC mean?
HTC means High Tech Computer Corporation
HTC is a Taiwanese manufacturer of mobile equipment. HTC has become big with making Windows mobile phone (they were the first with this operating system). Nowadays they are mostly known from the Android phones (also here they were the first). Read More
What does G1 mean?
The G1 is the first Google Android phone, created by HTC and released by T-Mobile. It is a smartphone with standard Google applications. Android is an open source operating system for mobile phones.
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What does DVD-rip mean?
DVD Rip means copy of a DVD
Someone has thus stopped a DVD movie in his computer and converted the movie as 1 file into a certain video format (often XviD or DivX). This has the effect that your movie is only about 750MB large, and no more 4gb. Most people will not see/hear the quality loss. In The illegal circuit there is often a distinction between a cam version and a DVD-RIP.
What is VLC?
VLC is a media Player (VideoLAN client). It supports a lot of video and audio formats and can be installed on both Windows, Mac and Linux. It can also be used as a video ripper or to play videos and DVDs. Click here to download and get more information, or look at the possibilities in the movie below.
What does plasma mean?
Plasma is ionized gas
This term will mainly occur when it comes to verschullende types of television screens. The display of images is done by a plasma screen by a few hundred thousand minuscule luminous dots or pixels. This gives a high resolution and ability to display lots of details. At startup and shutdown make a "clicking" sound (this is due to the temperature differences). Together with the LCD screens plasma is seen as the successor of the classic TV screens with CRT. Read More
What does DVI mean?
DVI stands for Digital Visual interface and is designed as a monitor interface. Uncompressed video signals are forwarded by the cable to the monitor and transmit a full digital signal without any loss of data. A short time, DVI was present on DVD players and projectors, but these have been replaced by HDMI. For PC € ™ s, DVI still remains the most widely used digital video connection. This is because DVI has already supported higher resolutions and framerates that are necessary for computer monitors from the outset.