Wi-Fi is a certification label for products that operate according to the International Standard (IEEE 802.11). A product may use the Wi-Fi logo as an independent certification agency can demonstrate that the Fuctionaliteiten and performance meet the right requirements. Read More
A MOOC is an online course where everyone can register and whose participation is free. Many international universities today offer MOOCs. A MOOC is more than a few lectures in succession: It is a complete self-contained course specially developed for the Internet. Read More
With 24/7 (or 247, or the English name twenty four Seven) it is meant that something is continuously present. It is often a question of business services (think of a call centre) where there is always a service available, whether it is weekend or during the day, to reach the call centre. Read More
Dropbox is a piece of software that you install on your computer (or on your Mac, your smartphone, etc.). You specify which directory is synchronized, and everything that is in it is automatically synchronized. This Read More
WHATSAPP is a messaging service, a chat program for mobile phones actually. This allows you to start conversations with other users, you can also send pictures or movies back and forth. The program has become popular because it is used as an alternative to SMS. Read More
LTE is the successor to the GSM and UMTS network, and is a technique used in 4g networks. The speed of LTE (up to 100 Mbps) makes it possible to stream movies. In the Netherlands a number of tests will be started in 2011, for now it is not yet available nationwide, this depends on several factors (number of devices that can work with LTE, enough applications, sufficient demand). Read More
Sotify was founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Mark Lorentzn and is the combination of Spot and Identify. The Swedish company wants to say that you hear and identify a song with Spotify. Spotify has a database of millions of songs that you can listen to as a stream. Since May 2010, Spotify is also officially available in the Netherlands. With the free version you can listen for 20 hours of music, after that you will have to move on to a paid account (4.99 per month or 9.99 per month, where you can listen to the mobile). Listening to the music goes with the Spotify music player, with which you can listen to music but also create playlists. More information and downloads on the Spotify site.
DNS is a protocol that makes the translation of a domain name to a ipaddress on the Internet. This website has, for example, as IPAddress: 195.211.73.41 but that is difficult to remember, so remember people: www.wat-betekent.nl. DNS is a distributed database that contains host and domain names and their associated IP addresses. DNS eliminates the need to maintain a list of IP addresses on each computer. Read More