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What is a smart card?
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What is a "smart card"? Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card can authenticate your computer usage and data. Learn about smart cards.
What Is Safe Mode?
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While Windows is a versatile and powerful operating system, there are times that it can be frustrating. Safe Mode is a special way for Windows to load when there is a system-critical problem that interferes with the normal operation of Windows.
What is a packet?
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A network packet contains data traveling over a network. Learn about network packet structure and see an example of a network packet.
Google Goes Incognito With Vanishing Gmail
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Google is redesigning the way we use email. HowStuffWorks delves into the changes.
What causes the faint horizontal lines on my monitor?
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What causes the faint horizontal lines I can see on my monitor?
What are the different ways you can print without wires?
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What are the different ways you can print without wires? Discover the different ways you can print without wires, including wifi and Bluetooth printers.
Why Are Web Addresses in English?
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People around the world have access to the internet, but not everyone speaks English. Learn why web addresses are in English at HowStuffWorks.
How MocoSpace Works
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MocoSpace is a social networking site that has become very popular. Learn all about MocoSpace at HowStuffWorks.
How Club Penguin Works
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Club Penguin is a social networking site that has become very popular. Learn all about Club Penguin at HowStuffWorks.
What is the Year 2038 problem?
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What is the Year 2038 problem? While not as bad as Y2K, learn how C programming and the standard time library is causing a Year 2038 computer boggle.