What is Java?

What is Java? A search on ‘What is Java’ in google returns roughly about 329,000,000 pages. That is the popularity of Java on the web. If you haven’t read the history of Java please read it first here. Java was just meant to be a portable, platform independent programming language. But over the years it has transformed into a complex platform for computing portable software across different devices and systems What is the need for Java? When there were so many programming languages already available what was the need for another programming language. To understand this let us take an example of a program that runs on a SONY TV remote control. This program can  be written using a language (let us assume) called X. The remote control has an in-built chip on which this program...

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Create Ghost Bootable SD Card or USB Flash Drive

Create Ghost Bootable SD Card or USB Flash Drive It's a good practice to create an image of your hard drive before you start using it. Especially when you had to build that computer from scratch and spent hours installing the operating system and all of your favorite apps... As Symantec Ghost becomes more user friendly, people start to recognize this idea. The idea also works well when you need to clean your PC from viruses. In case anything goes wrong with the operating system, you just need to restore the image using the Symantec bootable CD. However, the problem comes when we deal with the new version of those small laptops: The netbooks!...

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Microsoft Excel Shortcut Keys

Microsoft Excel Shortcut Keys The followings are Microsoft Excel shortcuts. Some short-cuts might be version specific. Use at your own risk. Mouse shortcuts ShortcutDescription Double-click (on a cell)Edit the cell contents. Double-click (on a row/column divider)Adjust height/width to auto-fit High-light headers of multiple rows/columns then Double-click on a row/column dividerAdjust height/width to auto-fit of all high-lighted rows/columns Triple-clickSelect the entire contents in the cell Click on row/column divider then dragAdjust height/width of the row/colunn High-light headers of multiple rows/columns then Click on row/column divider then dragAdjust height/width of the rows/colunns Ctrl + Mouse wheelZooms in and out of document. Hold Shift + Click the cellsSelect multiple cells Keyboard...

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Hide Files or Folders Using Command Prompt

Hide Files or Folders Using Command Prompt User Submitted. Thanks S.V.Vignesh Raaj (View Thread) Trick to hide files and folders using Command Prompt The most important thing is that, once hidden with this method, the files/folders cannot be viewed by any search options even if you click "Show All Hidden Files and Folders".  Hiding the most wanted files and folders is very important nowadays and it's really a tedious job too. In order to make this tedious job an easy one, i'm going to deliver you a the trick now. For Example: You have a folder named "collegephotos" and this folder is stored in (Disk Drive E). You think that it should not be seen by strangers who use your PC. For that you need to follow the following instructions Press windowkey+R: Run command dialog box appears. Now...

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