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5D, Holograms, & DNA: Amazing Hard Drives of the Future
Today's data storage solutions have an expiration date. What's on the horizon to replace them?
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How Much Data Can Our Brains Store?
Our brains aren't exactly like a computer's hard drive, but it can still be fun to think about just how much storage space we have in our noggins.
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5D, Holograms, & DNA: Amazing Hard Drives of the Future
Today's data storage solutions have an expiration date. What's on the horizon to replace them?
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How Hackers Hack, and How To Stop Them
Hacking is tough, but stopping hackers can be even tougher.
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Induction - An Introduction: Crash Course Physics
In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Megneto helps Shini explain what induction is, how it works, and why magnetism is so seemingly complicated.
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The Absolute Beginners Guide to Cyber Security 2023 - Part 1 - The Colonial Pipeline Attack
In this lesson, we will look at the colonial pipeline attack that happened on April 29, 2021, when the gas line was shut down, causing a gas shortage in the US.
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) - Integrating On-Premises Storage
How might you integrate storage at your location with Amazon Web Services (AWS) storage? This video introduces the AWS features that allow you to incorporate storage in this way.
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 2 (220-1102) - Boot Order
This video explains Boot Order on a system that has a lot of storage devices.
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - TCP, UDP, and ICMP
TCP is the most popular IP protocol, but it isn't the only one. User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) both serve important purposes and features that techs need to understand.
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Multiple Monitors
The CompTIA A+ concentrates on Windows, but every operating system gives you the ability to use more than one monitor. Make sure you understand the power of multiple monitors as well as how to install and configure them.
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Installing a Graphics Card
Graphics cards often require special treatment when installing them in terms of power and cooling. In addition, systems need special drivers to take full advantage of the power of most graphics cards.
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Resolutions and Aspect Ratios
More resolution means a more detailed picture. Monitor resolutions have increased for decades, and a good tech understands common resolutions and aspect ratios.
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Graphics Cards and Connections
Monitors don't create the images they display; that's the graphics card's job. Graphics cards come with different features and capabilities that a good tech understands very well.
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - LCD Breakdown
The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) is the dominant technology for today's monitors. A good tech should possess a deep understanding of how LCDs work and how to open and repair an LCD monitor.
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Monitor Technologies
There's more than one way to make a monitor, but they all share one very important common feature: the pixel. Once we understand that all monitors have pixels, it's easier to understand the different technologies you might find in a...
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Installing and Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
Even though we live in a world of built-to-exact-specification systems, you will eventually need to install and possibly troubleshoot expansion cards. Let's look at the modern expansion card formats and then get hands-on and...
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Common Peripherals
Peripherals allow us to expand our system to support new features such as printing, sound, and external storage. They also enable a wide array of input devices like mice and keyboards. Knowing how to identify each of them quickly is...
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Readers and Scanners
A broad cross-section of peripherals scans and read data. From flatbed scanners to barcode readers and card readers, these devices make our users' lives easier and more convenient.
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Optical Media
Shiny optical discs are an excellent media for transporting data and are still a very common tool for delivering drivers and configuration utilities for hardware. There's several different optical standards and it's critical to know...
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Thunder and Lightning
Thunderbolt and Lightning connectors are high-speed alternatives to USB. A good tech recognizes when these technologies are used, their unique connectors, and the benefits/weaknesses they have compared to USB.
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Configuring USB
Most USB devices work well fresh out-of-the-box. For those that don't, it's important to have a proper USB configuration process to make sure a USB device and all of its features work properly.
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Understanding USB
Why are there USB Type-A and USB Type-B connectors? Why do modern systems still provide older USB connectors when the latest USB perfectly supports older devices? It takes a good understanding of the USB standards to see how and...
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - USB Standards
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface is the main peripheral interface these days. Make sure you're aware of different USB standards as well as the different types of USB connectors.
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Mass Storage Troubleshooting
Mass storage devices sometimes fail, resulting in the potential loss of critical data. A good tech knows the tools and procedures to diagnose and repair many mass storage problems.
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