Daily Tip: Change Your Screen Resolution The text and icons on your computer monitor should be easy to see and read. If you find yourself squinting at either, you'll want to change your screen resolution. In Windows XP, right-click the Desktop, click Properties, and Settings; in Windows Vista/7, right-click the Desktop, click Personalize, and select Display Settings. Under Screen Resolution change the slider to more or less resolution. Text and icons will be bigger as the resolution decreases, and the opposite is true. Your monitor may only support a few different settings. By changing the resolution so everything is easy to read you should be more functional. Daily Term: daemon
A daemon (pronounced da'mon or de'mon) is a memory resident computer program that runs in the background, typically without user interaction. Daemons are often started automatically at bootup in a process referred to as spawning. They respond to specific events or triggers to perform predefined tasks. An example from the UNIX OS (operating system) is the spooling daemon. When an application writes a file to the LPT (line printer terminal) spooler's directory, the spooling daemon is automatically invoked to print the file. The application wanting the file printed does not need to worry about resource competition or the complexities of LPT spooler. It simply drops the file in the directory and assumes the daemon will complete the task. Non-UNIX OSes also use daemons, but they are usually known by a different name. Windows, for example, refers to these types of programs as System Agents (Windows 9x/Me) or services (Windows NT/2000/XP). The term daemon is often used interchangeably with demon, especially in the UNIX world, where daemon is considered mildly archaic. In some circles, a slight distinction is made between the two, where daemons are part of the OS and demons are part of an application or program. In this context, a trigger in a DBMS (database management system) is considered a demon because it is part of the DBMS, not the OS. The term daemon originates from Greek mythology, in which daemons were guardian spirits. David Ferrin Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like "Will Rogers" For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
