Daily Tip:
Repeater Repeater
Your small business is doing well, and you've decided to move to a more
expansive locale. Unfortunately, these bigger digs welcome almost everything
but your wireless network. If you need your wireless network to cover more
territory, buying a repeater is an affordable solution. A repeater
essentially acts as the middleman between a wireless access point and any
PCs beyond the access point's normal range. Many repeaters are compatible
with wireless encryption standards, letting you securely grow your network
without worrying about unwanted intruders.
Daily Term:
line art
A graphic created entirely of distinct lines, with no shading.
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Daily Tip:
Purge The Dust
Even if your business isn't in a dusty area, your computers can still fill
up with an amazing amount of dust, hair, and dirt thanks to their intake
fans. It will blanket your PCs' parts and act as insulation, preventing hot
chips and drives from dissipating heat as they're supposed to. Carefully
open your computers and blow out the dust with compressed air every six
months or so. While you're at it, buy some filters made expressly for
computer fans and sold at PC enthusiast and modder sites. Common sizes are
80mm, 92mm, and possibly 120mm (measured top to bottom or side to side, not
corner to corner).
Daily Term:
power conditioner
A power conditioner is similar to a surge suppressor in that it helps
protect against power surges. Unlike a surge suppressor, however, a power
conditioner can provide extra voltage when the voltage from the outlet
falls. In this way, a power conditioner helps provide a smooth flow of
current to a system.
David Ferrin
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