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• Inventor: Tim Berners-Lee
• Collaborator: Robert Cailliau
• Year of invention: 1989 August
• Organization: CERN (European physics lab, Switzerland)
• First website: 1991 (public release)
• WWWW stands for World-Wide Web Worm.

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Explanation

• SMTP is the standard protocol used to send emails across the internet.
• SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

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Explanation

• A Modem (Modulator-Demodulator) converts digital signals into analog signals and vice versa.
• It is used to connect computers to the internet via telephone lines or other networks.

Additional information:

• Switch – connects multiple devices in a network
• Hub – basic network connector
• Repeater – boosts signal strength
• Router – directs internet traffic

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Explanation

• PowerPoint is used for Create presentations from scratch or a template.
• Add text, images, art, and videos.
• Select a professional design with PowerPoint Designer.

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• Ctrl + N shortcut key is used to create a new, blank document
• Save Document: Ctrl + SO
• Open Document: Ctrl + O
• Print Document: Ctrl + P (or Ctrl+F2 for Preview)
• Undo/Redo: Ctrl + Z (Undo),Ctrl + Y (Redo)
• Bold/Italic/Underline: Ctrl + B, Ctrl + I, Ctrl + U
• Center Alignment: Ctrl + E
• Insert Hyperlink: Ctrl + K
• Find/Replace: Ctrl + F (Find), Ctrl + H (Replace)

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Explanation

• Linux is based on open-source software.
• It is a Unix-like operating system.
• Created by: Linus Torvalds (1991).
• It is widely used in servers, mobile devices, and supercomputers.

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• ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• Purpose: Character encoding standard
• Range: 0–127
• Represents: Letters, numbers & punctuation
• Work began: May 1961
• Definitive version: Published in 1968

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Explanation

• Junk mail is also called spam.
• The name comes from an old Monty Python comedy sketch.
• It is commonly used for ads, scams, or fake promotions.
  

Additional information:

• Spoof means pretending to be another sender (email spoofing).
• Email services use spam filters to block junk mail automatically.

Explanation

• PowerPoint is used to create multimedia presentations.
• Combines text, images, audio, video, animations, and charts.
• Developed by Microsoft.
• File extension: .pptx

Last updated on 14-09-2026

Explanation

• A firewall’s main function is to prevent or block unauthorized access to a computer network.
• It acts as a security barrier between trusted and untrusted networks (like the internet).
• It filters incoming and outgoing network traffic based on security rules.
• It helps protect systems from hackers and unwanted access attempts.

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