Wednesday, 7 August 2013

AFRICA'S EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES



Can Africa’s new emerging technologies take an edge globally?

Well this question can only be answered with a matter of time basing on the fact that new technologies are springing up on the African continent on a daily basis while the question still remains on our minds whether these emerging technologies can be embraced the way they should.
As a matter of fact African technologies can have an edge to compete globally giving account of the strong interest among the youths in African countries to bring their ideas to life.
More technologies continue to be welcomed on the African Continent such as Kenya’s  M_pesa,USHAHIDI,Uganda’s Winsenga,Matibabu among others. This has created an enormous impact on the African continent foristance the economy has been boosted due to the recently introduced mobile money technology that has also increased the mobile phone penetration in africa
INTERNET ERROR CODES !!
 
 Well internet error codes are mind boggling, so i took a task to explain the following codes that you might have come across.
Error 400 - Bad request.
Error 401 -unauthorized request.
Error 403 - forbidden.
Error 404 - Not found.
Error 500 -Internal error.
Error 501 - Not Implemented
Error 502 - Bad Gateway
Error 503 -Service unavailable.
Error 504 - Gateway Time-Out
Error 505 - HTTP Version not supported/DNS Lookup Fail/ unknw host
Error 500-599 - Server Errors

Monday, 5 August 2013

IT ACRONYMS


Well the IT industry is chockfull of acronyms,so i took the liberty to break down some of them.please feel free to add onto my list.


  IP - Internet Protocol.


 HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer
Protocol.

HTTPS - Hyper Text Transfer
Protocol Secure.

 URL - Uniform Resource
Locator.

  USB - Universal Serial Bus.

  VIRUS - Vital Information Resource Under Seized. 


 3G - 3rd Generation.

  GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication.

  CDMA - Code Divison Multiple
Access.

  UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunication
System.

  SIM - Subscriber Identity
Module.

  AVI - Audio Video
Interleave 

 RTS - Real Time Streaming

  SIS - Symbian OS Installer
File

  AMR - Adaptive Multi-Rate
Codec

  JAD - Java Application Descriptor

  JAR - Java Archive

  JAD - Java Application
Descriptor

  3GPP - 3rd Generation
Partnership Project 

3GP - 3rd Generation Project

  MP3 - MPEG player lll

  MP4 - MPEG-4 video file
  AAC - Advanced Audio
Coding

  GIF - Graphic Interchangeable Format

  JPEG - Joint Photographic
ExpertGroup

  BMP - Bitmap

  SWF - Shock Wave Flash

  WMV - Windows Media Video

  WMA - Windows Media
Audio

  PNG - Portable Network
Graphics

  DOC -Document (Microsoft
Corporation)

  PDF  - Portable Document
Format

  M3G - Mobile 3D Graphics

  THM -Themes (Sony Ericsson)

  MMF - Synthetic Music Mobile
Application File 


 NRT - Nokia Ringtone

  XMF - Extensible Music File

   HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language

  WML - Wireless Markup
Language

WAP- Wireless Application Protocol

  CD - Compact Disk.

  DVD - Digital Versatile Disk.

  CRT - Cathode Ray Tube. 


 DAT - Digital Audio Tape.

  DOS - Disk Operating System.

  GUI - Graphical User
Interface.

  HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer
Protocol

.  IP - Internet Protocol.

  ISP - Internet Service
Provider.

  TCP - Transmission Control
Protocol.

  UPS - UninterruptiblePower Supply.

  HSDPA - High Speed
Downlink Packet Access.

  EDGE - Enhanced Data Rate
for GSM Evolution

. 
GSM-Global
System for Mobile Communication

  VHF - Very High Frequency.

  UHF - Ultra High Frequency.

  GPRS - General Packet Radio
Service.

  WAP - Wireless Application Protocol.
  TCP - Transmission Control


Protocol .

  ARPANET - Advanced
Research Project Agency
Network.

  IBM - International Business
Machines.

  HP - Hewlett Packard.

  AM/FM - Amplitude/Frequency Modulation.

 WLA
N - Wireless Local Area Network