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exFAT
What is exFAT? A quick guide
  • Know-how

What is exFAT? The exFAT file system was specifically developed for flash storage media like USB sticks and SD cards. As a cross-platform format, it simplifies the exchange between Apple and PC devices via external SSD and HDD drives. The exFAT standard is an extension of the FAT32 file system.

What is exFAT? A quick guide
FAT32
What is FAT32? A quick guide
  • Know-how

What is FAT32? This cross-platform format has allowed data to be exchanged between different media (e.g. hard drives and USB sticks) and operating systems (Windows, Linux, and macOS) since 1996. But is the system still able to hold its own against other formats like NTFS or exFAT?

What is FAT32? A quick guide
Add mailbox to Outlook
Adding a mailbox to Outlook: How to set up access to mailboxes in Outlook
  • Technical matters

Microsoft Outlook has a feature that allows you to manage mailboxes in one client. To do this, the manager of a mailbox only has to share it. These selected users can then add the mailbox to their Outlook account to help the mailbox owner process incoming and outgoing mail traffic. Depending on the access given, multiple users may have the power to do a lot of work via e-mail, relaxing the...

Adding a mailbox to Outlook: How to set up access to mailboxes in Outlook
WinRAR alternatives
WinRAR alternatives: Comparing the best solutions
  • Tools

If you want to send large files as an e-mail attachment, you have to compress them first. Zipped in small, handy containers, these packed files are not unzipped until they reach their destination. Besides the well-known WinRAR, there are a few other alternatives worth checking out for zipping and unzipping files. We’ll show you the advantages and disadvantages of the best WinRAR alternatives here....

WinRAR alternatives: Comparing the best solutions
RFID (radio frequency identification)
What is RFID?
  • Know-how

RFID, technology to identify objects with the help of electromagnetic waves, is revolutionizing logistics processes and merchandise management systems. Concepts for automating production processes in the context of the future project Industry 4.0 also rely on RFID systems. We explain to you how radio frequency identification works and what fields of application there are.

What is RFID?
House of quality
House of quality
  • Web analytics

What is the house of quality? When you develop products, you have to meet customer needs, but not at the expense of fulfilling technical requirements. The house of quality, a diagram of tables and graphs, is a perfect tool for considering customer desires and technical feasibility when you are developing a new product.

House of quality
Webinars: Advantages, features, and possible uses
Webinar: definition, basics, and possible uses
  • Online sales

The internet and World Wide Web have brought humanity closer together – it has never been easier to share information, experiences, and memories than it is today. More and more often, the web also serves as a platform for further education. So-called webinars - i.e. online seminars – are replacing classic face-to-face lectures. Companies and teachers now communicate knowledge online instead of in...

Webinar: definition, basics, and possible uses
TMP file
TMP files: what is the deal with temporary files?
  • Know-how

TMP files are automatically created and then deleted when they are no longer needed. They help to free up memory and are used to back up data. So, what exactly are temporary files, which programs create them and do these files also have disadvantages? In the following article, you will learn all you need to know about the function of temporary files.

TMP files: what is the deal with temporary files?
Compilers vs. interpreters
Compilers vs. interpreters: explanation and differences
  • Web development

Over the years, programming languages have become increasingly simplified to make learning and using them as easy as possible. One of the key concerns is to ensure optimal readability of the code written in the given language. Compilers and interpreters are needed to convert the source code into machine code so that it can later be read by computer processors.

Compilers vs. interpreters: explanation and differences
Network protocol: Standards for data exchange
Network protocol: The basis of electronic data exchange
  • Know-how

For computer systems to be able to communicate with each other and exchange information, they need common ground, just like humans must share a common language. But computers don’t rely on foreign language lessons, and instead only need the appropriate network protocol to successfully communicate. This provides guidelines and structures for the data transfer, and so plays a decisive role in the...

Network protocol: The basis of electronic data exchange