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What is Invisible Web or Deep Web?

The 'visible web' is what one can find using general search engines such as Google, Ask, Yahoo etc. The 'invisible web' is what internet users cannot retrieve using search engines. The invisible web is also called as deep web, deepnet, or the hidden web. Way back in the year 2000, it was estimated that the invisible web or the deep web contained approximately 7,500 terabytes of data and 550 billion individual documents. Estimates based on extrapolations from a study done at University of...

What is a Netbook Computer?

A Netbook is a very small, light-weight, low-cost, energy-efficient notebook, optimized for internet based services like emailing and browsing. A Netbook is essentially a smaller laptop designed for wireless communication and access to the Internet. What hardware does a Netbook have? Netbooks are lighter than laptops and more energy efficient thus they have: a smaller screen - generally 7 to 10 inches diagonal an energy efficient processor like the Intel Atom CPU running at...

What is Usenet

Usenet is a worldwide distributed system of discussion groups in which millions of people participate. There are many Usenet groups and anyone on the Internet may participate for free. In other words, Usenet is a group of public forums for discussions. Usenet was originally designed to carry local news between two universities in North Carolina. Therefore, Usenet groups are commonly referred to as Newsgroups also. Usenet is also called as 'The News' or 'Netnews'. As in...

What is OpenID

OpenID is a shared identity service which allows Internet users to log on to many web sites using a single sign-on or in other words a single username or user ID, thus eliminating the need for a different user name and password for each site. An OpenID is in the form of a link or a URL. This URL can be the domain name of your own website, or the URL of an OpenID identity provider. When you log in with an OpenID, you have to log in to the Open identity provider for validation. How do I get...

What is a CHM File?

CHM stands for Compiled Help Modules and is a Microsoft Compiled HTML format. The CHM format is used in Microsoft HTML Help, the standard help system for the Windows platform. A CHM file is basically a collection of HTML documents and other data such as images and JavaScript compressed into a single file. How do I open CHM files? You can open CHM files via Mozilla Firefox by using the CHM Reader addon which helps you open CHM files within Firefox itself. Download the CHM Reader addon for...