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What Is Gouraud Shading? Gouraud Shading is an interpolation method used in computer graphics to produce continuous shading of surfaces represented by polygon meshes. Gouraud shading was developed by Henri Gouraud and was first published in 1971. In practice, Gouraud shading is most often used to achieve continuous lighting on triangle surfaces by computing the light … Read more
What Is G. fast? The name G.fast is an acronym for Fast Acess to Subscriber terminals. The letter G, stands for the ITU-T G series of recommendations. G. fast is a digital subscriber line (DSL) protocol standard for local loops shorter than 500 m, with performance targets between 100 Mbit/s and 1 Gbit/s, depending on … Read more
Microprocessor A microprocessor is an integrated circuit (IC) which performs the instructions and tasks involved in computer processing. It is a controlling unit of a micro-computer, fabricated on a small chip capable of performing Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) operations and communicating with the other devices connected to it. Microprocessor consists of an ALU, register array … Read more
In programming, a loop is an instruction that repeats until a specified condition is reached. In a loop structure, the loop asks a question, if the answer requires action, it is executed. The same question is asked again and again until no further action is required. Each time the question is asked it is referred … Read more
What Is Cookie? A HTTP cookie also referred to as internet cookie, browser cookie, web cookie or simply cookie, is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by the user’s browser while the user is browsing. While cookies serve many functions such as storage of password, preferences, … Read more
Optic Disk (Optical Storage Device) Optical storage is the storage of data on an optically readable medium. Data is recorded by making marks in a pattern that can be read back with the aid of light, often a beam of light focused on a spinning optical disk. Therefore, an optic disk is any computer disk … Read more
What Is Elastic Collision? Elastic collision is a type of collision in which the total kinetic energy is conserved. What this means is that, the total kinetic energy of the colliding bodies after collision is equal to their kinetic energy before collision. In a perfectly elastic collision, there is no net conversion of kinetic energy … Read more
What Is Semaphore? Semaphore is a variable or abstract data type used to control access to a common resource by multiple processes in a concurrent system such as multitasking operating system. Semaphore concept was invented by Dutch computer scientist, Edsger Dijkstra in 1962. Semaphore is typically a variable used to solve critical section problems and … Read more
What Is BOOTP? BOOTP stands for Bootstrap Protocol. BOOTP was originally defined as specification RFC 951 and was configured to replace the Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP), also referred to as RFC 903. BOOTP can be defined as a networking protocol used by a client for obtaining an IP address from a server. When … Read more
Client-Server Network A client server network is a specific type of online network comprised of a single central computer acting as a server that directs multiple other computers, which are referred to as the clients. By accessing the server, clients are then able to reach shared files and information saved on the serving computer. Examples … Read more