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Hello Pals !! In this post I will write about the difference between  a touch compatible point-of-sale machine (Touch POS)  and  a personal computer machine (PC) . This difference will help decide a Business, which of the two is most appropriate for it.  Note: I am talking about the use of these two products keeping a traditional un-organized retail market in mind. What is best for such a market ? Decision for using any of the product can be based keeping this un-organized retail market in mind. Touch POS :-  As the name suggests, a touch POS is a touch compatible machine in which we do not require the use of a keyboard and a mouse. A touch POS is mostly dependent on a Touch Compatible software or application which is the soul of the machine. Touch POS can be called a higher or a better version of a computer in simple words. It can do specialized task which a computer cannot do like it can be integrated with many devices such as Magnetic Strip Read...

Hello Pals !! Have you noticed at any point some parallel lines on any of the product like ice-cream, cold-drinks, clothes, mobile etc? Have you ever wondered what these parallel lines are and what is its use? Well it is nothing but a barcode. A barcode is a way of representing unique number of a product in visual form. Have a look at image below.                               A Sample One Dimensional (1D) Barcode Image                                        This type of image you might have noticed before on products. This is a barcode. A barcode is a unique number or identification given to a product. The barcode is always unique for a product. It means, say a particular number 123 is taken as a barcode for a product COKE 1 Liter bottle then this 123 number cannot be used by any other produ...

Hello Pals !! This post is about Drivers. By drivers we mean someone who is driving. right? Well yes but in computer world, a driver is not a driver of a car or bus as we understand. Although the work of the driver is acting as a medium between operating system and a particular hardware device. What is a Driver in Computer World ? A driver in computer means a set of instructions or files which acts as a medium between operating system and a particular hardware device. Without specific drivers of a hardware device, a computer's operating system will not be able to recognize the dev ice and device will not work. Different hardware devices come with their respective drivers for specific operating systems. Let us take an example. Suppose i have attached a newly bought printer to my laptop or a computer. This printer is unknown to my laptop so it will not work unless i install the required drivers. My laptop's operating system is unable to understand this new device ...

Hello Pals !! This post is about servers. You must have heard this name many a times and might have tried to read about it. Many of you may still have been confused about what exactly is a server? So in this post i will try to explain a server in a very simplistic manner. A server is a centralized machine/hardware/software which serves other machines/hardware/softwares called clients. By centralized we mean that the server is responsible for storing and processing of data for its clients which may be at a remote place and are connected to server which is at yet another place. A server can be a computer to which other computers are connected through LAN (Local Area Network) or through Internet .Let us understand it in a more simpler way by taking an example of a small server. Suppose i have three computers named C1, C2 and C3. Lets say C1 is my database server and C2 and C3 are connected to this server C1 through a LAN (Local Area Network). As C1 is the server it means ...

Hello Pals !! This post is about a small but a useful device called Wifi USB. A wifi USB is a small device which is very useful to connect to internet when there is no inbuilt wireless in laptop or a personal computer. There are many devices which do not come with inbuilt wireless and requires purchase of wifi card as an accessory or may be inbuilt wifi is not working or has malfunctioned and this is where wifi USB is a very cheap and convenient option to access internet. It receives signal from the wifi router, hotspot and let a user connect to Internet with ease. A Wifi USB Above is an image of the device. As you can see this device can be easily connected to a USB port as it has USB interface available. The working of this device will require the particular drivers specific to the device to be installed on computer/laptop.  How to Install A Wifi USB :- 1. Before installing have a look at your laptop or computer at bottom right which is not having an inbuilt ...

Hello Pals !! This post is about two different types of printers and their uses at different Work Place. I am sure most of you have heard about printers and understand it as a simple printing device. But here we are trying to compare two types of printers and where they are useful or applicable. A Thermal Printer A Laser Printer Above are images of a thermal printer and a laser printer. There are many good companies which make such printers but we are not going to discuss about which company is better than other in this post. We are simply comparing these two types of printers                                 Points of comparison: Thermal Printer : Laser Printer: Space Occupies less Space. It can easily be put where not enough space is available. Occupies more space. Needs to be put at a place with some space Speed Faster Slo...