An acronym for multifunction peripheral, an MFP is a single device that provides several functions, generally including printing. Usually, multifunction devices include a printer, a scanner, a fax machine and a photocopier.
These devices are becoming a popular option for small office or home users because they're ordinarily less expensive than buying three or four separate devices and they take up less room.
There are, however, a couple of downsides to combining all these functions in one device:
If the device breaks, you could possibly lose all of its functions at the same time.
You can only do one operation at a time. For example, you can't print a document, receive a fax, or scan a photo simultaneously.
Digital divide is the term used to describe the discrepancy between people who have access to technology, such as a computer and the Internet, and people who do not have the resources and access to the technology. it also describes the difference between those who have the skills, knowledge and abilities to use the technologies and those who do not.
The digital divide may exist between people living in rural areas and those living in urban areas, between the educated and uneducated, between economic classes, and on a global scale between more and less industrially developed nations.
Pronounced DEE-mun, a daemon is a process that runs in the background and performs a specified operation at predefined times or in response to certain events. For example, if an email is sent to an address that does not exist on the ISP sent to, a mailer daemon will be sent to the sender of the email notifying them of the error.
The term comes from Greek mythology, where daemons were guardian spirits
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Pronounced bye-ose, BIOS is an acronym for basic input/output system and is the basic instructions for controlling the system hardware. It determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk. The BIOS contains all the programming code required to control the keyboard, screen, drives, communications, and a number of miscellaneous functions.
BIOS is the source of the messages that appear when you first turn on the computer. Its main purpose is to connect hardware to the operating system and to make sure the computer and all itās components start up correctly.
The BIOS is programmed into a computer's ROM (read-only memory, computer memory on which data has been prerecorded. Once data has been written onto a ROM chip, it cannot be removed and can only be read. Unlike main memory (RAM), ROM retains its contents even when the computer is turned off). This ensures that the BIOS will always be available and will not be damaged by disk failures. It also makes it possible for a computer to boot itself.
