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Software
Serial port ‘Software’ is what makes a computer, ‘Compute’. All the
A multipurpose port for data transfer and connecting periph- applications on your computer are software. The Win-
erals.. On modern computer the serial port has been super- dows Operating System is software. Without ‘Software’ all
seded by the USB and other fast data transferee methods. the ‘Hardware’ that goes into building a computer system
would be just a very expensive and sophisticated pile of
junk.

Spam
Spam Is simply unwanted email, likened to the junk mail
you receive through your letter box. Spam usually, con-
tains some sort of promotional material. They’re broad-
cast across the internet in vast quantities by companies
and advertising agencies to catch your interest and get
Server you to buy something. You get Spam because someone on

A server is a central computer on a network, used to ‘Serve’ the internet has got hold of your email address, either by
either a few or hundreds of users and computers. A server buying it as an email job lot, or it has been given by an-
can either be referred to as the ‘Physical computer’ or the other company. You could have given it away on one of
‘Software’ on the computer that defines the ‘Physical com- those Free Registration ploys or just filled it in some-
puter’ as a Server. Server software can share the computer where innocently, not realising you were ‘giving’ it away.
with other services and be multipurpose or they can be dedi- Companies on the internet will stoop to any forms of skul-
cated servers recognised for what they do by their prefix, duggery and trickery to get your email address, to many
‘Mail…Proxy…Print…’ and a more recognisable but general of them it’s like putting money in their savings bank. Your
one the ‘Web Server’ email address is worth money. Notice that many web-
sites, from the interesting to the mundane, require your
Service Pack email address before you can gain access. Ever wonder
A ‘Service pack’ was a large chunk of data periodically re- why your email address is so important to them?
leased by Microsoft that contained update and fixes, similar Spammers will occasionally send out huge numbers of
to the ones released today. However, unlike the periodic up- spam to ‘old’ email addresses. Highlighted and clearly visi-
dates today, ‘Service packs’ did not change, add or remove ble will be the unsubscribe choice and some wording tell-
anything from the system, they merely maintained it and ing you to unsubscribe if you don’t want any more email.
kept it up to date. They could be downloaded individually Avoid clicking on, unsubscribe. This is their way of con-
from Microsoft’ website or downloaded onto your computer firming that your email address is still in service. Unsub-
by the Windows update service. Service packs were popular scribe, and you will get more spam. This ploy is similar to
with some previous versions of windows, and are still re- the one where your email address software, or browser
quired for some older versions of office software. sends a request not to send email to this address. If this
option is selected anywhere deselect it. Never
Shareware acknowledge, to the sender, in any way, you have re-
Shareware is ‘trial’ software. You download it onto your ceived their unsolicited email. Never click on anything,
computer and use it for a stated period of time and then you just delete it and ignore it.
must buy it. If you don’t, it stops working. With ‘Shareware’
as with most trial software, most of the desirable functions Spreadsheet
are greyed out, or you click on them and you’re told you A ‘Spreadsheet’ works with numbers. The layout of a
must buy the software before you can use that particular spreadsheets working page is full of what is known as
feature. ‘cells’. Cells are filled with ‘Labels’, ‘Numeric values’ and
looked after by ‘Formulas’. ‘Labels’ can be any text name
Shortcut chosen to describe the spreadsheet... Gambling debt, Bar
A ‘Shortcut’ is just a quick way of opening programs or fea- bill… whatever. The ‘Numeric values’, are the actual num-
tures. There are two popular types of shortcuts. One is bers, or figures. Formulas are simple instructions… ‘SUM’
‘Shortcut keys’, or ‘Keystrokes’. Keystrokes are just a combi- of this cell, ‘PLUS’ that cell, ‘TIMES’ this cell. The beauty of
nation of keys you press to open a Windows built in feature, the spreadsheet lies in the Formulas. Once set up, change
like ‘Win Key + i’ which opens ‘TSettings’. You can, however, any cell and the Formulas instantly up-dates all the cells,
setup ‘Keystrokes’ to open most applications. You can do this to account for that change. This ability of the formulas,
through the applications ‘Shortcut Icon’ (See Icon). can allow Bosses or Managers, to test their financial strat-
egy in advance, and to see what impact that strategy will
have on future budgets.

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