Category Archives: CS Core

Difference between Firewall and Proxy Server

Both firewall and thee proxy are resided between the local system and the internet to provide security against the network threats. 1. Firewall: A firewall is an application or the hardware device that protects the local system from unauthorized people and also monitoring the external network security threats like spoofing and routing attacks. 2. Proxy: Same as the… Read More »

Some Interesting Facts About MySQL

MySQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS) based on SQL- Structured Query Language and is free and open source.MySQL was created by MySQL AB, a Swedish company in 1995 which was later acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008. MySQL is easy to use and fast. It is one of the most famous open source databases and it… Read More »

What is Software and its Types ?

Software is nothing but a program or collection of programs that perform a specific task. Software is a bridge between user and computer hardware. Softwares directs the peripheral devices on how to perform the task which is specified for that software. There are two main types of Software given as Follows:     System Software Application Software These… Read More »

Difference between UPnP and PnP

PnP- Plug and Play Plug and Play is a general computing term. A Plug and Play device is a device connected to a machine, which resolves its resources without user intervention or manual configuration. UPnP- Universal Plug and Play UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) is a networking protocol or a set of networking protocols which enables devices like… Read More »

Difference between SATA and PATA

1. SATA – It stands for Serial Advanced Technology Attachment. It is used to make a connection among bus adapters, mass storage devices like disk drives, optical drives, solid-state drives. Because of less cable size and cost, high data transfer speed and hot swapping. This is efficient compared to PATA. The communication between the SATA devices and host… Read More »

Multilevel Paging in Operating System

A page table is a data structure used by virtual memory system in a computer operating system to store the mapping between the virtual addresses and physical addresses. Multilevel page tables are split into two or more levels.The multi-level page tables are tree-like structures to hold page table. The entries of the level-0 page table are pointers to… Read More »

Confusing terms in Networking

There are few technical terms related to networking which are often used in day-to-day language so it becomes necessary to know what they actually mean and also the differences between them. Sometimes we use online tools to test our network strength and there are often few technical jargons related to it. Below are a few terms which are… Read More »