What is a Virtual Machine?

December 6, 2019
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A virtual machine, also commonly referred to as VM, is a guest system running on top of a virtualization software or hypervisor. VirtualBox, VMWare, and QEMU are examples of popular tools that are able to emulate network, disk, and other hardware resources to build virtualized environments that behave as physical computers. These environments are isolated from each other and from the host where the virtualization software is installed, each running distinct operating systems.

What is WordPress?

December 4, 2019
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WordPress is a free and open source content management system (CMS) that provides blog and site infrastructure, creation, and publishing tools.

What is an HTML Tag?

November 25, 2019
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An HTML tag is a piece of markup language used to indicate the beginning and end of an HTML element.

What is Linux?

November 23, 2019
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Generally, Linux refers to a group of open-source operating system distributions built around the Linux kernel. In the strictest sense, Linux refers only to the presence of the kernel itself. Linus Torvalds first released the Linux operating system kernel in 1991, as an alternative to Unix, a…

What is a Packet?

November 21, 2019
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Packets are the basic units of data transmitted through a TCP/IP network. Originally conceived as a way to transmit data without a pre-established connection, packets make dynamic data transference possible. Packet data fall into two categories: control information (source and destination network…

What is Git?

November 20, 2019
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Git, originally developed by Linus Torvalds in 2005, is an open source, distributed version control system used to track and manage changes within a code repository.

What is MVC?

November 19, 2019
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MVC, or Model-View-Controller, is a software design pattern that separates application logic into three interrelated components- the model, view, and controller.

What is nginx?

October 30, 2019
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Nginx, pronounced *engine-x*, is an open source web server used for serving static or dynamic websites, reverse proxying, load balancing, and other HTTP and proxy server capabilities.