The 2019 Mac Pro is the third-generation model of the Pro series line of Macintosh desktop computers and workstations from Apple first announced on 3 June 2019 during the World Wide Developers Conference and released on 10 December 2019. It replaces the second-generation Mac Pro model that was first released in 2013. The Pros of […]
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Pros and Cons of Laminated Display
A laminated display is a specific design and manufacturing configuration of a display output. Take note that a display screen typically has three basic layers: the display panel, touch layer, and top glass. In a laminated display, these three layers are boded or glued together as a single piece of display and glass. Laminated Displays […]
Advantages and Disadvantages of TIFF
A Tagged Image File Format or TIFF is a specific type of computer file format for storing raster graphic images and exchanging them between application programs. Examples of these programs include word processing, scanning, image manipulation or editors, optical character recognition, and desktop publishing applications, among others. The format was developed in 1986 by a […]
Dot Matrix Printer: Advantages and Disadvantages
A dot matrix printer is a printer device based on impact printing. It uses a print head that moves back and forth and prints by impact or by striking an ink-soaked cloth ribbon against the surface of the paper. Compared to inkjet printers or laser printers, dot matrix printers are more popular in specific settings […]
Advantages and Disadvantages of MP3
MP3 is one of the most popular coding and file formats for compressing digital audio. It was initially defined as the third audio format of the MPEG-1 standard, but further extensions made it the third format of the MPEG-2 standard. Nonetheless, its popularity during the mid to late 1990s and the early 2000s also corresponded […]
Laser Printer: Advantages and Disadvantages
A laser printer is one of the most common types of consumer electronic device used for recreating digital images to a variety of media, particularly papers, substrates, and other compatible surfaces. It is specifically a non-impact printer that works by firing a laser beam on a negatively charged, mechanical, and photosensitive cylinder called a drum. […]
Inkjet Printer: Advantages and Disadvantages
An inkjet printer recreates digital images by accurately pushing or depositing droplets of inks onto a paper or substrates and other printable surfaces. As one of the most common types of printers in the market, its availability ranges from inexpensive consumer units to more expensive commercial models. Four major companies manufacture and market inkjet printers […]
Why Is Venus Hotter Than Mercury?
Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun. It orbits at an average distance of 58 million kilometers. However, despite this proximity, Venus remains the hottest planet in the Solar System. It is about twice as far from the Sun of average as Mercury. Specifically, it orbits at an average distance of 108 million kilometers. […]
Buoyancy Explained: The Archimedes’ Principle
Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer Archimedes of Syracuse suggested in his 250 BCE work “On Floating Bodies,” that any object, whether totally or partially immersed in a fluid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. The infamous assertion made by the ancient Greek polymath is […]
Glenn Borchardt: 10 Assumptions of Science
In his book “The Ten Assumptions of Science: Toward a New Scientific Worldview,” Dr. Glenn Borchardt presented a set of assumptions he deemed would define 21st-century scientific philosophy. He specifically argued that assumptions and not absolutes are necessary for scientific thinking. Furthermore, he noted how critical choices among underlying assumptions either clarify or muddle scientific […]
