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Do These For Healthy Mind

* Take 10 to 30 minutes walk daily.
* Sit in silence for atleast 10 minutes daily.
* Go to bed earlier & get more sleep.
* Spend time with people over the age of 60 & under the age of 6.
* Dream more when you are awake & work on that.
* Try to make atleast 3 people smile each day.

Meaning for English words

* Aboriginal means indigenous or earliest known.


* Aloft means overhead or high up.

* Artillery means the branch of the army concerned with the use of canons.

* Beridden means confined to bed because of illness, injury.


* China clay is a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.
Another name for china clay is Kaolin.

Kaolin is used in ceramics, medicine, coated paper, as a food additive, in toothpaste, as a light diffusing material in white incandescent light bulbs, and in cosmetics. It is generally the main component in porcelain.


* Compatible means capable of existing.

* Concussion means shock caused by the impact of a collision, blow.

* Confine means prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment or illness or discipline.

2 ) To enclose within bounds.

* Consul means an official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign country to represent his goverment's commercial interests & assists the citizens there.

* Consulate means a residence or official premises of a consul.

* Crockery means a kind of earthenware.

* Crown means a type of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of soverignty, often made by a precious metal & ornamented with valuable gems.

* Cuneiform means wedge shaped characters used for writing by ancient Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians.

* Discrepancy means disagrement or divergence between facts.

* Earthenware is a common ceramic material, which is used extensively for pottery tableware and decorative objects.

* Electromagnetic radiation (often abbreviated E-M radiation or EMR) is a form of energy exhibiting wave like behavior as it travels through space.

These waves are classified according to their frequencies like radio waves, Micro waves, Infrared radiation, Visible light, Ultra violet radiation, X rays & Gamma rays.

They have both electric & magnetic field components.

* Eminence means high rank or state or repute

* Enclave means a country or part of a country lying wholly within the boundaries of another. A distinctly bounded area enclosed within a larger unit.

* Fatigue means physical or mental weariness.

* Feasible means capable of being accomplished.

* Fornication means voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons or two persons not married to each other.

* Fugitive means run away from law or justice.

* Furrow means a long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow.


* Gazette means a newspaper or a printed sheet published periodically.

* Generic means relating to entire group or class.

* Grimace means facial expression that indicates disapproval

* Grin means to smile broadly as an indication of pleasure.


* Groove means long, narrow cut in the surface.

* Hack means to break up the surface.

* Hike means rise or increase.

* Inmate means a person confined in a prison,hospital or in a hostel.

* Intent means aim or goal.

* Invade means to enter forcefully and affect injuriously or destructively.

* Janitorial means one who attends to the maintenance or cleaning of a building.

* Loom means a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.

* Manifest means prove

* Maternity means state of being a mother.

* Monotonous means uniformity in sound or tone or pitch. * Myopia means short-sight.

* Myriad means Lot of , many, innumerable, plenty of, utter most & etc. * Obsolete means no longer in use.

* Outlaw means a person or group or a thing excluded from the benefits & protection of law. He is a lawless person or habitual criminal , especially one who is fugitive from the law. * Persist means fixed or unmoved or stand firm.

* Photoluminescence is a process in which a substance absorbs photons (electromagnetic radiation) and then re-radiates photons.

* Plaque means a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal.

* Porcelain is a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material.

* Pottery means articles made of baked clay or a place where earthen pots or vessels are made.


* Pranks means a trick of an amusing and playful.

* Refrain means avoid or abstain.

* Render means submit or present or surrender something or someone to another.

* Slut means prostitute.

* Solicit means request.


* Spill means to cause or allow to fall liquid from a container.

* Sterility means inability to reproduce because of congenital or some disorders.

* Stoneware means a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.

* Toast means sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.

* Trench means excavation or depression in the ground.

* Usher means One who is employed to escort people to their seats, as in a theater, church, or stadium , just like door keeper.

* Vintage means a kind of wine from particular grapes.

* Vitrify means convert into glass.

* Vulnerable means capable of being wounded easily or capable of being affected easily.

* Weft means woven fabric or garment.

Knowledge On Windows

AUDIO - If audio port is not active or enabled, go to bios , advanced, onboard audio or advanced, chipset, onboard audio and enable it.

BLUE DUMP ERROR  -  * If the applications run more than supported memory, the system hangs up or the screen becomes blue in color called blue dump error.
* It may occur due to ram failure or OS failure.

BMP -  * Bit MaP
* File format used for images.

BOOT.INI  -  * One of the booting files of windows xp.
* It contains information about time out ( time taken to change from text mode to graphical mode ), list of partitions, number of hard disks, type of OS
* If we have dual OS, we can change the booting priority by moving up or down
* It has 5 boot options. Safe boot, No gui boot, Boot log, Base video, SOS.

CFG - ConFiGuration file format.

COMPRESSION  -  Zipping the file, so that reducing the size of the file.

DEFRAGMENTATION  -  * Process os reducing unwanted space in the hard disk by re-organizing and re-arranging files, so that it can occupy one large area in hard disk rather than small areas.
* It increases the overall performance of the system
* Right click the drive you want to defragment --> properties --> tools -->defragment now.

ELA -  * Easy Language Archieve
* Filename extension of voice calls in Linux ( equals to MP3 of Windows ).

ENCRYPTION  -  Conversion of data into secret code ( ciphertext ) which can not be understood by unauthorized people.

FIREFOX - Shortcut for homepage in Firefox browser or internet explorer is ( Alt+Home ).

GROUP POLICY  -  * Centralised management and configuration of computers.
* We can define policies that are applied to computers regardless users and we can apply policy to users regardless of computers.
* Type gpedit.msc from run.
* There is no separate path for group policy since it is a collection of all entities.

HDMI  -  It stands for High Definition Multimedia Interface.

HOMEPAGE - Shortcut for homepage in Firefox browser or internet explorer is ( Alt+Home ).

INTERNET EXPLORER - Shortcut for homepage in internet explorer OR Firefox is (Alt+Home ).

MAP NETWORK DRIVE  -   * Windows helps us to connect to a shared network folder and assign a drive letter to the connection, so that we can access the folder using my computer rather than going to the network path every time.
* Go to the folder for which we need map network --> (right click) map drive
* Or, go to my computer --> tools --> map network drive --> paste the path of the folder for which we need map network --> click ok.

MESSAGING SERVICE -  * To send messages within network, type,
net send from run  press enter.
* When the computer is running Windows XP Service pack 2, this wont work.
* If Messenger service is disabled, this wont work.

MICROSOFT OUTLOOK  -  The filename extension of Microsoft Outlook is .pst. It stands for " personal storage table ".

OUTLOOK EXPRESS MAIL  -  The file name extension of Outlook express mail is .dbx. It stands for " direct byte execution ". File name extension of Outlook express exported mail is .iaf. It stands for " internet account file ".
PORT  -  It is to adapt software, so that executable program can be created for a computing environment.

PORT NUMBER  -   * Number assigned to a particular service or host.
* It identifies where the communication takes place.
* It tells TCP to transfer messages to any application.
* In TCP or UDP header, port number field is used to specify which applications are sending or receiving data.

PRINTER  -   It is a computer program that enables the application to communicate with a hardware printer. The device that puts data onto the paper is called printer device.

SAFE MODE  -  * Temporary method of running windows using absolute minimum in resources
* In the event of hardware failure or malfunction in OS, it is necessary to run the system in safe mode. It runs only the bare essential of OS.
* Restart the machine and press F8 key to enter into safe mode.

SERVICE CREATION  -  To create a service, type the following command in CLI
sc create < service name >
To delete a service, the command is sc delete < service name >

SERVICES  -  * Long running executable program that performs specific task for machine's requirement and not for users'.
* We can see services from control panel --> administrative tools --> services
* Or type services.msc from run.

START UP  -  It contains programs that are automatically loaded every time we turn on the computer.

TASK MANAGER / WINDOWS TASK MANAGER -  * It is a utility in Windows that provides detailed information about computer performance, running applications, processes, cpu usage, memory information, network activity and statistics, logged in users and system services.
* We can start a new task, and we can kill a task that is not responding.
* We can also hibernate, log off, restart or shut down the machines.
* It has 6 tabs. Application, Processes, Performance, Networking, Services, Users.

TELNET - It is a service that allows connecting to the remote machine via Command Line Interface.

TIF - Tagged Image File.

TROJAN HORSE - No replicating malware that enters user's system with unauthorized access and reveals password to the remote location.

V CALENDER - * It is a utility in Microsoft Outlook that provides electronic version of calender. It has appointment book, address book, add or remove contact.
* V calender files are used to exchange information about appointments and schedule with others who are not in our work group or organisation.

V CARD -  * It serves as an electronic business card in Microsoft Outlook.
* It is a convenient way of exchanging personal information such as name, address, phone number and email address. 

VIRTUAL MEMORY  -  * Portion of a hard disk used to simulate additional ram. It is also called paging file.
* Control panel --> system --> advanced --> performance settings --> advanced -->virtual memory -->change
* The initial value is 2046 MB. Maximum value is 4092 MB. Default value is 3057 MB which is a recommended value.


VIRUS -  * It is harmful computer program which can copy itself and infect the computer.
* It is self replicating computer program that can spread from one computer to another computer through CD, DVD, USB, Internet.
* It includes malware, spyware, adware and infects the file or file system.
* Some famous viruses are Blaster, Code red, Creeper, Elk cloner, I love you, Melissa, Morris Internet Worm, Nimda, Sasser, SQL slammer.

VOLUME SHADOW COPY / VOLUME SNAP SHOT SERVICE - 
* It is a technology that allows taking manual or automatic backup copies or snap shot of data.
* It needs one NTFS volume for shadow copies to be stored.
* Users can easily access the previous versions of their files by right clicking their file or folder.

WINDOWS NT -  * Family of operating systems produced by Microsoft in 1993.
* It is the first 32 bit version of Windows.

WINDOWS XP vs WINDOWS VISTA -  
* In Windows XP, installation is done in 2 modes, text mode and graphical mode.
In Vista, installations is done only in graphical mode.
* Graphic resolution is less in Windows XP compared to Vista.
* Switch user is not available in Windows XP.
Swicth user is available in Vista.
* Vista is opt for Multimedia and graphical arts users.
In Windows XP, it is not thus much opt.

WORM -  * It is a self replicating malware program that uses a computer network to send copies of itself to other nodes. It occurs due to security shortcoming.
* It does not corrupt any file but reduces system performance by its harm.

X86 - Set of instructions and architecture that handles 32 bit operation in the cpu.