- Big Band -
A musical ensemble which plays jazz music.
- Blues - A music
genre which is associated within the African-American community.
- Celtic - A folk
movement, which developed amongst the Celtic people of Western
Europe.
- Classical
- A common practuce tradition, rooted in Europe between 1550 and
1900.
- Country - Blends
music styles, based in the Southern United States.
- Dance - Focus
upon the electronic dance movement, which started around 1981.
- Disco - A genre
most popular in the late 1970s, made famous by Saturday Night
Fever.
- Folk - An age old
form of music, handed down by mouth, and played by the lower classes.
- Gospel - Music
which expresses and focsing upon a Christian life.
- Heavy Metal
- Developed in the early 1970's, as a harder form of rock music.
- Hip-Hop - Developed
in New York City, and codified by DJ Afrika Bambaataa.
- House - An electronic
style of dance music that was first played in Chicago in the 80's.
- Indie - Indie
is short for independent music, bands which avoid the major labels.
- Jazz - Developed
in New Orleans, and combining both classical and blues traditions.
- Latin - A genre
which is the mainstream in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Marching -
Music which is performed by a Marching Band at sports and other
occasions.
- Mod - A music style
which is connected to the mod youth culture of the UK in the late
60's.
- Motown - A music
record company, by Berry Gordy, Jr., which became a distinctive
sound.
- Northern Soul
- An offshoot of the British mod scene, formed in northern England.
- Opera - Singers
and musicians perform dramatically to a musical score.
- Pop - Short for
popular western music.
- Punk - A brash
genre music, which formed from 1974 and 1976 in the US and UK.
- Rap - Also referred
to as MCing, and is an offshoot and development alongside hip-hop.
- Reggae - A genre
which formed its roots in Jamaica, during the late 1960s.
- Rock - Orginally
referred to as rock and roll, and now simple as ensemble of a
rock band.
- R&B / Soul -
Short for Rhythm and blues, and closely related in style to soul
music.
- Ska - Originally
from Jamaica, it was revived during the English 2 Tone era.
- Swing - A form
of jazz music, made popular by Count Basie in the 1930's.
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Latest Topics
Glossary of download terms ....
- Bandwidth - Is the amount of data that can be transmitted in
a fixed amount of time.
- Bitrate - Sampling rate (audio files only).
- BitTorrent - Program for transferring files across a network,
file downloaded are called torrents.
- Bottleneck - Delay due to the bandwidth of a system not being
able to support the traffic.
- Bps - Stands for bits per second, measures data transmission
speeds.
- Byte - Most files and memory are indicated in terms of bytes,
a byte is equal to 8 bits.
- Copyright - Copyright information (displayed in the file's metadata)
- File - All information on a computer is stored on a file, the
types can vary such as data, text, program, mp3 and directory
files.
- File Sharing - Programs that allow you to share and download
files such as mp3 files.
- FTP - File Transfer Protocol, and is protocol for exchanging
files over the Internet.
- Host - Location of network, with IP address of the host you
are connected to.
- IP address - Identifies location for a computer or device on
a TCP/IP network.
- Leech - Someone who downloads files, but provides none to other
users.
- Loopback - Connection where your computer talks to itself.
- Network - Two or more computer systems linked together. Includes
Lans, Wans, Cans, Mans, and Hans.
What are the most popular type of files downloaded?
Windows media files: asf, asx, avi
Movie files: mpeg, mpg, mpa, mpe, m1v, mp2, mp2v
Windows media Audio files: wmv, wax, wm, wma, wmd, wmx, wmz, wvx
MP3 audio files: mp3
Most download programs allow you to sort files by any of the following:
Name
Size
Type
Path (location of the file on your computer)
Uploads (number of times uploaded)
Hits (times displayed as a search result)
Locations (number of hosts a file has been downloaded from)
Common requirements for most file sharing programs
....
Operating System: Windows XP Home or Professional.
CPU: 233 MHz minimum required
Memory: 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended.
Hard Drive: Approximately 13 MB for file sharing program. Around
18 MB for Windows Media Player.
Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 and above.
Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher.
Internet Connection: Active Internet connection.
Some file programs like LimeWire do support more operating system
such as,
Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, ME, 2000, XP.
Solaris/Sparc 2.6, 2.7, 2.8
Linux Redhat 6.2, 7, 7.1
Linux Caldera
Solaris/Intel 2.6, 2.7, 2.8
Compaq Tru64
FreeBSD
Mac OS X 10.2.6 or later
IRIX
HP-UX 10.20, 11
AIX 4.3.x
TurboLinux
Mac OS Classic 8.1, 9.X
Mac OS X Server
Security risks with file sharing program?
Unless you share your entire hard drive, then you should not encounter
any major security risks. Of course this is true of popular programs
like Gnutella, but security does vary from program to program. It
is very important you make sure you are only sharing files you want
to share. So before you start check which directories and files
the file sharing program has access to. It's also a good idea not
to run any executable programs that you obtain from a file sharing
network.
Can you download a virus using file sharing programs?
It's a very real possibility, so it's a wise move to scan every
file downloaded with an anti-virus program like Norton. Most file
sharing networks does not keep any record of files being shared,
and only a few offer the feature to scan any files being downloaded
for viruses. Therefore once you have download a virus-infected file
you will be vulnerable to any viruses contained in that file. Most
file types will be safe such as mp3 and text files, you file types
you should be very wary of are files with a .exe or .vbs suffix.
History indicates these types of files are more likely to contain
a virus. You will very rarely found a virus on CD's sold by retailers,
there are lots of offers and sales for music CD's online. Due to
the mp3 download revolution the shops have had to lower the price
of CD's considerable in order to compete.
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