http://grok.lsu.edu/Rss/WeeklyUpdatees.xml Updated GROK articles, refreshed hourly. en-us 60 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:00:01 GMT C++ is a general-purpose object-oriented programming language created by Bjarne Stroustrup of Bell Labs in 1979. It is primarily used in development of computer games. It is the predecessor language of Java and C#, although it still maintains... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=5744 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=5744 Short for Quicken Interchange Format, is an open session used for reading and writing financial data to media. The data is stored within a ASCII string, and the editing of the file can be editied from any text editor. The majority of personal... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=4755 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=4755 An acronym for Active Server Pages.NET. ASP.NET is a Microsoft product used by Programmers to build XML web services, dynamic web sites and web applications. ASP.net is the successor of Microsoft's ASP technology. ASP.NET was designed to be... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=4708 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=4708 Abbreviated HTML. A standard document formatting language used to create Web pages and other hypertext documents. HTML is a subset of Standardized General Markup Language (SGML). HTML defines the appearance and placement on the page of elements such... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=2241 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=2241 Major manufacturer of PCs and servers; manages all NEC Corporation's computer manufacturing outside Japan. Packard Bell has recently established a configure-it-yourself direct sales promotion known as NEC Now. 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It is the original operating system of the computer.... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=13149 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=13149 This tool is abbreviated as CMOS (pronounced "See-moss"). It is an integrated circuit that is often used in processors and also serves as memory. CMOS devices typically operate at very high speeds, but they only use a small amount of power. So, they... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1177 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1177 This group is abbreviated as CSRG. The University of California, Berkeley, group are the primary developers of the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). CSRG is comprised of many outstanding programmers over the years and introduced into Unix many... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1189 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1189 This tool is abbreviated as CERN. This council is used for the European Laboratory for Particle Physics. It is located in Geneva, Switzerland. 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