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- WHOIS is a protocol, not a series of websites. You don't necessarily need a website to use it. There are WHOIS clients, just like there are email cients and web browsers.
- The Web and the Internet are not the same thing. The former is a subset of the latter.
- FTP isn't the only way to upload files to a web server. There are more secure options, but, sadly, they're not as easy to use.
- Mbps and MB/s are different kinds of measurements and don't mean the same thing. It's the casing of the "b" differentiates them, not the slash ("/").
- Almost all passwords can be cracked quickly. If you're concerned about security, be sure to use a different password for each website and a good password manager.
- Don't use JPEG for images on your website. It's a lossy format: that means the image will look worse than if you use a lossless format, such as PNG. This is especially apparent on devices with high-DPI screens, such as smartphones.
- Photoshop isn't always the best tool for image editing. It creates raster images: pictures made of tiny dots. For computer-generated images, vector images are preferred; they are made of lines and shapes, so they don't lose their quality when they're enlargened.
- Large shared hosting providers often host thousands of websites on a single server. It's possible to see who else is on your server, and sometimes even to edit their files.
- Globally, Android's market share is much larger than iOS', and is growing. iOS' market share is shrinking. However, in the US, iOS is pulling ahead.
- Despite being a very successful company, Google has started plenty of big projects that ended in failure. It happens to the best of us.
- Mining Bitcoin is more or less the technical equivalent of cracking passwords--except the latter is (usually) much easier.
- Apache, while easy to use, isn't the most powerful web server. Try Nginx ("engine-x") or Lighttpd ("lighty") for important websites.
- The United States is producing fewer and fewer Computer Science graduates each year. This is a big problem, as there are already more jobs than qualified professionals.
- You think gas is expensive? Inkjet printer ink costs around $4,000 per gallon. Invest in a laser printer: you'll save a lot of money.
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