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Literary Genres

Autobiography An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written biography of one's own life.  Biography   A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events.   Cookbook A cookbook or cookery book is a kitchen reference containing recipes. Cookbooks may be general, or may specialize in a particular cuisine or category of food. Recipes in cookbooks are organized in various ways: by course, by main ingredient, by cooking technique, alphabetically, by region or country, and so on.  Dystopian Dystopian is a subgenre of science fiction writing, but it has become so popular that it deserves its own category. A dystopian book takes place in the future when some cataclysmic event has destroyed society.     Essay . A short...

Display Technologies

The main difference among CRT, LCD, AMOLED displays are the actual composition of each pixel & the working priciples behind it.   CRT or Cathode Ray Tubes uses an electron gun to fire pixels at the screen (remember that big hump at the back of your old TV set). LCDs use liquid crystals (obviously) made on a TFT ( Thin Film Transistor ). When you hear terms like TN ( Twisted Nematic - the cheapest and most common panel used) and IPS ( In-Plane Switching ) , they refer to the display panel being used in the LCD.   LEDs or Light Emitting Diodes uses diodes that release light onto the screen when electrons strike them. The phenomena used for emission of light is the inverse of what happens in photoelectric effect . OLED is just an extension of LED display technology where organic substance - one that has carbon - is used to emit light. The OLED devices are simple solid-state devices consisting of a thin layer of organic compounds in an emissive electroluminesce...

Which screen is good for eyes LCD or LED?

  Very simply: CRT, and certain (cheap) type of TFT monitors are the worst. AMOLED and good quality TFTs are the best. But let me give some more information. Displays in general always stress your eyes. I would not say they are *harmful*, but they are bright (this can mix up your circadian cycle), you focus at the same distance for a long time (can even hurt your vision), and you blink less (makes your eyes dry up). You cannot really avoid this if you have to use a display. However, the followings can stress your eyes *even more*, and can (should) be avoided: Flicker Low contrast / high brightness Excessive blue light And this is where display technology comes in. But first, please note: "LED" does not belong in this list. LED is a back-light technology for TFT monitors, and about 99% of all monitors today use them. There are no “LED monitors”. There is “microLED”, but it is still under development. (It will most likely obsolete all existing display technologies...

Intel CPUs Explained: What Are E-Cores and P-Cores?

  Intel's new Alder Lake chips come with two sets of CPU cores: E-Cores and P-Cores. But why have two types of core in a single CPU? Readers like you help support MUO. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. The cores in your computer's CPU have evolved at a steady rate over the years. We first had single-core CPUs, but that quickly evolved to multithreading, and from there, multi-core setups, starting with dual-core designs before launching into quad-core, octa-core, and further. Intel's 12th Gen CPUs treated us to an unexpected yet pleasing twist: two different kinds of cores in one CPU package: E-Cores and P-Cores. But what's an Intel E-Core and a P-Core anyway? And more importantly, why should you care? Why Do Intel CPUs Come With Different Cores Now? Up until this point, x86 computers have used core layouts comprised of cores that are, for ...