Wireless LAN, also known under the names of WLAN, 802.11 or WiFi, although the most recent connection method in recent years has seen an unprecedented rise in popularity. This popularity is due even to its main characteristics: lack of cables. … Read More
Whilst you will discover casinos in several locations, a number of areas have grow to be well-known particularly for gambling. Possibly the spot virtually defined by its casino is Monte Carlo, but other areas are recognized as well as gambling … Read More
Fiber optics is a fairly recent technology and leads to much higher capacities for transmitting computer data, being generally used between important nodes in the network or between networks. While still relatively expensive and difficult to handle and connected, optical … Read More
God lay dead in heaven; Angels sang the hymn of the end; Purple winds went moaning, Their wings drip-dripping With blood That fell upon the earth. It, groaning thing, Turned black and sank. Then from the far caverns Of dead … Read More
Too many unfamiliar abbreviations can make a document incomprehensible and send your reader to sleep: (ERDF + EAGGF + CAP = ZZZ). If the meaning ofan abbreviation might not be clear to your reader, you should: write them out in … Read More
Jargon is vocabulary used by any group of insiders or specialists to communicate with each other, and is acceptable in documents which are only read by that group. However, outsiders (especially the general public) will have to work harder than … Read More
False friends (or faux amis) are pairs of words in two languages that look similar but differ in meaning. In a multilingual environment like the European Commission, we often mix up our languages. Borrowing between French end English is common. … Read More
Computer users can avoid e-mail spam in several ways: End-users can use automated e-mail filtering on their own computers. System administrators can use appropriate tools to trap e-mail spam at the mail server level, either by use of software or … Read More
The foundation of winning at Blackjack is to utilize proper basic strategy in playing the hands. “Proper” means that each decision you make on hitting, standing, doubling or splitting pairs is the correct mathematical play for that hand. There is … Read More
Another easy step to dear writing is to useverbs in the active voice (‘the car hit a tree’) rather than the passive (‘a tree was hit by the car‘). Compare these: BAD: New guidelines have been laid downbythe President in … Read More
Concrete messages are clear – abstract language canbe vague and off-putting. Too much abstract language might even lead your reader to think either that you don’t know what you are writing about or that your motives for writingare suspect. Unless … Read More
