Archive for February, 2006

FDM, TDM, and STDM

Monday, February 6th, 2006

Mul-ti-plex [m´ulte pl`eks] n (plural mul-ti-plex-es)
electronic engineering multiple transmission: the simultaneous transmission
of two or more signals along one communications channel

(Microsoft Encarta Reference Library, 2004) [3].
‘Multiplexers (MUXs) act as both concentrators and contention devices to allow multiple, relatively low-speed terminal devices to share a single, highcapacity circuit (physical path) between two points in a network. ‘ [...]

Ubuntu: It just works!

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

My first acquaintance with Ubuntu was when I installed my uncle’s computer with Linux, Ubuntu Linux 5.10 (Breezy Badger) to be precise. He had been complaining about viruses and spywares, but not anymore ever since. He likes the new Ubuntu Linux!
Then few hours later, I installed my notebook with Ubuntu, replacing my Debian.
Ubuntu installation was [...]