A little more specific. I learned a bit more about the BIOS, CMOS, and POST. I also learned that there were warring factions on NICs when they first came out. I even shared with my husband about the limit on rewrites on a Jump Drive - which he then looks at me and says, "well that's logical". (Thank you, Mr. Spock. By the way, that means it was something he didn't know!)
Bluetooth technology, harddrives, digital cameras, Firewires, USB, and RAM were things that I already knew something about - sometimes through prior problems with, sometimes through personal research. But it was nice to hear that there are adaptors for firewires so I don't need to buy a 6 pin to go with my 4 pin firewire.
The graphic cards and CPU presentations were slightly more enlightening for me, as in I feel I can look for what I need now instead of going with that one because the salesperson said it is what I need.
Overall, it was an interesting class - although it did take longer that I expected.
When we presented on our malware and security, I found that I learned just as much about Trojan Horses as I did about worms during the research. They seem slightly intertwined - maybe because as Ron said, a Trojan Horse can carry worms. It is scary to see how malevolent people can be - sometimes just to see what they can do.
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Glad to hear that the presentations were a valuable learning experience. It did take longer than I thought, too. I didn't put a time limit on them, being we have a smaller class. It is nice when we find things to share that our resident experts don't already know.
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