Category Archives: Computers & Technology

Posts relating to computers, networks, or other technologies.

HTML Escape Characters

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Matt

I never uses these enough to remember them so I though I would write them down for easy access and hopes that someone else might find it useful. @ at sign @ ` back apostrophe ` ¦ broken vertical bar … Continue reading →

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A Quick Look At Linux

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Matt

Linux is a UNIX like system created by Linus Torvalds in 1991, is one of the first true open source operating systems. An operating system is software that controls access to hardware, software and other resources on a computer. Much … Continue reading →

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A Quick Look at DHCP

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Matt

This is a quick overview of how DHCP works DHCP is a service that assigns IP address to client computers. Even DHCP sends packets using the transport layer it is considered an application layer protocol because the data is actually … Continue reading →

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Setup Moodle on Ubuntu Tutorial

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Matt

I have done several Moodle installs on RedHat, CentOS, and Ubuntu Server. By far I like Ubuntu the most. Ubuntu Server is simple to setup and use, plus it is a much lighter weight server then the others and boots … Continue reading →

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Setup Moodle on Ubuntu Tutorial

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Matt

I have done several Moodle installs on RedHat, CentOS, and Ubuntu Server. By far I like Ubuntu the most. Ubuntu Server is simple to setup and use, plus it is a much lighter weight server then the others and boots … Continue reading →

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Delete all tables with the same prefex from a MySQL Database

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Matt

There have been times when I need to drop many tables in a MySQL database. Usually the table names start with similar names. Of example if had a Moodle installation you may have 200 table names starting with moodle_ or … Continue reading →

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