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Fiber optics technology

An optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter typically slightly thicker than that of a human hair. Optical fibers are used most often as a means to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber and find wide usage in fiber-optic communications. Fibers are →

So you think you know C?

C programming language has been there for 44 years: C was originally developed by Dennis Ritchie between 1969 and 1973 at Bell Labs, and used to re-implement the Unix operating system. C is not cluttered with obscure features so it should easy! So it’s easy to claim that you know C. How well do you →

Trust UPS teardown

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is an electrical apparatus that provides emergency power to a load when the input power source or mains power fails. The on-battery runtime of most uninterruptible power sources is relatively short (only a few minutes) but sufficient to start a standby power source or properly shut down the protected equipment. →