What is a server platform?

In previous posts such as Linux vs Unix and Types of computer architecture (part 1) we’ve looked at operating systems and types of computer architecture. If you haven’t read these previous posts you may want to....

What is a Relational Database?

In the Types of Database post we looked at different types of databases. This post looks at the most common type of database, the relational database. The concept of the relational database was created...

Types of Data Store

Data, be it music, pictures or customer information needs to be stored in some sort of …store…a data store if you will! We’ve looked at types of physical storage in the Types of...

Types of Storage

A really really simple guide to types of storage. Local Disk (HDD): A disc or number of discs called platters store data, in the from of “0”s and “1”s, and an arm with...

Linux vs Unix

The words Linux and Unix are used interchangeably by many in technology but what’s the real difference between the two? These are 2 different types of operating system: Linux: is free and open...