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The self-proclaimed “world’s marketplace,” eBay gives anyone with an Internet connection an avenue to buy and sell goods on a global scale. The premise is simple: sellers post items for sale, buyers bid auction-style or purchase items outright, then the seller ships to the buyer. EBay policy states that sellers must accurately state the location their items will be shipped or picked up from, so it’s important to provide changes to this information when applicable....

Creating and managing a website involves creating data and code, which you then upload to a platform that enables you to manage the data. CPanel is a hosting platform that provides an easy to use interface for both the novice and the expert website administrator. Once you access your cPanel account, you can utilize the file manager to manage your files and folders. Check folder sizes in cPanel within the file manager....

Using a router is a great way to create a home or office network without having to spend a lot of money. As long as you have a broadband Internet connection through an Internet service provider, you can use a router to get all of the computers in your home or office connected. If you have chosen Netopia as your router brand of choice, you will have to configure it to make your network operable....

If you own more than one computer or a device such as an electronic reader, video game system or smart phone, that is able to connect to the Internet, you may have a need for a wireless network. Your current cable Internet connection is ideal for sharing among multiple users or devices simultaneously, and you can purchase a wireless router from electronics or big box retailers to create your network....

The Nano is Apple’s most basic iPod model, but it contains many of the features found on the more sophisticated iPod Touch and iPhone models. The seventh-generation iPod Nano was released in 2012, and it comes with a “Lightning” cable, unlike other models that feature a 30-pin connector cable. If you have a docking station with a 30-pin connection, you’ll need an adapter to connect it with your Nano. Writer Bio

Excel spreadsheets enable users to organize contact information for mailing lists in columns containing the category or field name. Users may update information on the spreadsheet or create labels for mailing or shipping from the Excel spreadsheet (also called a worksheet). Since data on spreadsheets cannot be directly converted to labels, consider using the Microsoft Word label templates and mail merge function to generate labels. Labels created in MS Word can contain data from an Excel spreadsheet and then printed on pre-cut sheets available from office supply stores....

EXE is an executable file, which means it’s the file that gets a program to start running. Converting a file in this format into another format such as ZIP or RAR will compress the EXE file, making these often large files much smaller and more manageable for storing on your computer. Archive software or special compression websites will perform this operation for you. These services are often completely free to use online....

Converting the common GPX, or GPS eXchange format, into the proprietary Garmin TCX, or training course format, can be done with Web-based tools or locally installed software. The Garmin TCX file type supports only track files, so the GPX files must also be in the tracks format for the conversion to work properly. Once the conversion has finished, you can upload the TCX files to your Garmin device as you normally would using Garmin’s software....

Files ending in the file extension “MAX” are the native scene format used by 3D Studio Max, a popular 3D design and rendering program. You will need 3D Studio Max to work with these files or to convert them. The OBJ format is one of the industry standard formats for storing 3D graphics, typically representing individual objects rather than entire scenes. Warnings Writer Bio

Digital music files are popular additions to web pages, especially social networking sites. Before music can be streamed online, it must be converted to a compatible file format. MP3 is the most common file type for music, due to its small compression size and cross platform accessibility. Different types of MP3 converter software or CD rippers are available online for free. Once music files have been successfully converted, MP3s can be added to HTML documents or web-based media players....

Though it is not primarily designed for this purpose, Nero Vision (a program included in Nero Burning ROM) can easily be used to convert a computer video file from one format to the next. Nero Vision has a sub-function that acts as a standard video file editor (like Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere), so if you want to convert an MP4 file to the AVI file format you would just import it as an MP4, then export it as an AVI....

Converting an MP4 to MP3 can be done by using any number of free conversion programs (e.g., Any Video Converter). MP4, or Moving Picture Expert Group-4, is a video format. It is used frequently by portable devices such as cell phones and MP3 players. MP3, or MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, is a common audio format. Naturally, if you convert an MP4 file to MP3, it will only capture the audio from the MP4 file....

RAW images have many advantages in digital photography, including a high image quality and lack of undesired camera processing, such as sharpening or noise reduction. However, RAW images are much larger files than JPEGs, making post-production work much more time consuming. Additionally, the files are often too large to send as email attachments or other types of electronic sharing methods. Photoshop offers a quick-and-easy method to convert your RAW images to JPEGs as a single batch....

Updated September 15, 2017 Load the Zalgo Text Generator linked in the “Resources” section of this article. Clear the text from the box at the top of the screen and type in the text you wish to distort. Click the buttons under the top box to change the manner of distortion. To have Zalgo move in an upwards direction, check the “Zalgo going up” box. To have Zalgo moving horiziontally, click the “Zalgo the middle” box....

The ISO 9660 file format is used by many different programs and operating systems. It was developed to unite fellow Mac Os X, Windows and Linux users to have one common ISO file format. Since its adoption, it has become the standard of the ISO file format. Creating an ISO 9660 file from a CD is quite simple, and you can be do it with any of these programs. Writer Bio

Secure Digital (SD) is an industry standard for communication between a computer and peripheral devices. The most common use of the SD standard is for Flash memory cards; SD cards can store tens of gigabytes of data in a space comparable to a small postage stamp. Modern computers can read and write data to SD cards, either through a built-in slot or through an external SD card reader. Every SD card comes factory-formatted with a FAT32 file system....

Tracking your appointments and to-do lists has never been easier. Web-based digital calendars are a tremendous convenience, giving you access from your computer or workstation whenever you need it. Some digital calendars work in conjunction with your email program. Create your own digital calendar and get organized! Writer Bio

Adobe Illustrator is one of the best programs available when making flyers for an event. Its vector-based art is easily scalable to any size flyer, and the graphic art possible in Illustrator is of professional quality. The program is also able to integrate photos and even allows users to make vector art with special effects from their photos. There are a few fundamental things to know about Illustrator when creating a flyer....

A RAMdisk, or RAM drive, is a block of the primary computer memory accessed by MS-DOS as virtual disk drive. It transfers data much faster than a hard disk drive, since it has no moving parts, but data on RAMdisk will be lost when power is off or you reboot the computer. A RAMdisk appears in MS-DOS as a physical hard disk with the chosen size, drive letter and file system....

Shortcuts are small files located on the Windows desktop or in a folder that point to another location. These link files can point to a program, another file or folder, or even a website. After you create a shortcut, a file is shown in the folder or desktop that has the icon of your default Web browser. For instance, if you use Firefox as your default browser, an icon for Firefox is shown....