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Feb 10
2009

How to shutdown Mysql from command prompt?

Last updated: February 12th, 2009

To shutdown mysql from command prompt, issue the following command in Linux box

[root@computer /]# mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown

In windows,

C:\mysql\bin> mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown _

Feb 09
2009

User interface: Browser modes

Last updated: February 8th, 2009

Different browser modes

To ensure backward compatibility with older browsers, browser creators had different modes for sites that work for different browser specifications

* Standard mode in Browser:
Browser renders a page according to the specifications set

* Quirks mode in Browser:
Browser loosely renders the page and manipulates the box model differently which happens to be in sites built for IE 5.5 (and lesser versions) or Opera 7 browsers

* Almost standard mode in Browser:This is a mode in Firefox/Safari browsers where they handle the tables quite differently from standard mode (more…)

Feb 08
2009

Mplayer: Codec for audio format 0×162

Last updated: February 8th, 2009

What is CODEC and how does it work?

CoDec stands for Compressor/Decompressor which is related to media files and which enables them play videos & audios.

Size of the video or audio content would be very large without these codecs and it is for this very reason we use codecs to compress these media files to help enable transmission. When these files are played, they are then decompressed by these codec programs. (more…)

Feb 02
2009

What is 310 redirect and 302 redirect?

Last updated: February 2nd, 2009

301 redirect happens when a page has been moved/removed and is no longer available. When this happens, you can direct the user to the new page location and explicitly state for the crawlers that the page has been permanently moved to the new location (more…)


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