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JOYSTICK WORKING AND DRIFT :GAMING TO AEROSPACE

  TITLE: THE EVOLUTION AND MECHANICS OF JOYSTICKS: FROM GAMING TO AEROSPACE INTRODUCTION: JOYSTICKS HAVE TRANSCENDED THEIR ORIGINS AS MERE GAMING PERIPHERALS TO BECOME INTEGRAL COMPONENTS IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES, FROM AVIATION AND SPACE EXPLORATION TO MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY. THESE VERSATILE INPUT DEVICES HAVE EVOLVED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THEIR INCEPTION, OFFERING PRECISE CONTROL AND ERGONOMIC DESIGN. THIS ARTICLE DELVES INTO THE EVOLUTION, MECHANICS, AND DIVERSE APPLICATIONS OF JOYSTICKS ACROSS DIFFERENT FIELDS. HISTORY OF JOYSTICKS: THE CONCEPT OF THE JOYSTICK DATES BACK TO THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY USED IN AVIATION FOR CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT. THE EARLIEST JOYSTICKS WERE SIMPLE MECHANICAL DEVICES CONSISTING OF A LEVER MOUNTED ON A PIVOT, WHICH PILOTS USED TO MANEUVER THEIR PLANES. OVER TIME, JOYSTICKS FOUND THEIR WAY INTO ARCADE GAMES, HOME CONSOLES, AND EVENTUALLY PERSONAL COMPUTERS, REVOLUTIONIZING THE GAMING INDUSTRY. MECHANICS OF JOY...

FILE SYSTEM AND FORMATTING

  FILE SYSTEM AND FORMATTING   IN THIS POST I AM GOING TO TEACH YOU ABOUT VARIOUS TYPES OF FILE SYSTEM AND FORMATTING USED IN COMPUTERS. SO LETS START.   THE FILE SYSTEM DICTATES HOW INFORMATION IS ORGANIZED ON THE DISK.   FOR EXAMPLE, THE FILE SYSTEM DETERMINES HOW LARGE THE ALLOCATION UNIT, OR STORAGE UNIT, THE FILE IS.     THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS INTRODUCE THE DIFFERENT FILE SYSTEMS AVAILABLE AND THE OS’ S THAT SUPPORT THEM.   THE FAT FILE SYSTEM – THE FILE ALLOCATION TABLE (FAT) FILE SYSTEM HAS BEEN THE MOST POPULAR FILE SYSTEM UP UNTI L THE LAST FEW YEARS.   THE FILE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR THE SMALL DISK AND SIMPLE FOLDER STRUCTURES.     IT RESIDES IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SYSTEM. IT KEEPS TWO COPIES OF THE DATA IN ITS TABLE AS BACK UP SO THAT IF ANY COPIES BECOME CORRUPTED IT CAN CURE THAT CORRUPTION.     THE FILE ALLOCATION TABLE ALONG WITH THE ROOT FOLDER SHOULD BE KEPT ON FIXED POSITION SO THAT B...