Category Archives: Stuff people ask

What is a…. ? Part 2

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Mark

Continuing on from the last post on “What is a…?” here is the rest of the list. What is a metaphor? As succinctly as I can put it, a metaphor is a type of comparison that is only true for … Continue reading →

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What is a….? Part 1

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Mark

This is the first in a series of very important answers to very important questions as posed by Google’s query suggestion tool. What is a database? A database is a computer program that stores information in a series of tables. … Continue reading →

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The stuff people ask

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Mark

I was fooling around with Google today and properly noticed the drop-down box of suggested queries that might be related to your query.  I have of course seen it, but I mostly ignore it it because by the time I’ve … Continue reading →

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