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Gavin James Wright

Wappingers Falls

Freelance Technical Writer at Tech Target

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  • 2 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Mary Shacklett |Gavin James Wright

    The short message service center (SMSC) is the portion of a mobile phone network that handles text message operations. It is responsible for receiving, storing, routing and forwarding SMS messages from mobile handsets. It is also called a short message service-service center (SMS-SC). All text or SMS messages involve one or more SMSCs. In a typical message flow, the handset sends the message to the SMSC, which responds with a message indicating it accepted the SMS.

  • 2 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Gavin James Wright |Katie Hanna

    An arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a part of a central processing unit (CPU) that carries out arithmetic and logic operations. The ALU takes the input operands and an instruction and outputs the result. In some processors, the ALU is divided into two units: an arithmetic unit (AU) and a logic unit (LU). Some processors contain more than one AU -- for example, one for fixed-point operations and another for floating-point operations.

  • 3 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Gavin James Wright

    A capacitor is a passive electronic component that stores electrical charge. The amount of energy that a capacitor can store is called capacitance. Capacitance is measured in farads. Capacitors are used in almost every electronic circuit. Most capacitors are rated in microfarads, nanofarads or picofarads. Capacitors can store small amounts of electrical energy. In this way, they can be thought of as working like a rechargeable battery.

  • 2 months ago | techtarget.com | Gavin James Wright |Alexander Gillis |Matt Gervais

    Microsoft Outlook is an email, contacts and calendar program from Microsoft. The application also provides access to task management features. Outlook is the preferred email client for Microsoft Exchange Server. Several versions of Outlook exist, with varying features and capabilities. Outlook for Microsoft 365 is the premier tool offered as part of a paid Office or Microsoft 365 license.

  • 2 months ago | techtarget.com | Rahul Awati |Gavin James Wright

    Alphabet Incorporated (also known as Alphabet Inc. or simply Alphabet) is a conglomerate of numerous companies, including the search engine giant Google. In 2015, Alphabet became Google's holding company. As of 2025, Google, along with many other companies like Fitbit, Waymo and Mandiant, remains a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet. History of Alphabet Inc. Google Inc. co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page created Alphabet Inc. on Oct. 2, 2015.

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