Kategorie: ‘Fun & Facts’
SysAdmin Day 2024: A Big Thank You!
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Today we are honouring the invisible heroes who work behind the scenes to ensure that our IT infrastructure runs smoothly. Whether it’s computers, networks, data backups, printers or internet connections – the people we’re talking about are of course our system administrators – SysAdmins for short.
In fact, today we are celebrating System Administrator Appreciation Day!
The Evolution of Emojis Part 2
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In the last part on the evolution of emojis, you were able to delve deeper into the development process and historical background. Today it’s all about the evolution in terms of influencing our digital communication.
The Evolution of Emojis Part 1
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Everyone knows them and almost everyone has used them at some point – welcome to the world of emojis!
But when did emojis come into existence and what exactly is the difference between emojis and emoticons and what does emoji mean?
We answer these and many other questions in the following blog post.
ZKI – From Project to Working Group
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As a partner, the IT Center actively supports the design of digitalisation processes at RWTH Aachen University. This also includes the use of cloud services and the correspondingly increasing needs of teaching staff, researchers and students at RWTH Aachen University. The flexibility and scalability of cloud services can be a means of meeting the ever more rapidly changing IT requirements of users.
“Help, I’ve deleted the internet!”
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Do you know any such experts who have deleted the Internet from their PC? How did they come to think that in the first place? It often happened by mistake that you deleted the icon of the browser you were using (often Internet Explorer in the past) – and thus the usual way of opening “the Internet”. But is it even possible to delete the internet? In this blog post, we want to get to the bottom of this myth.
Women in IT: Challenges and Successes
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Welcome to the first edition of our new blog series “Women in the IT industry”!
In this series, we will be looking at the many challenges, successes and experiences of women in the IT industry. We will highlight the key issues affecting women in IT, from overcoming prejudice and promoting equality and diversity to the biggest successes and stand-out achievements. These topics are particularly relevant for women in this dynamic and forward-thinking field.
Torrential Rain, Party Atmosphere and Pure Fun – A Review of the Wet IT Center Summer Party 2024
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On June 21, 2024, the annual IT Center summer party took place despite adverse weather conditions. The day was characterized by uninterrupted rain, which, however, could not dampen the party mood of the employees or the atmosphere of the event.
ZKI “Training” Working Group in Wolfenbüttel
The ZKI working group “Training” has invited to a joint meeting in Wolfenbüttel from May 14 to 16, 2024. As trainers in the Service and Communication department at the IT Center, we were of course there to exchange ideas with 10 other universities from all over Germany.
We dealt with the following questions, among others:
“How does training work at other universities? What is the recruitment and induction process like? What do modern job interviews look like for us?
The Importance of Open Source Software
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Open source software (OSS) has become a cornerstone of modern IT and plays a crucial role in the development of technology and software. Open source code enables innovation, flexibility and cost efficiency.
But what exactly is open source software and why is it so important?
How Many Programmers Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?
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Today we have some light fare and something to make you smile. We’ve dug deep into our box of jokes for you and are providing you with entertainment at the highest level today! What are your best-known IT jokes? We look forward to a funny bunch of jokes in the comments!
Let’s get started: