Screen resolutions also have base names, such as HDTV and Ultra UHD for TVs and XGA and WQXGA for computer monitors. However, the names are confusing. For example, the "Q" in QVGA means one ...

A booming economy, after several years of "saving for the war effort," made the United States ripe for the explosion of consumer goods and technology that shaped the 1920s. The United States ...

Americans loved boxing in the 1920s and '30s. Every immigrant neighborhood had its champion, and boxing was a flag of racial or ethnic pride. According to writer Jack Newfield, "rivalries [were ...

But we've found a version of the joke using the same format printed at least a year earlier in either 1919 or 1920. Both draw from the same template of the 'Expectations vs. Reality' joke ...

Your PC is capable of running not one, but two Windows apps designed to protect you and your system against online threats: Windows Security and Microsoft Defender. Telling them apart can be ...

The 1920s were a decade of change, often remembered as the Jazz Age or Roaring 20s. WWI ended in 1918. Prohibition started in 1920, outlawing the making and sale of alcohol across the country.

The 1920s in America were known as the "Roaring Twenties." But for the National Football League, that 10-year period could be remembered more accurately as the "Tempestuous Twenties." A major problem ...

Prepare for wantonly exposed knees and an abundance of short bobs, with the 50 most stylish women of the 1920s. As Baz Luhrmann's highly anticipated The Great Gatsby remake hits cinemas ...

With the use of artificial intelligence, TikTok creator @secondstarlight has shared what "The Lord of the Rings" would look like if it were made in the 1920s. The throwback "Lord of the Rings ...

The global economy is facing rifts comparable to the pressures that resulted in “economic nationalism” and a collapse in global trade in the 1920s and ultimately the Great Depression ...

There were several groups of people who wanted alcohol to be banned from American society. These included: These groups that wanted to ban alcohol were known as ‘dries’. Groups that wanted to ...

Whilst the American economy had undoubtedly grown during the 1920s, there was a huge gap between rich and poor. Additionally, much of the wealth was concentrated at the top of society. A third of ...