big man Personal Computers Introduction Traditional computer terminals are being replaced today with powerful, multifunction personal computers. PCs offer all the advantages of terminals, but add personal and organizational productivity applications, such as word processing, spreadsheets, calendars, task lists, electronic mail, project management, legal research, presentation software

File Sharing And The Internet File Sharing Programs and the Internet Since the beginning of the year 2002, file-sharing programs over the internet have been at great debate. Millions of people in their own homes are using the internet to illegally download everything from music to movies. MP3s are by far the most downloaded and shared file on the internet. Using such programs such a

File Systems File Systems A file system is the way a hard drive stores information to hard drive. The more popular of the file systems used on hard drives today are: NTFS, FAT16, and FAT32. Earlier computers with smaller hard drives use one of the FAT file systems. Certain OS’s have certain file systems they use. For instance, earlier versions of Windows NT did not recognize the FAT

Floppy Drive Memory Floppy drives have been around for a long time; in the past they were used for playing elementary, computer games, storaging important information, and were used as a PC’s main memory. The capacity and data transfer rates of floppy drives have extremely low levels, which are 1.44 MB and about 0.06 MB/sec (PC Mechanic). These parameters could be improved considerably

Freemarkets Case Analysis Individual Case Analysis FREEMARKETS, Inc. Electronic Commerce Contents I. Introduction II. Description of the Company III. Description of the Industry IV. Description of FreeMarkets Auctions V. Analysis of Porter’s Five Forces VI. STEEP and SWOT Analysis VII. Business Model VIII. Target Markets IX. Compan

Digital Computers Computer Engineering Computer technology has advanced dramatically over the past ten years. Technology has advanced from computers the size of a room that can only perform one particular task, to personal computers (PC’s) that will fit on a desk and perform multiple tasks. Understanding computers and their programs and being able to apply that knowledge i

Geographical Information Systems Geographical Information Systems What Is a GIS' A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer-based tool for mapping and analyzing things that exist and events that happen on earth. GIS technology integrates, via the Internet, common database operations such as query and statistical analysis with the unique visualization and geographic analysis

Computer Viruses and Hoaxes Computer Viruses and Hoaxes: How To Protect Against Them There are over 30,000 known computer viruses and new viruses are being written every day. The number of computer hoaxes (lies) is not as high as the number of viruses, but for the many computer users, who may believe the false information, hoaxes can cause them a lot of emotion and wasted time. The

Hacker The meaning of Hacker is one who accesses a computer which is supposably not able to be accessed to non authorised people of the community. Hackers may use any type of system to access this information depending on what they intend on doing in the system. Methods Hackers may use a variety of ways to hack into a system. First if the hacker is experienced and smart the

Hackers The meaning of Hacker is one who accesses a computer which is supposably not able to be accessed to non authorised people of the community. Hackers may use any type of system to access this information depending on what they intend on doing in the system. Methods Hackers may use a variety of ways to hack into a system. First if the hacker is experienced and smart the

Essay Computer Science Computer Science is an exciting field which requires dedication and hard work. A Computer Scientist sits at a desk all day and writes programs, technical writes, and various other tasks. At first a Computer Scientist starts under an executive, but in a few short years they are executives themselves. If a person wants to enter the field of Computer Science one mus

Hate Propaganda In Cyberspace: Censorship, Freedom Of Speech, And Critical Surfing Hate Propaganda in Cyberspace: Censorship, Freedom of Speech, and Critical Surfing Abstract The purpose of this paper is to address a number of issues regarding ever-growing hate propaganda in cyberspace. First, I discuss why and how the Internet has become the propaganda venue of hate groups. Second, I

CD-ROM Drive How I Installed a CD-ROM Drive By: Russ I recently installed a CD-Rom drive in my personal computer. Two weeks before I underwent the task of tearing into my computer, I noticed a burning smell coming from it. The smell was my CD-Rom telling me goodbye. I knew that I had to make the decision of whether to install the drive myself or pay someone an outrageous amount of

History The start of the modern science that we call "Computer Science" can be traced back to a long ago age where man still dwelled in caves or in the forest, and lived in groups for protection and survival from the harsher elements on the Earth. Many of these groups possessed some primitive form of animistic religion; they worshipped the sun, the moon, the trees, or sacred animals. Wit

History Of Computers History of Computers in America Only once in a lifetime will a new invention come about to touch every aspect of our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work, live, and play is a special one, indeed. A machine that has done all this and more now exists in nearly every business in the U.S. and one out of every two households. This incredible invention is the

How To Build A Computer Computing machines can be dated back to the advent of the abacus, a wooden rack holding two horizontal wires with beads strung across them. Several different types of arithmetic operations could be performed when these beads were manipulated. Another early calculator, later called Napier’s Bones, made its debut in the early 1600’s. This device, invented by Char

How To Build A Computer Under $2500 Explanation Paper I received $2,500 to build a computer for tech school, but there is a catch: I was expected to return some of the money. Normally this would not have been a problem, but evidently tech schools are now checking for pirated software. My personal computer was not allowed to go with me to tech school. I had to come up with a comp

I Love You Virus ILOVEYOU (VBS.LoveLetter.A) is a Melissa-like worm that spreads through email and infects certain files. How Does It Spread' ILOVEYOU spreads through email. It arrives as an attachment to an email message from someone whose address book contains your email address. The subject line is "ILOVEYOU", and the message is "kindly check the attached LOVELETTER coming from me." T

Hackers, Good And Evil “Governments form the industrial world; I come from cyberspace, the new home of mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome here. You have no sovereignty where we gather. You do not know us, nor do you know our world. Cyberspace does not lie within your borders, your legal concepts of property, expression, identity, m

Info Security Security In the past decade, the world’s involvement with computers has exploded. With prices for memory becoming less expensive, and the power of processors increasing greatly. However, certain precautions must be made to protect information that is being created, stored and manipulated by computers. There are people in the communities all over the world, whether these

Integration Of Web And TV Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION 5 2.0 TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW 5 3.0 TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS 12 4.0 TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 5.0 TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION 15 6.0 TECHNOLOGY PROJECTIONS 18 APPENDIX A - SUBJECT INDEX 22 BIBLIOGRAPHY 24 Executive Summary Purpose Methods Results Conclusions Evaluation – how feas

Intellectual Intelligence ABSTRACT Current neural network technology is the most progressive of the artificial intelligence systems today. Applications of neural networks have made the transition from laboratory curiosities to large, successful commercial applications. To enhance the security of automated financial transactions, current technologies in both speech recognition and handwri

Is Distance Electronic Learning (e-learning) A Reliable Educational Method' Contents Introduction Distance Learning Distance Learning: Pros Distance Learning: Cons Evaluation References Bibliography Introduction This report aims to show if Distance electronic learning (e-learning) is a reliable educational method. Distance learning is not a new idea, educational institutio

Internet The Internet is, literally, a network of networks. It is made of thousands of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to humble PCs in people's homes and offices. Despite the recent publicity, the Internet is not a new thing. Its roots lie in a collection of computers that were linked

Is Money As Only Motivator' Introduction Motivation is the internal psychological process of initiating, energizing, directing and maintaining goal-directed behaviour (Buchanan & Huczynski, 1997). Modern society may possibly stimulate a typical employee as money desirer. Many people believe that more income will motivate employees to be more competitive. Certainly, we should not ignore

Internet Addiction For some time now the internet has been a powerful and valuable tool that facilitates the exchange of information between different organizations and even within organizations. However, more and more man power is being used to monitor and control what information is accessed from within organizations. This is a problem because of the nature of the internet. It is me

Internet Censors Since the introduction of the World Wide Web in 1989 by Tim Burners-Lee, many different debates have arisen over various aspects of the Internet. That is expected since there are so many different types of information available on the Web ranging from poetry to games to news to even pornography. Some argue that not all kinds of data should be accessible to all; that is w

Internet Censorship Chris McCloskey Should the Internet be censored' Censorship on the Internet is a very controversial issue. Many agree that censoring violates the First Amendment of free speech. Yet many also believe that it is the government’s duty to censor to protect children and teenagers. The EFA (Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc.) is an organization against Internet censo

Internet Laws The Importance of Cyber Laws Everyday millions of people are using the Internet. The Internet gives people the freedom to look up and download an endless variety of information. But where is the line drawn to determine how far someone is allowed to go when using the Internet' Laws and regulations for the Internet are just as important as they are in everyd

Internet: Blessing Or Curse The Internet: A blessing or a curse There are many reasons why the Internet is so controversial. The problem with the Internet today is the fact that anyone can access just about anything they want to from it. For example, pornography is a big issue because children are accessing adult content so easily without anyone having to know about it. Also, ther