Papers on Computers & Technology
Macintosh Vs. IBM
Words: 3121 - Pages: 12.... on. Later on IBM
teamed up with Microsoft to create an operating system to run their new
computers, because their software division was not able to meet a deadline.
They also teamed up with Intel to supply its chips for the first IBM personal
computer. When the personal computer hit the market it was a major hit and IBM
became a strong power in electronic computers. Phoenix Technologies went
through published documentation to figure out the internal operating system
(BIOS) in the IBM. In turn, they designed a BIOS of their own which could be
used with IBM computers. It stood up in courts and now with a non IBM BIOS, the
clone was cre .....
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"Computer Security" By Time Life Books
Words: 528 - Pages: 2.... by prompting a computer user to enter a password
before they can access any programs or information already contained within the
computer. Another password security method would be to have the computer user
carry a digital screen that fits in your pocket. This digital screen receives
an encrypted message and displays numbers that change every few minutes. These
numbers make the password one needs for the next few minutes in order to access
the computer. This password method is somewhat new. It is also better, for the
previous password method is not totally fool proof. This is because the
passwords are stored in the computer and if a c .....
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The Evaluation Of The Microprocessor.
Words: 1306 - Pages: 5.... but now in the 90's it
looks as Intel has won the war.
The microprocessor 68000 is the original microprocessor(Encarta 95). It was
invented by Motorola in the early 80's. The 68000 also had two very distinct
qualities like 24-bit physical addressing and a 16-bit data bus. The original
Apple Macintosh ,released in 1984, had the 8-MHz found at the core of it. It
was also found in the Macintosh Plus, the original Macintosh SE, the Apple
Laser-Writer IISC, and the Hewlett-Packard's LaserJet printer family. The
68000 was very efficient for its time for example it could address 16 megabytes
of memory, that is 16 more times the memory tha .....
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Software Piracy
Words: 1389 - Pages: 6.... is relatively easy, and
only the largest rings of distributors are usually caught. In addition, software
pirates know that they are unlikely to serve hard jail time when prisons are
overcrowded with people convicted of more serious crimes. The software industry
loses more than $15.2 billion annually worldwide due to software piracy.
Software piracy costs the industry:
$482 every second
$28,900 every minute
$1.7 million every hour
$41.6 million every day
$291.5 million e .....
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File Storage And Document-To-Html Conversion
Words: 963 - Pages: 4.... to understand the file formats by its extension. If you want to
learn how to create files or advanced techniques to use files, you have to
know more about the files' structure.
The file extension is the most important thing you must know in order to
download files and to use the files. There are many types of file
extensions on the Internet. They represent different standards and formats
to create the files. Different file extensions need different ways to
transfer and to display or play. I have prepared a comprehensive but not
exhausted List of File Extensions for you. You can always consult this
list to find out what a file ex< "nsion mc .....
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F117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter
Words: 848 - Pages: 4.... range because the cruise speed is from Mach .8 to Mach .9 and the maximum speed is Mach 1 at 36,000 ft. The range of the Nighthawk is unlimited with air refueling from another plane. The engines of the Nighthawk are two
12,500lb. General Electric F404-F1D2 non-afterburning turbofan engines with 10,600 lbs. of thrust. The Nighthawk’s armament is a non-fixed internal weapons carriage and the primary weapons on the Nighthawk are the paveway series GBU-10 and GBU-27 laser guided bombs. There is usually one person to fly the Nighthawk and the cost to build each Nighthawk is around 45 million dollars. The United States Air Force .....
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A Short History On Computers
Words: 1496 - Pages: 6.... computer. Babbage called this idea an Analytical Engine.
The plans for this engine required an identical decimal computer operating on numbers of 50 decimal digits (or words) and having a storage capacity (memory) of 1,000 such digits. The machine was supposed to operate automatically, by steam power, and require only one person there.
Babbage's computers were never finished. After Babbage, there was a temporary loss of interest in automatic digital computers.
A strong need thus developed for a machine that could rapidly perform many repetitive calculations.
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Airbags - Pop Em' Or Keep Em'
Words: 1314 - Pages: 5.... that something is drastically wrong. Mica is
dead.
At last count, this scenario has happened 31 times. How many more
times does it have to happen before the automotive industry does something
about it? Children are not the only victims, though. Small women and the
elderly have also been killed as a result of airbags. The time has come to
ask ourselves, "Do airbags really work?"
First off, most people feel that airbags are a great safety device.
They let people walk away from an accident without a scratch, right? They
protect everybody, right? People don't need seatbelts if their car has an
airbag, right? Wrong. Airbags cause .....
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HDTV: The Emergence Of A New Generation In Television.
Words: 1782 - Pages: 7.... be up and running this year, until every television station in the
United States switches over to the digital signal, ana log signals and
television sets will still be in use, it will be hard for consumers to bow
down and purchase 600 million new high definition television sets.
HDTV, is known in the television industry as high definition
television. HDTV is paving the way as a new medium waiting to emerge as
the greatest thing to hit television since color. However it's not the
1950's and HDTV is already up and running in other markets. Japan's NHK
broadcasting group used 1125/60 equipment and European ZDF broadcasters
used 1250/50 .....
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The Recent Negative Effect Of Technology On Society
Words: 1737 - Pages: 7.... radio were the only ways to bring media or
entertainment into the house. Mass production and other job opportunities
brought many people from the suburbs and farms into the city. We can now have
forms of electricity directed into our houses for heating and light. Humans are
more reliant on technology then ever before. All of these technological
advances sound great, however, there is a negative effect to all this technology.
Technology can serve to actually harm humans rather then help them. Competition
between companies or even cities can sometimes make lives for humans even worse.
Take for example when a city builds better and more r .....
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