Papers on Computers & Technology
Internet Access: Flat Fee Vs. Pay-Per-Use
Words: 1687 - Pages: 7.... discovery, and seldom explore totally unexpected avenues.
"Pay-per-use" environments discourage browsing. Imagine how a person's reading
habits would change if they had to pay for each article they looked at in a
magazine or newspaper.
Yet many of the most interesting things we learn about or find come from
following unknown routes, bumping into things we weren't looking for. (Indeed,
Thomas Kuhn makes the claim that, even in the hard sciences, real breakthroughs
and interesting discoveries only come from following these unconventional routes
[Kuhn, Thomas, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 196 .....
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Outsourcing
Words: 2372 - Pages: 9.... towards outsourcing it could be said that
this may be caused by the growing complexity of IT and the changing business
needs of an organisation. As a result, an organisation may find that it is not
possible to have all its IT services supplied from within its own company. Given
this, an IT manager may decide to choose to seek assistance from an external
contractor/company to supply their services the organisation lacks. In addition,
the business competition has set the pace for an organisation to continue to
strive for internal efficiency. It also needs to look for a way to transfer non-
core activities or "in house" services and support ac .....
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Air Bags
Words: 1015 - Pages: 4.... of an eye. Crash sensors, located on the front of the vehicle or in the passenger compartment, measure deceleration, the rate at which a vehicle slows down. When these sensors detect decelerations indicative of a crash severity that exposes the occupants to a high risk of injury, they send an electronic device that monitors the operational readiness of the air bag system whenever the vehicle ignition is turned on. These are designed to inflate in moderate-to-severe frontal and near-frontal crashes. They inflate when the crash froces are about equivalent to striking a brick wall head on at 10-15 mph. are not designed to deploy in roll .....
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Requirements Needed In Certain Computer Related Fields
Words: 889 - Pages: 4.... areas of Commcorp as well as maintaining existing programs.
Some requirements are:
- 5 years progressive experience in an MVS/XA environment
- detailed knowledge of COBOL (for business applications)
- detailed knowledge and experience in CICS, VSAM, and
MICROS.
- Strong analytical, design and leadership skills an asset.
The salary of a project leader varies occasionally, but in this case
it is an important position, earning $60 000 - 70 000 annually.
Systems Administrator
Systems Administrator is responsible for administering overall system needs
in a business (in this case, the College .....
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Ecodisc
Words: 394 - Pages: 2.... You can see the area from any direction (north, south,
east or west), and even from a helicopter position. Ecodisc lets you see the
areas of the reserve from any part of the year. For example, you could view the
reserve in the middle of winter and see what it looks like in summer.
Ecodisc is one of the first interactive programmes, and there are hopes of some
day there being interactive broadcast television. This is a breakthrough in
visual entertainment, because while television lets you see a place, interactive
video will let you explore it. Interactive video is where the viewer decides the
plot and characters of a movie, or show. The v .....
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What Is A Computer
Words: 389 - Pages: 2.... and analyze population trends. Computers are even used to design and build faster and build faster computers.
Computers can be classified as analog or digital. Both types process data, but in different ways. Analog computers are best suited to solving problems in which several quantities vary continuously over a period of time, making exact answers difficult or impossible to obtain. Digital computers are capable of providing exact answers to problems.
The basic concept of a computer is very simple. A computer processes step by step, performing one operation at a time. For example, a computer reads a number from memory, stores it, reads .....
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Time And Technology
Words: 978 - Pages: 4.... telegraph. It was invented by Samuel Morse and utilizes an electrical current to send signals in the shaped of dot and lines called the Morse Code. It was first used in 1844 and it was mainly reserved for companies which needed information quickly such as banks, this helped them grow and more efficient. With the telegraph one could pass a message across any distance almost effortlessly and it was cheap, so the need for this kind of communication was already there. This new medium also meant that even people which were not rich could send a message very far without having to pay incredible amount of money. The whole world began to expand th .....
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Polymorphic & Cloning Computer Viruses
Words: 1865 - Pages: 7.... "polymorphic" viruses are
able to clone themselves and change themselves as they need to avoid detection.
This form of "smart viruses" allows the virus to have a form of artificial
intelligence. To understand the way a computer virus works and spreads, first
one must understand some basics about computers, specifically pertaining to the
way it stores data. Because of the severity of the damage that these viruses may
cause, it is important to understand how anti-virus programs go about detecting
them and how the virus itself adapts to meet the ever changing conditions of a
computer. In much the same way as animals, computer viruses liv .....
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Video Games
Words: 352 - Pages: 2.... support film graphics for games that star real life actions. If the gamer enjoys watching a story line in a real life situation, Playstation would be the better choice to go with.
When it comes to wait time, the Nintendo 64 blows away the Playstation. Some games for the Playstation take up to a minute to load. This is due to the fact that the system uses compact discs for software. On the other hand, Nintendo 64 uses cartridges. These load instantly. If you have no patients for waiting on a game to load, then Nintendo 64 is the better choice.
Accessorizing the systems is a minor point, but it is still there. The Nintendo 64 comes with four c .....
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Media Influence
Words: 382 - Pages: 2.... singing an agreement. Although there is an agreement waiting for to sign, but Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic resist singing it. And also she is giving the information about the position of Albanians and the NATO's attack. (Johanna Mcgeary, Standoff in Kosovo,Time weekly news magazine, March 29,1999)
A person who doesn't know anything about the Kosovo events and read Johanna Mcgeary will hate from Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic . Most of the people who read this media item may feel hostility to the Serbs and may try to help Muslims. And also support the NATO's attacked. As a result this article can be very effective article .....
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