Papers on Computers & Technology
Computer Scientist/Programmer
Words: 1231 - Pages: 5.... is one of the main computer
professions in the world today.
Computer programmer write, test, and maintain computer programs or
software. Programmers are often categorized as technicians because of the
work they do. Many programmers are involved in updating, repairing,
modifying and expanding existing programs. They are often grouped into two
types. These two types are Applications programmers and Systems
programmers. Applications programmers usually are oriented towards
business, engineering, or science. They write software to handle specific
jobs within an organization such as a program used in a place of business
were a lo .....
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The Anti-Trust Case Against Microsoft
Words: 2404 - Pages: 9.... DR-DOS, a
competitor of Microsoft's MS-DOS, filed a complaint with the Competition
Directorate of the European Commission in June of 1993. (Maldoom 1) Doing this
stalled the investigations even more, until finally in August of 1993, (Check
1)the Federal Trade Commission decided to hand the case over to the Department
of Justice. The Department of Justice moved quickly, with Anne K. Bingaman, head
of the Antitrust Division of the DOJ, leading the way.(Check 1) The case was
finally ended on July 15, 1994, with Microsoft signing a consent
settlement.(Check 1)
The settlement focused on Microsoft's selling practices with computer
manufacturers. .....
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Radar Detector
Words: 387 - Pages: 2.... of wave guide antenna, which effectively confuses the computer inside the radar gun. Police radar takes five to ten speed measurements per second of the vehicle. The Phazer sends two different signals to the radar, so the final result is that police radar can not verify the speed of the vehicle and displays no speed at all.
The Phazer also protects your vehicle from Lidar guns which use distance over time to detect the speed of the vehicle. The Phazer sends an invisible infared signals to the Lidar gun, this way the measurement of the speed is blocked.
Many devices like that were outlawed because they transmit scrambling radar .....
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Anti-government Censorship On The Internet
Words: 1301 - Pages: 5.... unconstitutional by a panel of federal judges, who blocked this law with 3-0 decision (Associated Press, CNN Homepage).
Time Magazine gave national attention to the issue of Cyberporn. The title "On a screen near you: Cyberporn" was on Times July 3rd cover issue. this in a sense sent Washington into an uproar. Thinking that young children could get uncensored porn pictures off the Internet created chaos among the politicians. the Time cover story looked very convincing for many Americans who are uneducated about the Internet access. It suggested there was a sincere problem with uncensored material on the Internet. According to Ti .....
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Knowledge Is Power: How To Buy A Computer
Words: 1563 - Pages: 6.... a few basic guidelines, he could be
assured of making a wise purchase decision.
A computer has only one purpose; to run programs. Some programs require more
computing power than others. In order to figure out how powerful a computer the
consumer needs, therefore, a person must first determine which programs he wants
to run. For many buyers, this creates a problem. They cannot buy a computer
until they know what they want to do with it, but they cannot really know all
of the uses there are for a computer until they own one. This problem is not as
tough as it seems, however. The consumer should go to his local computer store,
and look a .....
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Internet Applications In Business
Words: 540 - Pages: 2.... only benefit that this marketing plan has reaped. A new level of efficiency has also been reached.
The leading benefit that has created such efficiency is the number of customer orders that Depot does not have to:
1. Take up more of a salesperson’s time on the phone.
2. Take up an order-entry clerk.
3. Waste time trying to understand precisely what the customer needs. (The customer can browse though our entire catalog of merchandise)
Instead, the company’s time can be spent on more important customer service issues. A salesperson can get out in the field to meet one-on-one with their customers. Order-entry clerks can spend more time m .....
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Where Did UNIX Come From And Why Are There Different Versions Of UNIX?
Words: 276 - Pages: 2.... develop their own single-user, multi-tasking small operating
system and they chose the name UNIX. Their initial goal was simply to operate
their DEC PDP machines more effectively. In 1971, UNIX became multi-user and
multi-tasking, but it was still just being developed by a small group of
programmers who were trying to take advantage of the machines they had at hand.
(In other words, this operating system that they were developing did not run on
any machine made by Bell!)
In 1973, Dennis Ritchie rewrote the UNIX operating system in C (a language he
had developed.) And in 1975, the portability of the C programming language was
used to "port" .....
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Global Positioning Systems
Words: 3319 - Pages: 13.... which was your DME reading in nautical miles. Then you'd tune in a second DME station and repeat the process. On your chart at this point there would be two circles whose lines intersected at two points. Even a vague guess of your whereabouts would be enough to discard the bogus point, and you'd be left with a pretty good idea of your position. Better yet, take a cut from a third DME transmitter and draw a third circle on your chart. Now you'd have three intersecting circles and your position would be inside the little triangle formed by the intersection of the three circles. Got the picture? This is basically how GPS triangulates, exc .....
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Future Of Television
Words: 1047 - Pages: 4.... Digital television sets are on sale now, though the price is between five to ten thousand dollars. There is a converter box on sale as well that you hook up to your TV, and it changes the regular signal to digital to your TV screen you have at home now. That is approximately three to six thousand dollars. You are probably saying to yourself at this point, “Other than being more expensive, what am I
getting out of a HDTV that I am not getting from the TV at home? To start with, as of now, we use 525 lines of resolution,(makes up the screen, with colors) where HDTV has anywhere from 720 to 1080 (Sobel 73). Next, is the difference betwee .....
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Privacy And The Internet
Words: 4771 - Pages: 18.... and then when telephones were introduced. Once again, we must apply the question to the new information superhighway, that is e-mail, telecommuting, online newsgroups, etc. The question is this: What does privacy on the internet mean?
Privacy And The Internet
Introduction
According to Bill Eager, "The Information Superhighway refers to the multitude of technologies and businesses that encompass the eletronic distribution of video, data and voice via communications networks. Currently, for individuals, the Information Superhighway refers primarily to the use of personal computers (PCs) and modems to access information and services an .....
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