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Computers Essays and Term Papers
A New Technologycoming to automatic teller machines this summer could mean the end of those pesky personal identification numbers, or PINs. Instead of asking you for a PIN, the ATM will scan the iris of your eye (that�s the colored part) to identify you.
It may sound like science fiction, but these ATMs are ...
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Computer Aided Drafting And DesignCADD stands for . By using the
computer for the functions normally utilized by hand, a greater amount of
efficiency can be attained. By drawing lines with a computer on a screen,
corrections can be made without erasing the entire product. CADD is a lot
like a word processor, letting people ...
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Using Frames In Web PagesDividing a web page into frames is quite simple. Frames organize
web pages by dividing them into rows or columns. The basic concept of
frames is that each frame is a regular, complete html document. That
means more than on one page is viewed in one single screen. This allows
the viewers to stay ...
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Trends In TelecommunicationsSeveral trends are occurring in the field of telecommunications
that will affect the electronic communication of information over distance.
Continued Growth of Photonics (Fiber Optics)
The national telecommunications network will continue to grow in
service and capacity. A dominant technology ...
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Production PlanningIntroduction
The intention of this project is to demonstrate the function of
in a non - artificial environment. Through this simulation
we are able to forecast, with a degree of certainty the monthly requirements for
end products, subassemblies, parts and raw materials. We are supplied ...
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Computer Viruses(anonymous)
WHAT IS A COMPUTER VIRUS:
The term usually used to define a computer virus is:
' A computer virus is often malicious software which
replicates itself'
[ Podell 1987 for similar definition ]
- COMPUTER VIRUSES ARE BASICALLY PROGRAMS, ...
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Hollywood And Computer AnimationComputer Graphics
Table of Contents
Introduction 3
How It Was 3
How It All Began 4
Times Were Changing 6
Industry's First Attempts 7
The Second Wave 10
How the Magic is ...
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Censorship On The InternetFive years after the first world wide web was launched at the end of 1991, The
Internet has become very popular in the United States. Although President
Clinton already signed the 1996 Telecommunication ActI on Thursday Feb 8, 1996,
the censorship issue on the net still remains unresolved. In ...
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Review Of On-line PublicationsBecause of the prevalence of the internet in today's society many
thousands of papers now publish an on-line edition. It is through the use of
this medium that they wish to make in roads in the communications market. It is
seen as a necessary step by many because of the loss of readership due to ...
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A Tour Of The Pentium Pro Processor MicroarchitectureIntroduction
One of the Pentium Pro processor's primary goals was to significantly exceed the
performance of the 100MHz Pentium processor while being manufactured on the same
semiconductor process. Using the same process as a volume production processor
practically assured that the Pentium Pro ...
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Brief History Of Library Automation: 1930-1996An automated library is one where a computer system is used to manage
one or several of the library's key functions such as acquisitions, serials
control, cataloging, circulation and the public access catalog. When exploring
the history of library automation, it is possible to return to past ...
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Dell Computer CorporationThe marketing concept that has proven to be the most successful for the also happens to be their business. The differentiated marketing: different buyers, different strategies. The bold-concept � direct customer contact � has made Dell one of the most successful companies of the 1990s.
Through ...
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Technology Spontaneously Approaching `Humanity' With The Passage Of TimeTel Aviv University , Department of Film & Television
Tools once helped early man increase his survivability, and they became more and
more useful as means to achieve our goals. Today, innovations in technology have
allowed us to fabricate tools of increasing complexity. As we recognize that ...
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Masters Of Deception (MoD)SUMMARY
Paul lived in New York City. He had his first encounter with a
computer when he was about nine of ten. He was at his dad's office
Christmas party. One of his father's colleagues turned one on for him and
he became emideatly obsessed. From then on he read every kind of books,
magazine, or ...
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The Cuckoo's Egg: Cliff's Persistence"The Cuckoo's Egg" is a story of persistence, love for one's work and is just
plain funny! The story starts out with Clifford Stoll being "recycled" to a
computer analyst/webmaster.
Cliff, as he is affectionately called, is a long-haired ex-hippie that works at
Lawrence Berkeley Lab. He ...
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The History Of ComputersA computer is a machine built to do routine calculations with speed,
reliability, and ease, greatly simplifying processes that without them would be
a much longer, more drawn out process.
Since their introduction in the 1940's. Computers have become an
important part of the world. Besides the ...
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History Of ComputersThis project explains the , starting from Howard Aiken�s Harvard Mark I to present day time. Although I have not gone over all of the models in my report, I have chosen those which I feel have had the greatest effect on the computer world. I will show how in just forty years, computers have come ...
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Facing RealityAre we all aware of the uses of technologies we are helping to create? "If there is war we shall all die"(Weizenbuaum 716). These are pretty strong words that he suggests. Weizenbaum wants us all to consider if our daily work contributes to the "insanity of further armament"(716) or to the ...
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Parts Of A Computer And What They DoKeyboards
A key board is simply a way that the user may interface a fixed
number of commands (equal to the number of keys that the manufacturer
places on the board). The standard keyboard for home PCs is a QWERTY key
board, but they are not restricted to this format as in industry they can
be ...
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The Power On Self TestWhen the system is powered on, the BIOS will perform diagnostics and initialize
system components, including the video system. (This is self-evident when the
screen first flicks before the Video Card header is displayed). This is commonly
referred as POST (Power-On Self Test).
Afterwards, the ...
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Object-Oriented Database Management SystemsThe construction of started in
the middle 80�s, at a prototype building level, and at the beginning of the
90�s the first commercial systems appeared. The interest for the
development of such systems stems from the need to cover the modeling
deficiencies of their predecessors, that is the ...
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Importance Of Computer SoftwareSoftware is the soul of the computer. Without it, the computer will never be useful and easy to use it is like a dead body.
A computer is a collection of electrical and mechanical devices that can accept human or electro-mechanical input via input devices and can provide visual, auditory and ...
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Mac vs. PCMac or PC? It is a very hard question to answer, it has a lot to do with personal opinion and preference but there is some differences that really set them apart. They are both computers after all, and Macs for the most part are a lot more expensive but choosing between one is like choosing ...
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PolymorphismIn computer science, polymorphism is a programming language feature that allows values of different data types to be handled using a uniform interface. The concept of parametric polymorphism applies to both data types and functions. A function that can evaluate to or be applied to values of ...
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