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- 201: The Internet
- ... how to build networks that could withstand partial outages (like bomb attacks) and still be able to function. From that point on, Internet developers were responding to the market pressures, and began building or developing software for every conceivable type of computer. Internet uses started out with big companies, then to the government, to the universities and so on. The World Wide Web or WWW, is an information service that is ... ll bet in the middle of that last sentence another computer just got on-line to the Net. There are three major features of the Internet, On-line discussion groups, Universal Electronic Mail, files and software. There's about 11,000 on-line discussion groups called Newsgroups, on most any topic you can imagine. If you are on the Net, you can participate in any of these discussions in any of ... on the Internet, you're able to send and receive messages or files to anyone else who is on-line, anywhere in the world and in seconds. The third feature I mentioned was files and software. This in my opinion is the most impressive one. All the thousands of individual computer facilities connected to the Internet are also vast storage repositories for hundreds of thousands of software programs, information text ...
- 202: Bill Gates
- William (Bill) H. Gates III is co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation, the world's leading provider of software for personal computer. Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Mary Gates, their late mother ... regent and chairwoman of United Way International. Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer software, programming computers at age 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft's president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a ... he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers. Gates' foresight and vision regarding personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. Gates is actively involved in key management and strategic decisions at Microsoft, ...
- 203: A Chioce Made Easy
- A Choice Made Easy Choosing educational software for children is certainly not an easy task. Because so many options are available, it is easy to be overwhelmed by all the vividly colored packages, the intriguing characters, and fantastic claims of academic enhancements. How in the world does one actually choose? Fortunately, all is not lost. A software package is available, which truly encompasses those qualities, and does so without assaulting the purchaser’s pocketbook. My Personal Tutor by Microsoft, is a budget sensitive, educational enhancement package for childaren, with exciting graphics and ... this reason, a recent review of this program stated that “Microsoft has made a great contribution to children’s learning” (Dr. Toy). In fact, My Personal Tutor is the best choice of children’s educational software. The activities in My Personal Tutor facilitate learning in vital academic disciplines. Because of the technological advancement of our society, today’s students require more strength in critical thinking, reading, and math skills than ...
- 204: Computer Viruses
- Computer Viruses Professor J. Brown Information Systems 201 A computer virus is an illegal and potentially damaging computer program designed to infect other software by attaching itself to any software it contacts. In many cases, virus programs are designed to damage computer systems maliciously by destroying or corrupting data. If the infected software is transferred to or accessed by another computer system, the virus spreads to the other system. Viruses have become a serious problem in recent years, and currently, thousands of known virus programs exist (Reed ...
- 205: Captain Kidd
- Captain Kidd Captain Kidd had many ships and many hard times throughout his life, and unfortunately he was hung on 5 counts of piracy. Captain Kidd was born in 1645, in Scotland. He set sail in many ships including; The Adventure Galley, Quedagh Merchant, and his last ship the Antonio. Many legends about Captain Kidd have made him the most famous of pirates. Acts of piracy were never definitely linked to him and some authorities now doubt that he was ever a pirate at all. In King William’s war between the English and the French, he became known as the ... West Indies. Later, at the request of the governor of New York, Kidd was given two commissions from the English king addressed to our trusty and well beloved Captain Kidd. One commissioned him to suppress piracy. The other commissioned him to cruise as a privateer against the French. In 1696, the captain set sail in the adventure Gallery for Madagascar, Malabar, and the Red Sea Regions. In August 1667, he ...
- 206: Computer Viruses
- ... eats up disk space, CPU time, and memory. Another kind of damage caused by computer viruses is that many users end up spending large amounts of money purchasing anti-virus programs. Sales of anti-virus software reached $135 million last year, according to estimates from market research firm PC Data. According to Ziff-Davis Market Intelligence, five of the 10 top selling utility programs are anti-virus packages (Goldsborough, 1998, p32). In combating the problems resulting from attacks of all types, the anti-virus software market is expected to grow from $700 million in 1997 to 2.6 billion by 2001 (Davy, 1998 , p14). Some computer viruses have caused great deal of damage. A few cases are described below. The ... Bontchev) . There are some examples of attempts to create “good” viruses. Some computer viruses are designed to work not only in a "virgin" environment of ineffaceable programs, but also on systems that include anti-virus software and even other computer viruses. In order to survive successfully in such environments, those viruses contain mechanisms to disable and/or remove the said anti-virus programs and "competitor" viruses. Such viruses in the ...
- 207: The Electronic Computer
- ... processing tasks. By the same token, a computer cannot carry out a task until we have provided it with an appropriate program. We use the term hardware for the computing machinery itself and the term software for the programs that control it. The combination of hardware and software is known as a computer system. Before the advent of modern high technology, technical aids were available for only the simplest forms of information processing. The technologies of writing and printing preserved and distributed information ... still further changes are anticipated in the future. First-generation computers used vacuum tubes, second-generation computers used transistors, and third generation computers used integrated circuits. By the third generation, most of the hardware and software concepts of modern computer systems were in use. The very large-scale integration led to the proliferation of embedded computers and personal computers seems like the most obvious choice. Work is under way to ...
- 208: The Anti-Trust Case Against Microsoft
- ... out of Redmond, Washington, headed by Bill Gates. What is at stake is money. The federal government maintains that Microsoft’s monopolistic practices are harmful to United States citizens, creating higher prices and potentially downgrading software quality, and should therefore be stopped, while Microsoft and its supporters claim that they are not breaking any laws, and are just doing good business. Microsoft’s antitrust problems began for them in the early ... they are not harsh enough and that Microsoft should have been split up to put a stop to any chance of them forming a true monopoly of the operating system market and of the entire software market. On one side of the issue, there are the people who feel that Microsoft should be left alone, at least for the time being. I am one of these people, feeling that Microsoft does ... choose, and if they pick the wrong one, they could be stuck down the road with a DVD player that is worthless. Had only one company set the standards, much like Microsoft has in the software business, there wouldn’t be the confusion that arose, and the consumers could sit back and relax, knowing that the DVD format is secure and won’t be changed. Another conclusion that many anti- ...
- 209: Surfing The Internet
- ... how to build networks that could withstand partial outages (like bomb attacks) and still be able to function. From that point on, Internet developers were responding to the market pressures, and began building or developing software for every conceivable type of computer. Internet uses started out with big companies, then to the government, to the universities and so on. The World Wide Web or WWW, is an information service that is ... ll bet in the middle of that last sentence another computer just got on-line to the Net. There are three major features of the Internet, On-line discussion groups, Universal Electronic Mail, files and software. There's about 11,000 on-line discussion groups called Newsgroups, on most any topic you can imagine. If you are on the Net, you can participate in any of these discussions in any of ... on the Internet, you're able to send and receive messages or files to anyone else who is on-line, anywhere in the world and in seconds. The third feature I mentioned was files and software. This in my opinion is the most impressive one. All the thousands of individual computer facilities connected to the Internet are also vast storage repositories for hundreds of thousands of software programs, information text ...
- 210: Technology And The Future Of W
- ... and development expenditure whilst the domestic producers of robotics and microelectronic based equipment increase output and employment. He sees the greatest problem simply in the need for occupational restructure of employment, as the need for software experts, computer programmers, technicians and engineers are likely to sharply rise. Rifkin (1995) like Jones believes that the old economic models are inappropriate in the ‘Third Industrial Revolution’ and describes views similar to Jenkin’s ... retail food outlets continue to collapse, with the growth of supermarkets and food chains organised around computer technology, and on-line shopping from home. Designers of all types are being superseded by CAD computer design software. Even completely automated home computerised services such as a hardware and software package called "Jeeves" is now available. Business management and company directors are finding voice activated lap top computer secretaries far more reliable and efficient than the human form. The New Zealand Minister for Information ...
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