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How Magnets Affect Computer Disks
<view this essay>.... as: Software for the internet advertised on America Online
Floppies.
Floppies are also considered to be very sensitve data storage mediums.
These Disks have numerous advantages and disadvanteges. Even though floppies are
used so commonly they are also not very dependable. They have numerous
conditions under which they should normally be kept. For example: the actuall
magnetic disk inside the hard cover of the disk must NEVER be touched, the
magnetic disk inside, must be protected by the metallic sliding shield, the disk
must always be within the temperature of 50° to 140° Fahrenheit and the disk
must never be bought near a magnet! (3M Diskettes)
There ar .....
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Computer Crime In The 1990's
<view this essay>.... and businesses
are struggling to defend themselves.
Phone Fraud
In North America the telecommunications industry estimates long distance
fraud costs five hundred million perhaps up to a billion every year, the exact
the exact figures are hard to be sure of but in North America alone phone fraud
committed by computer hackers costs three, four maybe even up to five billion
dollars every year. Making an unwitting company pay for long distance calls is
the most popular form of phone fraud today. The first step is to gain access to
a private automated branch exchange known as a "PABX" or "PBX". One of these can
be found in any company with twenty or more .....
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Internet Security
<view this essay>.... because the general public now has access to it. When
only the government and higher education had access, there was no worry about
credit card numbers and other types of important data being taken. There are
many advantages the Internet brings to its users, but there are also many
problems with the Internet security, especially when dealing with personal
security, business security, and the government involvement to protect the users.
The Internet is a new, barely regulated frontier, and there are many
reasons to be concerned with security. The same features that make the Internet
so appealing such as interactivity, versatile communication, and customi .....
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Hubble Space Telescope
<view this essay>.... radio waves in digital form.
The construction of the HST began in 1981 with the assembly of its' precision ground mirror. By the end of 1985, the entire spacecraft was complete with the scientific instruments, optical components, and remaining hardware intact and prepared for launch. Although scheduled for launch in 1986, the project was later postponed due to the space shuttle Challenger disaster. During this period, HST was subjected to intense tests and observation in order to prepare its duty in space. The HST was finally launched aboard the STS-31 mission of the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990.
Shortly after its launch in 1990, an error was fou .....
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The Future Of Fiber Optics On The Internet
<view this essay>.... (0's and 1's) are transmitted from one location to another in the form or light, guided through thin fibers of glass or plastic. Fiber Optics can represent information from voice, date, video and images, which allows for use with telephones, computers, and televisions. A strand of glass is thinner than a human hair, yet inch by inch is stronger than steel.
The future of fiber optics is very promising due to the simple fact of how much information they can carry. Two single fiber optics lines carry the equivalent of 24,000 telephone calls at one time. With the introduction of fiber optics into our daily lives, it will greatly improve the quality and spee .....
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As A Technology, It Is Called Multimedia
<view this essay>.... These gurus see a
dawning digital age in which the humble television will mutate into a two-
way medium for a vast amount of information and entertainment. We can
expect to see: movies-on-demand, video games, databases, educational
programming, home shopping, telephone services, telebanking,
teleconferencing, even the complex simulations of virtual reality. This
souped-up television will itself be a powerful computer. This, many
believe, will be the world's biggest media group, letting consumers tune
into anything, anywhere, anytime.
The most extraordinary thing about the multimedia boom, is that so many
moguls are spending such vast sums to develop digital .....
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Data Security
<view this essay>.... least promise that their product delivers.”
(Intranet Security xvii). There is an uncountable number of computer
breakins each month. Most breakins however are probably not reported due to
unaware System Administrators.
There was the 1993 case in which investigators in NYC found that
three city employees had found a flaw in city's real estate tax computer
system and erased 20,000,000 dollars in overdue property taxes (Secure
Commerce on The Internet 12). The corporation Citibank also had an
incident in 1995 in which Russian hackers stole over 10,000,000 dollars in
fraudulent wire transfers by exploiting a hole in it's systems provision
for money transfers. .....
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People And Machines
<view this essay>.... the people have worked on a single machine, the more they become
adept in the use of the machine. When the time comes for a more advanced
machine to be installed, such as a computer, the worker may not be able to
cope with the massive change. The computer is an example of a new machine
that has created new jobs while driving out workers who were either
unwilling or unable to deal with the new technology. Computers have
drastically changed many of the jobs on the market. Twenty years ago you
could leave high school and become a car mechanic without any knowledge of
computers, but now you must have a college degree to do any car work. The
workers nee .....
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