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Windows 95
<view this essay>.... Arguably the most welcome
innovation Win 95 offers is the "task bar". Use of the task bar eliminates the
need to navigate through several open application windows to get to the one you
need. When you first start an application, a corresponding button appears on the
task bar. If after opening other windows you need to return to the original
window, all you need do is click on the application's button on the task bar and
the appropriate window will come to the fore. According to Aley, "the most
gratifying, and overdue, improvement is Windows 95's tolerance for file names in
plain English" (29-30). Traditionally, users had to think of file names that
summed up t .....
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Network Security And Firewalls
<view this essay>.... is defined as the combination of all mechanisms which allow only authorized people to use the resources they are supposed to. These can be locks, people or physical barriers that stand in the way of a desired location or object. Computer security uses much of the same utilities. Passwords take the place of keys, security analysts take the place of guards, and firewalls take the place of physical barriers. Passwords and firewalls are the two most common ways to secure a computer system.
Passwords are the most common forms of computer and network security. They are the most common because of three main reasons. First of all, passwords are cheap .....
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The Information Super Highway
<view this essay>.... been looking at. With a world of information and no way to monitor it, the Internet makes life informative as well as interesting limited only by each click of the mouse. The Internet is difficult to limit because the devices used today are not capable of monitoring such a vast new medium.
Any new medium must go through investigation and must be explored to see the full potential and how it affects society. In the 1940’s radio emerged as a strong medium, allowing thousands to hear news, entertainment, and even propaganda. Radio was new and was therefore forced to restrict its use of certain ideas and vocabulary. Years went by and a new form of media emerge .....
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Computers In Education
<view this essay>.... communications satellite is an artificial SATELLITE placed into orbit around
the Earth to facilitate communications on Earth. Most long-distance radio
communication across land is sent via MICROWAVE relay towers. In effect, a
satellite serves as a tall microwave tower to permit direct transmission between
stations, but it can interconnect any number of stations that are included
within the antenna beams of the satellite rather than simply the two ends of the
microwave link.
Computer Crime
Computer crime is defined as any crime involving a computer accomplished through
the use or knowledge of computer technology. Computers are objects of crime when
they or th .....
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Radio - Making Waves In America
<view this essay>.... in his lab. The discovery of these amazing properties, the later invention of a working wireless radio, and the resulting technology have been instrumental to AmericaÕs move into the Information Age.
The invention of radio is commonly credited to Guglielmo Marconi, who, starting in 1895, developed the first ÒwirelessÓ radio transmitter and receiver. Working at home with no support from his father, but plenty from his mother, Marconi improved upon the experiments and equipment of Hertz and others working on radio transmission. He created a better radio wave detector or cohere and connected it to an early type of antenna. With the help of his brothers an .....
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Computer Security
<view this essay>.... military department. A
lot of important information can be found in the memory of computer. So,
people may ask a question: Can we make sure that the information in the
computer is safe and nobody can steal it from the memory of the computer?
Physical hazard is one of the causes of destroying the data in
the computer. For example, send a flood of coffee toward a personal
computer. The hard disk of the computer could be endangered by the flood
of coffee. Besides, human caretaker of computer system can cause as much
as harm as any physical hazard. For example, a cashier in a bank can
transfer some money from one of his customer's account to his own account.
N .....
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Computers 2
<view this essay>.... out equations, store data, and draw graphics (Chaney 53). From there the computer industry exploded. Now computers have changed many aspects of life.
Computers have had a major effect upon business. One area deals with the advertising industry. It has completely re-arranged the advertising business. Before computers companies used to advertise only on magazines, billboards, and T.V. The internet has spawned a new world for advertising. If anyone has ever been on the Internet; they know that it is a major contributor to this. Instead of companies paying around 1 million dollars to advertise for a 30 second commercial during the Super Bowl;
they co .....
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How To Computerize Your Accounts
<view this essay>.... society. Many fields in business such as accounting depend on the convenience, speed, accuracy, and reliability that computers have become known for. But not all companies are large enough to benefit from the use of computers. First a company must research the impact a computer will have on keeping track of its accounts. Then they must choose the correct hardware and software that's best for their needs, while at the same time making themselves familiar with the new enhancements that increase productivity. Finally, the company must allow time for installation and training.
When looking at the need to change from a manual accounting system to a com .....
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