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Censorship Of The Internet And The Tyranny Of Our Government
<view this essay>.... cost. Numerous factors indicate censorship of this force is
not possible, and not the government's place. It should be left up to the
users to decide what is broadcast. Most importantly, censorship of the
Internet impairs the expression of ideas and infringes against the First
Amendment of the Constitution.
First of all, censoring the Internet as a whole is not possible, so
why even try? Cyberspace is the most decentralized form of communication
today making policing the Internet a virtually futile task. Unlike
television or radio, the Internet consists of thousands of individual
computers and networks, with thousands of speakers, in .....
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Computer Crimes: Laws Must Be Pass To Address The Increase In Computer Crimes
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profile of today's non-professional thieves crosses all races, age groups and
economic strata. Computer criminals tend to be relatively honest and in a
position of trust: few would do anything to harm another human, and most do not
consider their crime to be truly dishonest. Most are males: women have tended to
be accomplices, though of late they are becoming more aggressive. Computer
Criminals tend to usually be "between the ages of 14-30, they are usually bright,
eager, highly motivated, adventuresome, and willing to accept technical
challenges."(Shannon, 16:2)
"It is tempting to liken computer criminals to other criminals, ascribing
characteristics som .....
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Computers
<view this essay>.... on carriages to stake
their claim in the gold rush, business and entrepreneurs are rushing to stake
their claim on the information superhighway through Gopher sites, World-Wide Web
sites, and electronic mailing lists. This article explains how businesses and
entrepreneurs are setting up information services on the Internet that allows
users to browse through picture catalogues, specification lists, and up to the
minute reports.
Ever since Sears Roebuck created the first pictorial catalogue, the
idea has fascinated US that merchandises could be selected and ordered in our
leisure time. Like any cataloging system, references make it easy to find wh .....
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Computer Communications: Bus Network
<view this essay>.... rely on collision detection or Token
Passing to regulate traffic.Star NetworkStar Network, in computer science, a
local area network in which each device (node) is connected to a central
computer in a star-shaped configuration (topology); commonly, a network
consisting of a central computer (the hub) surrounded by terminals. In a star
network, messages pass directly from a node to the central computer, which
handles any further routing (as to another node) that might be necessary. A star
network is reliable in the sense that a node can fail without affecting any
other node on the network. Its weakness, however, is that failure of the central
computer resu .....
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A Long Way From Univac
<view this essay>.... Computer Company, unveiled what is
generally considered to be the first personal computer, the Apple II. This
computer was introduced on April 16, 1977, at the First West Coast Computer
Faire, in San Francisco. In 1981, the International Business Machines Company
introduced the first IBM PC. Unlike Apple, IBM used a policy of open
architecture for their computer. They bought all of their components from the
lowest bidder, such as the 8086 and 8088 microprocessor chips, made by a Intel,
a Hillsboro, Oregon company. When IBMıs computerıs design had been finalized,
they shared most of the inner workings of the computer with everyone. IBM hoped
that this w .....
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The Internet: How It Works And How It Affects The World
<view this essay>.... could be automatically transferred to other links. Fortunately, the Net is not usually under enemy attack.
The ARPANET was very successful, and every university in the country wanted to sign up. Because so many people wanted to use the Net, ARPANET started getting hard to manage, especially with many university sites on it. Therefore, it was broken into two parts: MILNET, which had all the military sites, and ARPANET, which had all the nonmilitary sites. "The two networks remained connected, however, thanks to a technical scheme called IP (Internet Protocol), which enabled traffic to be routed from one net to another as needed. All the network .....
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Local Area Networks
<view this essay>.... occupies one or a group of buildings located next to each other. For larger area need there are several other types of networks such as the Internet.
LANs systems can be defined and connected in many different ways. This is the reason for the standardization for every one can have a common ground to start from. The LANs described Herein are distinguished from other types of data networks in that they are optimized for a moderate size geographic area such as a single office building, warehouse, or a campus. The IEEE 802 LAN is a shared medium peer-to-peer communications network that broadcasts information for all stations to receive. As a consequence, it do .....
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History Of The Computer Industry In America
<view this essay>.... every aspect of peoples lives for the better.
The earliest existence of the modern day computer ancestor is the abacus.
These date back to almost 2000 years ago. It is simply a wooden rack holding
parallel wire on which beads are strung. When these beads are moved along the
wire according to "programming" rules that the user must memorize, all ordinary
arithmetic operations can be performed (Soma, 14). The next innovation in
computers took place in 1694 when Blaise Pascal invented the first digital
calculating machine. It could only add numbers and they had to be entered by
turning dials. It was designed to help Pascal's father who was a tax c .....
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