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Computers
Number of Words: 911 / Number of Pages: 4
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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 what
user seeks. Since its inception, The Internet has been refining its search
tools. Being able to find products through many catalogues is what make the
Internet shine in information retrieval. This helps the consumer find
merchandise that they might other wise probably cannot find. The World Wide Web
allows users to find information on goods and services, pictures of products,
samples of music (Used by record Companies), short videos ...
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People And Machines
Number of Words: 269 / Number of Pages: 1
... 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 colleg ...
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Computer Security And The Law
Number of Words: 4533 / Number of Pages: 17
... involving technical
computer security professional in the development of computer security law and
public policy. This paper is meant to help bridge to gap between technical and
legal computer security communities.
II. THE TECHNOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
A. The Objectives of Computer Security
The principal objective of computer security is to protect and assure
the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of automated information
systems and the data they contain. Each of these terms has a precise meaning
which is grounded in basic technical ideas about the flow of information in
automated infor ...
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Internet And Internet Security
Number of Words: 1171 / Number of Pages: 5
... and right to decide who uses it and how it is used. The government HAS to have control on what information people are able to get from its agencies. This
information is not lawfully available through the mail OR over the telephone, so
there is absolutely no reason why they should be available otherwise. Since the
idea a network of computers, the industry has wonderfully advanced some good
blocking devices, but they are not an alternative for a well-reasoned law. Because the Internet has become one of the biggest sources of information in
the whole wide world, legislative security is ...
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Coputers In Modern Society
Number of Words: 983 / Number of Pages: 4
... lines (about 28,000 bits per second has been quadrupled to
about 128,000 bits per second. As speed enhances, memory and storage space is
needed to hold excess information. EDO RAM is a new, faster memory module that
helps transfer RAM data twice as fast as normal RAM. For long term storage of
large amounts of data, hard drives have been under a constant upgrade of
performance, and it is not uncommon to find hard drives about 8-9 gigabytes on
the market.
Along with technology, an ease of use factor has been instilled in the
modern day PC's. The most notable ease of use enhancement is a GUI(Gra ...
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Internet
Number of Words: 1085 / Number of Pages: 4
... productively use this information. I have been using the net for about eight years for my reports and personal knowledge quests. My father would check on me every now and again to make sure I was on task. Not only was he keeping what I viewed pg13, he was helping me use different search engines and being my troubleshooter until I could surf the web by myself. Lots of the children now days are just tuned loose with a computer and not checked on until suppertime or bedtime. With that much freedom come temptation, this leads to the children looking up porn, explosives, or something else that their pare ...
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Interactive Television
Number of Words: 1410 / Number of Pages: 6
... sets. Clearly these factors will not allow interactive
television to overtake the American home.
So what exactly is interactive television and what does it do?
Interactive television is the ability literally to interact with the
television set just like we do with a home computer on the Internet. With
the advent of fiber optics and satellite communications, the communications
industry will be able to transfer megabytes of information in fractions of
a second. This will allow every American access to the information super
highway. It also allows others, such as advertisers, access to them. New
tec ...
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Computer Crimes
Number of Words: 1157 / Number of Pages: 5
... States in 1986, according to the National Center for Computer Crime Data in Santa Cruz, Calif. By 1989, that number jumped to 500 prosecutions. that year cost businesses and banks - and, ultimately, consumers - about $500 million. "As the use of computers has increased, so has their criminal misuse" (Bowers 54:g13). Computers are used to obtain credit card numbers, which are then used to order thousands of dollars worth of whatever the hackers want.
"In recent years, individual outlaws and entire "gangs" have broken into computers all over the U.S., using their wits and wiles to pilfer and des ...
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Virtual Reality
Number of Words: 1559 / Number of Pages: 6
... and the computer system itself. (Gump)
There are four major types of devices currently in use: the head-mounted display (HMD), the binocular omni-oriented monitor (BOOM), the workstation "desktop" model (DEERING), and the projection model (CAVE). The HMD is a tracked helmet worn by the user that provides small television screens properly placed in front of the eyes. Although modest in comparison with other VR devices, it is not lightweight enough to prevent fatigue, and the screen resolution is typically medium at best. The BOOM also uses small television screens, but the angle of view is impro ...
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Internet Applications In Business
Number of Words: 540 / Number of Pages: 2
... the phone.
2. Take up an order-entry clerk.
3. Waste time trying to understand precisely what the customer needs. (The customer can browse though our entire catalog of merchandise)
Instead, the company’s time can be spent on more important customer service issues. A salesperson can get out in the field to meet one-on-one with their customers. Order-entry clerks can spend more time making sure they key exactly what the customer wants. That covers the benefits to the company, but how about the customer. Are they benefiting as well?
Customer feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. This is mainly ...
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