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Computer Simulation
Number of Words: 1699 / Number of Pages: 7
... in educational institutions. Designed
and built using modern computer technology, modern software engineering
techniques, and validated algorithms and databases, it will allow units
world-wide to train using their organizational equipment. A key feature of
the system will be its use of technology to minimize the total Army's
overhead associated with supporting training. The system will be designed
to meet emerging Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) standards and
protocols to facilitate linkages with DIS compliant simulators and live
training events.
b. The WARSIM 2000 simulation system wil ...
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Essay On Hacking
Number of Words: 580 / Number of Pages: 3
... simply means File transfer protocol. You use this when download image
files or any other files. Now, onto hacking. Most people stereotype people
simply as "HACKERS," but what they don't know is that there are three different
types of computer whizzes.
First, there are hackers. Hackers simply make viruses and fool around
on the internet and try to bug people. They make viruses so simple. The get
a program called a virus creation kit. This program simply makes the virus of
beholders choice. It can make viruses that simply put a constant beep in you
computer speakers or it can b ...
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An Insight Into Virtual Reality
Number of Words: 1218 / Number of Pages: 5
... to a computer through fiber optic cables. Sensor inputs
enable the computer to generate an on screen image of the hand that follows the
operator's hand movements. The glove also has miniature vibrators in the finger
tips to provide feedback to the operator from grasped virtual objects.
Therefore, driven by the proper software, the system allows the operator to
interact by grabbing and moving a virtual object within a simulated room, while
experiencing the "feel" of the object.
The virtual reality line includes the Datasuit and the Eyephone. The
Datasuit is an instrumented full-body garment t ...
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Computer Crime
Number of Words: 3398 / Number of Pages: 13
... to
steal valuable information from an employer.
Computers have been used for most kinds of crime, including fraud, theft,
larceny, embezzlement, burglary, sabotage, espionage, murder, and forgery, since
the first cases were reported in 1958. One study of 1,500 computer crimes
established that most of them were committed by trusted computer users within
businesses; persons with the requisite skills, knowledge, access, and resources.
Much of known computer crime has consisted of entering false data into computers,
which is simpler and safer than the complex process of writing a program to
change ...
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Questions Of Ethics In Computer Systems And Their Future
Number of Words: 2876 / Number of Pages: 11
... a violation of some regulatory act. The flip side to this is if you
did this through another medium such as the phone system nothing would ever come
it. The bigger question here is how much government do people want in there
lives? The Internet was brought into the picture for the public as the next
great technology of this century. It is without a doubt as big if not bigger
than any other public means of communication that has come before it. With that
in mind I think the government is trying to extract it's pound of flesh for what
they believe is missed revenue dollars that could be made in the for ...
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Computer Protection
Number of Words: 2497 / Number of Pages: 10
... 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. Nonetheless, the most dangerous thief are
not those who work with computer every day, but youthful amateurs who experiment
at night --- the hackers.
The term "hacker "may have originated at M.I.T. as students' jargon for
classmates who labored nights in the computer lab. In the beginning, hackers are
not so dangerous at all. They just stole computer time from the university.
However, in the early 1980s, hackers became a group of crimin ...
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Government Intervention On The Internet
Number of Words: 1408 / Number of Pages: 6
... aspects concerning the Internet and its usage.
These subjects are Internet privacy and Internet censorship.
At the moment, the Internet is epitome of our first amendment, free
speech. It is a place where a person can speak their mind without being
reprimanded for what they say or how they choose to say it. But also contained
on the Internet, are a huge collection of obscene graphics, Anarchists'
cookbooks, and countless other things that offend many people. There are over
30 million Internet surfers in the U.S. alone, and much is to be said about what
offends whom and how.
As with many new t ...
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Telecommunication
Number of Words: 3597 / Number of Pages: 14
... and into the sounder at the other end of the
line. By itself the telegraph could express only two states, on or off. This
limitation was eliminated by the fact that it was the duration of the connection
that determined the dot and dash from each other being short and long
respectively. From these combinations of dots and dashes the Morse code was
formed. The code included all the letters of the English alphabet, all the
numbers and several punctuation marks. A variation to the telegraph was a
receiving module that Morse had invented. The module consisted of a
mechanically operated pencil and ...
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Global Positioning Systems
Number of Words: 3319 / Number of Pages: 13
... be enough to discard the bogus point, and you'd be left with a pretty good idea of your position. Better yet, take a cut from a third DME transmitter and draw a third circle on your chart. Now you'd have three intersecting circles and your position would be inside the little triangle formed by the intersection of the three circles. Got the picture? This is basically how GPS triangulates, except that instead of circles, we're dealing with intersecting spheres.
TIMING IS EVERYTHING Think of GPS satellites as floating DME stations. They move along in orbit and that complicates things but forget about ...
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Air Bags
Number of Words: 1015 / Number of Pages: 4
... a high risk of injury, they send an electronic device that monitors the operational readiness of the air bag system whenever the vehicle ignition is turned on. These are designed to inflate in moderate-to-severe frontal and near-frontal crashes. They inflate when the crash froces are about equivalent to striking a brick wall head on at 10-15 mph. are not designed to deploy in rollover crashes. The air bag inflates within about 1/20 of a second after impact at a speed of 200 mph. On occasion, this rapid force has caused injuries and even some deaths. After inflating, the air bag rapidly lets ou ...
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