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Careers In Computer Engineering
Number of Words: 1674 / Number of Pages: 7
... computer engineering may be an offshoot. The University of Delaware describes a person with a degree in electrical engineering as a "generalist," with computer engineers as "specialists" who spend their time focusing on computer architecture and compiler design (University of Delaware / which_degree.html).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, considered one of the best schools for computer study, offers a similarly structured program (Glass 91). While both degree programs require courses in electronics theory, devices and circuits as well as basic and advanced theories of the nature and uses of el ...
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Government Censorship Would Damage The Atmosphere Of The Freedom To Express Ideas On The Internet; Therefore, Government Should Not Encourage Censorship
Number of Words: 4435 / Number of Pages: 17
... books, television and even on film.
2. It is also essential to give a brief history on the internet.
3.The U.S. government is now trying to pass bills to prevent misuse of the
Net.
II. In order to understand the need for the ever-growing body of
legislation, it is important to explore the controversy, and the current
problems involved with the Net as it exists must be introduced.
1. The problem that concerns most people is offensive materials such as
pornography.
2. Another crucial internet crime is the stealing of credit card numbers.
III. One reaction to this inapplicability has been the "Censo ...
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The Internet: How It Works And How It Affects The World
Number of Words: 1655 / Number of Pages: 7
... 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 networks connected by IP in the Internet speak IP, so they can all exchange messages." (Levine 12)
Even though there were only two networks at that time, IP was made to allow thousands of networks. The IP is designed so that every computer on an IP network is compatible. That means any machine can communicate with any other machine.
The Internet, also called the Net, is the world's largest computer network. The Internet is the "network of a ...
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Computer Crimes
Number of Words: 1512 / Number of Pages: 6
... are frequently involved in computer crimes that take the form of
trespassing, invasion of privacy, or vandalism. Quite often they are mearly out
for a fun and games evening, and they get entangled in the illegal use of their
machines without realizing the full import of what they are doing", I have a
hard time believing that so lets see what a "hacker" has to say about what he
does "Just as they were enthraled with their pursuit of information, so are we.
The thrill of the hack is not in breaking the law, it's in the pursuit and
capture of knowledge.", as you can see the "hacker" doesn't go out ...
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The Future Of The Internet
Number of Words: 457 / Number of Pages: 2
... be faster, more powerful, and capable of
doing more complicated tasks. As more people with different interests,
thoughts, and ideas get involved with the internet, there will be more
information available (Elmer-Dewitt 64). As the number of internet users
increases, the prices will gradually decrease on internet software and
organizations (Peterson 358). The best quality about the size of the internet
is it is so big that it cannot be destroyed (Elmer-Dewitt 62).
There are many problems with the constant growth of the internet. It's
largest weakness is that it is not owned or controlled by ...
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Optical Storage Mediums
Number of Words: 997 / Number of Pages: 4
... amount of data on
one disk. The light does not touch the disk surface, thereby not creating
friction, which leads to wear, so the life of an average optical disk is far
longer than that of a magnetic medium. Also, it is impossible to ÒcrashÓ an
optical disk (in the same sense as crashing a hard drive), since there is a
protective layer covering the data areas, and that the ÒheadÓ of the drive can
be quite far away from the disk surface (a few millimeters compared to
micrometers for a hard drive). If this medium is so superior, then why is it
not standard equipment? It is. Most of the new comp ...
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An Ergonomic Evaluation Of The Kinesis Computer Keyboard
Number of Words: 767 / Number of Pages: 3
... The subject of whether
these ergonomic keyboards, mice, monitors and other products really work
attracts a lot of regular computer users. Thus, studies dedicated to it have
been done. This report is based on one of the studies about an ergonomic
keyboard from a manufacturer called Kinesis. This study looks not only on the
effect of the keyboard on the users' body by mean of electromyographic activity
but also on the learning rate of the users changing to this new style of
keyboard. This is very useful since slow learning rate would lead to the
decrease in effectiveness of work. Introduced in 18 ...
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Machines: Are They Helpful Or Too Much Trouble?
Number of Words: 485 / Number of Pages: 2
... began to develop, helping young people finish
grammar school. Women also started working, they were very obedient and men
started giving them more respect.
Along with positive, were also negative. Most people worked twelve to
fourteen hours a day, six days a week, they had to pay constant attention to the
machines and risked losing limbs in the machines. Child labor was another
problem, they usually worked from 6 am to 7 p.m., getting paid only 10 percent
wages of men to children. They would be severely beaten, and usually was
deformed from machines. Many working-class children were not able t ...
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A System Analyst
Number of Words: 423 / Number of Pages: 2
... will be finished. The critical path also
calculates how many man hours it will take to finish, etc. A critical path
flowchart also helps the programmers along.
After the development is finished and a prototype of the report is
finished, the Systems Analyst helps the programmers in testing the program
for bugs. This is similar to quality control. The Systems Analyst helps to
makes sure the work is done until the final report is achieved. Once the
final report is finished and free of bugs, it is sent to the user.
The Systems Analyst has a big job to do, he/she is responsible for the
des ...
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Investigative Report Of Internet Addiction
Number of Words: 3525 / Number of Pages: 13
... the equation people = Internet Users be true in 2001?
ABSTRACT
The problem of Internet addiction is not very noticeable now and that's why not
many people are taking it seriously, but what these people are failing to see is
the connection between the very rapid growth of the Internet and the addiction
problem. It is really simple logic the bigger the Internet get the more users
will be which will lead to a bigger number of addicts that can have their lives
as well as others corrupted by this behavior. The main objective of this paper
is to make sure that all reader know and understand what Inter ...
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