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The Y2k Bug
Number of Words: 422 / Number of Pages: 2
... the late 1980’s that this Y2K bug could cause computer systems to fail when the year 2000 rolled around because computers might fail to recognize that it is the year 2000 versus 1900. The problem is going to affect the whole world.
How does affect the average person? It is possible that the electric companyies’ computers could crash, which could cause either blackouts or brownouts. It would mean no heat for your house and no way to store perishable items. It would mean that water companyies could not operate, so there would be no running water. It could mean that grocery stores would have to be ...
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How Batteries Work
Number of Words: 1011 / Number of Pages: 4
... portable electricity. This popular invention was called the dry cell or flashlight battery. The Lechlanche cell is very similar to the dry cell we use today. The positive pole is a rode of carbon embedded in a black manganese dioxide (MnO2) and Carbon particles and the negative electrode is made of zinc. The electrolyte consists of a mixture of ammonium chloride and zinc chloride made into a paste. This sits in between the negative and positive electrodes, which acts as an ionic conductor. When the cell is in use, atoms of the Zinc in the outer case are oxidized, giving up electrons and forming zinc ...
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Now Is The Time To Be Computer Literate
Number of Words: 836 / Number of Pages: 4
... by computers. Computers will adjust the
temperature. Home appliances will be linked to the computer. Imagine driving
home from work and calling your computer and having it start dinner for you.
Have it adjust the temperature so your home will be a comfortable temperature
when you arrive. Window covering will be adjusted to allow the correct amount of
sunlight in. Light fixtures will automatically adjust to the right level of
light in your home.
The way of business conducted be entirely changed. Instead of long
distance business trips, business will be conducted via interactive tele-
conferences. Do ...
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How To Maintain A Computer System
Number of Words: 384 / Number of Pages: 2
... will help to discharge any static electricity that could damage internal
components.
Now you should periodically, defragment your hard disk. Defragmenting
your hard disk reorganizes files so they are in contiguous clusters and makes
disk operations faster. Defragmentation programs have been known to damage
files so make sure your disk is backed up first.
A good thing to do now would be to protect your system from computer
viruses. Computer viruses are programs designed to infect computer systems by
copying themselves into other computer files. The virus program spreads when
the infecte ...
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How Technology Effects Modern America
Number of Words: 1221 / Number of Pages: 5
... for their services," says L. Mishel, Research Director of
Welfare Reform Network. In view of these facts, I wonder if these trends are
good or bad for society. "The danger of the information age is that while in
the short run it may be cheaper to replace workers with technology, in the long
run it is potentially self-destructive because there will not be enough
purchasing power to grow the economy," M. B. Zuckerman. My feeling is that the
trend from unskilled labor to highly technical, skilled labor is a good one!
But, political action must be taken to ensure that this societal evolution is
beneficia ...
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Masters Of Deception (MoD)
Number of Words: 1215 / Number of Pages: 5
... computers. All
they needed was a modem and some phone #'s of other modems and they were in
business.
Paul met Eli first. They learned to hack together. After a while
they started looking for bigger and better hacks. They came across a
famous hacker named Phiber Optic (Mark). He taught them all he knew about
the telephone company. Then they were able to break into the New York
phone company. This was only the beginning of their hacking endeavors. Paul,
Mark, Eli became best friends, and not just through the computer but they
also had a regular friendship because they all lived around the ...
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Ecodisc
Number of Words: 394 / Number of Pages: 2
... see what it looks like in summer.
Ecodisc is one of the first interactive programmes, and there are hopes of some
day there being interactive broadcast television. This is a breakthrough in
visual entertainment, because while television lets you see a place, interactive
video will let you explore it. Interactive video is where the viewer decides the
plot and characters of a movie, or show. The viewer will basically be able to
write their own scripts and produce the movie at the same time.
Ecodisc would be very good for showing students (or anyone) interested in
managing nature reserves, working for n ...
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History Of The Internet
Number of Words: 856 / Number of Pages: 4
... They would create a non-centralized network that linked from city to
city, and base to base. The network was designed to function when parts of it
were destroyed. The network could not have a center because it would be a
primary target for enemies. In 1969, ARPANET was created, named after its
original Pentagon sponsor. There were four supercomputer stations, called nodes,
on this high speed network.
ARPANET grew during the 1970's as more and more supercomputer stations were
added. The users of ARPANET had changed the high speed network to an electronic
post office. Scientists and researchers use ...
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Superconductors
Number of Words: 514 / Number of Pages: 2
... at 92 degrees Kelvin. This was a big improvement. 92 degrees Kelvin is not a very high temperature, in fact, it is the equivalent of –181 degrees Celsius. Locating superconducting material above 77 degree Kelvin is a good thing because it means that the material will be easily produced and used. A theoretical understanding of superconductivity was advanced in 1957 by American physicists John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and John Schrieffer. Their Theories of Superconductivity became know as the BCS theory (which came from each mans last name) and won them a Nobel prize in 1972. The BCS theory explain ...
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Computers And Society
Number of Words: 3172 / Number of Pages: 12
... a control unit, and output devices. Most of
the actions of the analytical engine were to be done through the use of punched
cards. Even though Babbage worked on the analytical engine for nearly 40 years,
he never actually made a working machine.
In 1889 Herman Hollerith, an American inventor, patented a calculating
machine that counted, collated, and sorted information stored on punched cards.
His machine was first used to help sort statistical information for the 1890
United States census. In 1896 Hollerith founded the Tabulating Machine Company
to produce similar machines. In 1924, the compa ...
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