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Should The U.S. Government Be Scared Of Cyber Terrorism?
Number of Words: 910 / Number of Pages: 4
... and tied up phone lines in each country, put 911 services out of commission, impeded the response of police, fire and rescue services. There are also a lot of cyber attacks within the United States, which are referred to as domestic attacks. In 1996, there were 128 cases of cyber attacks on the FBI's files, in 1998 there were 550.
If a terrorist wanted to black out New York City he would have to make physical contact with the power plant by means of bombs, or actual hands on in destroying the power grid. Now experts say it is very possible for a trained computer hacker to create the blackout, and ...
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Computer Crime 3
Number of Words: 897 / Number of Pages: 4
... subject to criminal sanctions. The computer has also brought along with it a host of potentially new misuses or abuses that may, or should be criminal as well.
The problem with today’s computer crimes are that the criminal justice
systems have not been able to keep up with the technological change. Only a few
countries have adequate laws to address the problem, and of these, not one has
addressed all the legal, enforcement and prevention problems. The problem with
the legal system is that it has always been a system with limits. The system mainly deals with physical items as its central core ...
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Setting Up A Computer Network
Number of Words: 1042 / Number of Pages: 4
... of coax that we will be using are RG-8 (thick) and RG-58 (thin). The RG-8 will be used as a backbone cable of the network this backbone cable is necessary because we will be using a bus topology on this network, which physically consist of a single cable (backbone) with multiple nodes attached to it. The RG-58 will not be attached to the backbone directly because there are too many computers to be attached to each other. We also understand that you have 40 computers that need to be connected to the network. The 40 computers in the office area will have to be divided into two strings of 20 computers ...
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Smart Cards
Number of Words: 216 / Number of Pages: 1
... by using electronic ticketing.
The most common uses of today are: banking and retail, mo-bile communications, information technology, identity and health, park-ing, public telephony, mass transit and campus ID solutions; and areas of use increase every day.
One of the most fast developing areas of use is Banking and Retail. For business of financial transactions is very competitive and fast-changing, banks are always seeking for new valuable services for their customers. give an ability to deploy and manage multiple ap-plications on a wallet-size plastic card. Smart card technology also ...
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Internet Censorship
Number of Words: 1990 / Number of Pages: 8
... if illegal activities are taking place in regards to people
under the legal age. As well, it is difficult to completely delete speech once
it has been posted, Meaning that distributing materials that are obscene are
banned becomes easy
The American Library Association (ALA) has a definition that states
censorship is “the change in the access status of material, made by a governing
authority or its representatives. Such changes include: exclusion, restriction,
remove, or age/grade level changes.” This definition, however, has a flaw in
that it only recognizes one form of censorship-governmental c ...
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You've Got Mail
Number of Words: 395 / Number of Pages: 2
... country over the telephone and even see them, in real time, through video conferencing. What people need to communicate is no longer limited by the size of the paper, length of the tape, or cost of the call.
As with all forms of communication, people are always concerned with how secure things are. With traditional forms of communication, even with the highest level of security, things are easily stolen - letters and memos can be easily copied; audio and video recordings can be quickly recorded; hard copies of any kind can be easily destroyed. As for the technology-based forms of communication, ...
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Assistive Technology
Number of Words: 664 / Number of Pages: 3
... the educational, social and recreational activities available on the "information highway".
Researchers and educators today recognize four types of technology: the technology of teaching, medical technology, instructional technology, and (Blackhurst & Cross, 1993):
· The technology of teaching includes systematically
designed procedures and strategies that are applied in
precise ways. They typically include well-defined
objectives; precise instructional procedures based on
the tasks students are required to learn; small, sequenced
units of instruction; a high degree of teacher activity; ...
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Computer Technician
Number of Words: 406 / Number of Pages: 2
... running all the
time and cannot wait long for their computer to be fixed.
Salary
The average salary for a Computer Technician is approximately $65,500 per
year.
To become a Computer Technician you need one or two years of technical
training and you must have good math skills Which most technical and vocational
schools offer. There are no licensing or exams needed to pass to become a
Computer Technician.
Certain personal qualities are needed to become a Computer Technician such
as good eyesight, good hearing and the ability to work without supervision.
Certain skills are needed as well ...
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What Is Virtual Reality
Number of Words: 4298 / Number of Pages: 16
... simple animation scripts. Interaction with
the virtual world, at least with near real time control of the viewpoint,
in my opinion, is a critical test for a 'virtual reality'.
Some people object to the term "Virtual Reality", saying it is an oxymoron.
Other terms that have been used are Synthetic Environments, Cyberspace,
Artificial Reality, Simulator Technology, etc. VR is the most common and
sexiest. It has caught the attention of the media.
The applications being developed for VR run a wide spectrum, from games to
architectural and business planning. Many applications are worlds that are
very simi ...
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The Internet
Number of Words: 457 / Number of Pages: 2
... I would recommend a 28.8 kbs modem manufactured by U.S Robotics.
The Internet can give you access to both legal & illegal sites on the
net. There is pirated software e.g. full version of games that you can access
without actually paying for them.
The internet can only be accessed with a browser. There are a few web
browsers but two main ones are Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer.
As I mentioned earlier, the internet allows everyone to access various
topics of interests on the web. The choices ranges from recreational, education,
hobbies, communications and entertainment.
There is alw ...
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