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Cryptography
Number of Words: 1227 / Number of Pages: 5
... does. A hacker likes to work with computers and tries hard to figure out how they work. A Cracker has malicious intent, a hacker may or may not intend to commit an act of fraud. It is possible to be a hacker and a cracker at the same time. Crackers like to break into systems for the pure joy of destroying. Some hackers have decided to help system administrators either make their system more secure or catch a person who has committed a computer crime. This is where I fit in I anonymously help others find security leaks and help them seal them.I look for bugs in software that must be fixed, test di ...
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The Computer And Mass Communication
Number of Words: 4603 / Number of Pages: 17
... entertainment and news. There is an astonishing electronic information infrastructure surrounding me - surrounding us all.
But the electronic part of the information infrastructure is only a tiny fraction of what's available to me. Every morning the newspaper is thrown into the driveway. The paper is an amazing achievement, more than one hundred pages of news, data, photographs, and advertisements pulled over electronic threads from around the world, processed, organised, and delivered. Every day at about noon the mailman brings mail to the box at the end of the driveway. It has been collected, so ...
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The Power On Self Test
Number of Words: 1575 / Number of Pages: 6
... changes directly to the chip registers with very little technical
explanation.
A Typical BIOS POST Sequence
Most BIOS POST sequences occur along four stages:
1. Display some basic information about the video card like its brand,
video BIOS version and video memory available.
2. Display the BIOS version and copyright notice in upper middle screen.
You will see a large sequence of numbers at the bottom of the screen. This
sequence is the .
3. Display memory count. You will also hear tick sounds if you have enabled
it (see Memory Test Tick Sound section).
4. Once the POST have succeeded and th ...
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Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Number of Words: 1569 / Number of Pages: 6
... design, engineering, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing and distribution, customers and suppliers, sales and marketing activities, financial management and the overall control of the enterprise.
At one extreme, a Computer-Integrated Manufacturing process may be fully automated, with computers (and robots) controlling the entire production process with minimal human intervention. However, CIM is typically employed at a level short of total integration. Many manufacturers who are leaders in CIM typically have concentrated their efforts in two areas: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aid ...
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Internet Inventions
Number of Words: 730 / Number of Pages: 3
... savings to be gained from e-mail were enough of an inducement for many
businesses to invest heavily in equipment and network connections in the early
1990s. The employees of a large corporation may send hundreds of thousands of
pieces of E-mail over the Internet every month, thereby cutting back on postal
and telephone costs. It is not uncommon to find internet providers from twenty
to thirty dollars a month for unlimited access to internet features. Many
online services such as America Online and Prodigy offer e-mail software and
internet connections which work in an almost identical way ...
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BBS Piracy And The Copyright
Number of Words: 1083 / Number of Pages: 4
... under paragraph 42 of The Copyright Act. Conviction under this
act carries a maximum punishment of a fine of $1 million dollars, and/or 5
years imprisonment.
Because newspaper articles are very biased in one point-of- view, it
is difficult to look at both sides of this situation. But let us discuss
piracy in a more general manner. Software piracy is the act in which
someone takes a copyrighted portion or whole of software, then
electronically copies and/or distributes it, with or without modification
of any sort. The software is distributed to other people and/or
organizations who financia ...
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Object Oriented Analysis
Number of Words: 666 / Number of Pages: 3
... Demarco thought that complex software systems should be built like any large, complex engineering system, by first building working paper models of the system before committing the resources for implementation. This allowed the user to visualize the future system. Most modern approaches have integrated some form of Demarco’s philosophy. The variation in approaches is based on the kinds of models that should be built, how they should be built, and who should build them. A generic model-based software-engineering life cycle is demonstrated in Appendix 1-A.
A concept that is reflected in ...
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Computer Crime In The 90's
Number of Words: 1554 / Number of Pages: 6
... 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 to do ...
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What Should And Shouldn't Computer Be Allowed To Run
Number of Words: 521 / Number of Pages: 2
... be provided to everyone so that the process of dispensing justice is much
more fair. What about a judge and jury? Could a computer replace them? Is it
right for a computer to pronounce sentence on an individual?
Because computers don't have any kind of actual thought or will, some
jobs would be perfect for computers. Security would be a good job for a
computer to handle. People like their privacy and don't want to be watched over
by someone all the time. If computers could tell if a crime is happening
without a human to point it out, it might be alright to install these systems
everywhere to d ...
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Teletubbies
Number of Words: 540 / Number of Pages: 2
... the development of children's listening and thinking skills.
The pacing and repetition of encourages children to practice fundamental skills and concepts again and again. Successfully anticipating what comes next-predicting-is an important aspect of building a sense of "I can do it!" Children are more engaged in which they can see themselves, either by identifying with characters or with a situation. With these things provided, are known to builds self-esteem for children. Children are more engaged by the doll in which they can see themselves, either by identifying with characters or with ...
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