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Uncommonly Fine Baby Work With Babbage Lovelace
1,021 words... on to his unknowing daughter. The evidence in her control over the written word was found when she translated Luigi Ferdico Menabreas sketch of Babbage's Analytical Engine, written from the material he received in a lecture on the Analytical Engine given by Babbage. The piece was published for everyone to read, but it was written in French. Lovelace and Babbage saw then the need to publish an English version of the article, which Lovelace eagerly took as her chance to work with Babbage. Her ...
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Computers And The Internet Bill Gates
1,276 wordsBill Gates? When most people hear that name they think of money, power, and computers. These thoughts arent necessarily incorrect, but rather insufficient. Sure, Bill Gates has money, thirty-two billion and growing to be exact, and yes he has power, being the CEO of Microsoft as well as the wealthiest man in the country. But people cant look through their jealousy and envy to see what Mr. Gates actually stands for. He has influences the way businesses, schools, and organizations operate, with th...
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Pentium Iii Mac Os
983 wordsThe new Power Mac G 4 is up to twice as fast as the fastest Pentium III-based PCs. With its Pentium-crushing speed and new design, the Power Mac G 4 picks up where the old Macintosh (G 3) left off. Its enclosure is now highly polished silver and graphite, yet it still offers easy access to every internal component through its swing-open side door. With PowerPC G 4 with Velocity Engine, the computer speeds up to 450 MHz, one megabyte of backside level- 2 cache running at half the processor speed,...
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Specific Task Software Patents
950 wordsSoftware consists of lists of instructions that a computer reads and executes. The tasks done by a computer are largely repetitive; the same chunks of instructions are executed many times. Each chunk performs one specific task and goes by the label algorithm, a method for accomplishing a specific task. In the United States, it is possible to obtain a patent for a software algorithm. One example of a patented software algorithm is the LZW software algorithm. The LZW patent is owned by Unisys. The...
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Programming Languages Data Flow
999 wordsStructured Design is a method to convert an ''informal specification'' including a set of data flow diagrams and process specifications into a design that could be implemented using a language like Pascal or C. It was developed by Edward Yourdon and Larry Constantine, reportedly by examining a number of systems that had been developed in the 1960 's that were regarded as good design examples, and identifying common features and patterns that they contained. Structured Design does not produce des...
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Year 2000 Problem Y 2 K
1,265 wordsArgument for the statement "The Year 2000 bug will have such extensive repercussions that families and individuals should begin planning now for the imminent chaos. " The Ticking Bomb Introduction A serious problem called the "Millennium Bug", and also known as the "Year 2000 Problem" and "Y 2 K", is bringing a new century celebration into a daunting nightmare. In the 1860 s and 1970 s, when computer systems were first built, the computer hardware, especially information storage space, was at a ...
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Y 2 K Big Problem
1,134 wordsAs the new millenium approaches the biggest fear everyone has is over the Y 2 K bug. Y 2 K stands for y = year 2 K = two thousand. The fear is that on Dec. 31, 1999 at twelve o clock all computers around the world will go crazy. Every mechanical device that is computer controlled could go on the fritz. Social Security checks could be cancelled along with car payments, mortgages could read 100 years. Telephone conversations could be calculated mistakenly to have lasted for a 100 years. What is ca...
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Timer On A Vcr Enter A Zero Time
394 wordsProgramming the timer on a VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) can be very easy. First you need to be able to read the remote control. Next you need to know what time and what channel the program is going to be on. After that its just a matter of pushing a few buttons on the remote. With the remote control pointed at the TV, look for a button that reads program. Remotes vary, so it might be labeled menu, setup, or something like that. Push that button once. A new screen should appear on your TV. You a...
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Operating System Windows Nt
1,331 words... the G 4 may lack the total speed of the AMD or Pentium, it is far superior in its calculation rate. Eventually Pentium, and AMD, should be able to match the superiority of its Apple cousin and compete for fastest processor. (The Power Mac G 4, 2000) The operating system is the software a person uses to access programs and other pieces of software within a computer. Generally, there are six major operating systems that are used throughout the home computing world. The Microsoft Corp. currentl...
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Microsoft Internet Explorer Effects Of Television Violence
1,402 wordsCensorship of the media is a hotly contested topic that has spawned a controversial outcry from the public. The public has also declared that there is excessive violence portrayed on television and that this violence ultimately negatively affects viewers, especially children. Hence, there exists a double-edged sword. Censorship is the regulation and control of information and ideas that are circulated among people within a society. It refers to the examination of electronic and print media for t...
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Business Data Processing Question That Cobol Companies
558 wordsThere is common question being asked by many in the programming world. That question is Is COBOL dead? In spite of the years of criticism and all the predictions that some new language will soon replace COBOL, COBOL continues as a language of business data processing. Although C and Java have become significant languages over the past seven years, there is no question that COBOL is still a language of business data processing. COBOL has been an integral part of the market for nearly thirty years...
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Effects Of Television On Children
1,138 wordsThe Effects of Television Violence on Children Television violence without doubt effects and influences children. Television violence effects children's development and makes them more aggressive. Children cannot distinguish between the real world and the television world, which makes them more susceptible to the violence on television. It is up to the parents and the television stations to monitor television more closely and restrict violence from children. According to Websters Dictionary, vio...
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Violence On Television Hillary Clinton
1,171 words... ear old boy yelling "cowabunga" is a war cry that unleashes chaos in the classroom. "Suddenly we are faced with a little gang of ninja's trying to kick and punch each other in the face, " and when they are told to stop, the boys reply, "The turtles do it so why can't we?" This is just another example of how children apply behaviors observed on television programs to their real situations (Brady 50). The worst cartoon for children in 1997 and 1998 is probably South Park. This cartoon has many...
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Telecommunications Act Of 1996 Von Neumann
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Television In The 1980 Advertising Messages Advertisers
601 wordsTV Commercials Television viewers today are bombarded with increasing commercial content. From the barrage of 15 -second commercials every seven minutes, to product placement, to infomercials, when the viewer watches television, they are constantly exposed to some form of advertising. Beyond the minor annoyance, very few people think that much is wrong with advertisements. What viewers do not realize is how much advertising influences the content of television, often in a negative manner. In his...
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Computer Whiz Is Called Whiz Is Called Simply
583 wordsEssay On Hacking by Philip Smith A topic that i know very well is computers and computer hacking. Computers seem very complicated and very hard to learn, but, if given time a computer can be very useful and very fun. Have you ever heard all of that weird computer terminology? for and example, Javascript. Javascript is basically a computer language used when programming internet web pages. Have you ever been on the internet and seen words go across the screen or moving images? This is all done by...
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Cat Is Golden Cat Is Black Logic
492 wordsThis was a paper on Fuzzy Logic I wrote for my Programming in C++ Intro class, I dont think it is very good myself. You could probably use it in a intro to computers class, or some kind of high school programming class. I have no idea what I got on the paper, I dont have the graded copy any more. This would be a great paper to use as a starting point. Hope this saves you some time and effort Programming In C++ A Fuzzy Logic What is fuzzy logic? How does it differ from conventional logic? Who dis...
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Artistic Talent Computer Animation
1,403 wordsAnimation Computer Animators Computer Animators Animation as an art form has been around for almost one hundred years. From the earliest days of hand drawn cels, individual pictures strung together, to the complex rendering of 3 -D virtual worlds, animation packs peoples lives. Do you wonder how the computer-animated movies are made or want to become a computer animator? Computer Animation is a fast growing field. There are many different areas to of animation, computer animation is what this pa...
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Rapidly Changing Manual Labor
1,334 wordsThe Involvement of Computers in Future Jobs Computer consulting is one of the important if not the most important job of our time. Computers are the future whether we like it or not. Some people dislike computers, because of the complications it takes to understand the basics. Computers are not exactly the easiest tools to work with, but they are the most rewarding, and they are the future. Future cars will all be run by computer. You will be able to talk to a car and it will take you to your de...
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Anti Americanism National Pride
1,422 wordsActually, this isnt true for me, as I was born in Southfield Michigan, on the tenth day of September in 1983, and I have an American birth certificate. TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, I AM... (cough cough) American, but being proud to live in this great country, and having been brought up as a true, red-blooded Canadian gal, I am not so quick to admit this minor detail to the masses. So then what does it mean to be a Canadian, if you dont even have to be born in the country to make claim to the name? This...
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