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Cd Rw Computer Screen
1,304 words
Prior to attending this class I thought I knew a
lot about computers. What Ive learned is that all
I really knew was "buzz" words: megahertz,
gigabyte, ram, megabyte, etc. I also assumed
bigger was better, and there "may" be some truth
to that statement. However, it is equally true
that bigger is not always necessary. I needed to
purchase a computer that would satisfy all the
needs and wants of the family. I needed a system
that could run accounting software, my wife needed
the ability to run gr...
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Palo Alto Packet Switching
1,765 words
Konrad Duke, a German engineer, completes the
first general purpose programmable calculator in
1941. He pioneers the use of binary math and
boolean logic in electronic Colossus, a British
computer used for code-breaking, is operational by
December of 1943. ENIAC, or Electronic Numerical
Integrator Analyzer and Computer, is developed by
the Ballistics Research Laboratory in Maryland to
assist in the preparation of firing tables for
artillery. It is built at the University of
Pennsylvania's Moore ...
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Stock Market Crash Y 2 K
1,259 words
Everybody is wondering what is going to happen in
the year 2000. Nobody really knows exactly what is
going to happen. Nevertheless, a lot of business
people are making money using scare tactics and
hype to make people nervous about the future. With
all of the technology in today's society and
everyone modernizing his or her computer, there
will not likely be a problem in the new
millennium. The issue of Y 2 K has been going on
for several years now. Hundreds of articles have
been written about t...
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Types Of Memory Notebook Computers
1,521 words
... ou enter in to it (Lauckner 7). Then you have
the parts of the computer that deal with the
results of computation back to the user, and these
are called the output units (Lauckner 7). The next
important piece of the computer is the memory,
which makes it possible for the computer to keep
the programs and information ready and available.
All of these computations are done in the central
processing unit, or know as the CPU. This is the
primary operation of your basic computer and shows
how a c...
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Famous Amos The Father Of Gourmet Cookies
1,400 words
Wallace Amos, Jr. , better known as Wally Amos,
was born in Tallahassee, Florida on July 1, 1936.
Wally was an ambitious student and dropped out of
high school six months before graduation. After
serving in the Air Force for four years, he moved
to Saks Fifth Avenue, where he earned eighty-five
dollars a week in the early 1960 s. Ever ambitious
and unsatisfied, he left Saks and took a
thirty-five dollar pay cut to work as a mail clerk
at the William Morris Agency. Though he started at
the bottom...
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Lowest Common Denominator Literary Technique
1,452 words
... s? Explore your own world, the streams where
you live, your own intellect, and mind the seas
and inlets of the moral mind. He writes: It is
easier to sail many thousand miles through cold
and storm and cannibals, in government ship, with
five hundred men and boys to assist one, than it
is to explore the private sea, the Atlantic and
Pacific Ocean of one's being alone. If you want to
travel, explore yourself. Thoreau left the woods
because he learned all he could there; his feet
had worn a pa...
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Speaker Of The House Reduce The Number
1,913 words
After several laps in circles in my head, I
decided to give up. I did not know the person who
was representing my district. The first step
involved jumping on the internet and surfing for a
"Congressman finder", if you will. I type the word
congressman in the space provided. The search
engine displayed several different topics to
choose from and finally I see the site for a
general purpose. Voila! I had become one step
closer to find my Representative. After clicking
in different places, I lande...
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Floating Point Cost Efficient
1,879 words
The purpose of this paper assignment is to compare
the Intel's IA- 32 Architecture with Sun
UltraSPARC Architecture at a relatively broad
level. First, I will introduce a brief history of
each architecture family, and then follow that
with a framework for making the comparison.
Thereafter I will evaluate one product from each
architecture family on the basis of the framework.
In the conclusion I will state the preferred
product and briefly summarize my reason for the
choice. In the late 70 's, I...
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Protect Their Children V Chip
735 words
One major area in which there is much argument on
censorship is that of television. Since its
invention earlier this century, television has
become the most popular format for entertainment.
We can be entertained, informed, and inspired by
programs on television. But nowadays, television
stations are becoming less restrictive about the
content in their programs. More violence,
profanity, and nudity than ever before now graces
our television screens every night. Clearly, there
are things that chi...
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Ad Hoc Electronic Devices
603 words
Today computer technologies are rapidly
developing, which allows millions of people around
the globe to work faster and more conveniently.
Bluetooth is the wireless networking initiative
that is led by the worlds most advancing
information technologies companies such as
Ericsson, Intel, Nokia, IBM, Toshiba, Lucent and
others. The creation of Bluetooth is a remarkable
advance towards the development of new approaches
in information technologies industry. Bluetooth
was originally created by Ericss...
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Mutual Fund Latin America
988 words
The Liberty All - Star Fund, Blue Chip Value Fun
and The Latin America Equity Fund: Which of these
is the best long term investment One of the three
recognized types of investment company is
companies with a closed-end fund. Their legally
name is closed-end companies. The main difference
from an open-end fund is in the price of a share.
In a closed-end fund one part of it is determined
by the value of the investments in the fund, and
the other by the discount placed on it by the
market. If the f...
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U S Government Face To Face
2,502 words
Recently, while enjoying a sunny afternoon with
some friends, a few baby boomers I know were
relating some experiences that seem quite
pertinent to the subject of how communication is
or will change. Young Aaron, the son of a guest,
was at a loss when told to call home. It seems our
young guest had never had to use a rotary
telephone. Confronted with this icon of past
technology, Aaron went away with a new experience
to relate. Another guest, upon hearing of Aaron s
plight, related a similar exp...
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Mainframe Computers Ms Dos
4,131 words
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) Overview
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) is one of the
most successful computer manufacturers in the
world. Throughout its nearly 40 -year history, it
has struggled through the ups and downs that have
plagued virtually every company in the computer
industry. Unlike many others, however, DEC has
managed to reemerge time and again as a top player
in the industry. The Early Years The first 35
years of DECs history can be tied directly to the
history of its fo...
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Cd Rom Drive Read Only Memory
1,557 words
What is the function of BIOS chips? I have often
wondered this. How did they come about? How do
they work? Yes, BIOS chips have been a bit of a
mystery. I will research this and see if I can
understand them a bit more by doing so. The ROM
BIOS chip transfers information from the keyboard
into computer language of zeros and ones. This was
the first thing I came across while searching for
a true definition of a BIOS chip. The location of
this was on the discovery channels page, and it
seemed to be...
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Middle Class Upper Class
1,641 words
In 1948 Eric Blair, better known as George Orwell,
wrote a book with chilling insights into the
future, 1984. This book did quite a number on the
literate world. People who have read this book
have had mixed reactions, from fear to hatred of
our governmental system. However, 1984 came and
went, and no signs of the tales told in the book
were realized by the mass- population. There is no
Ingsoc, there are no helicopters looking into
windows. Most people have written this book off as
a good scienc...
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Integrated Circuit Electronic Computer
480 words
Information technology, IT, which comprises
electronic computer technology and
telecommunications technology, in the last few
decades have changed our society radically. Behind
this development lies a very advanced scientific
and technical development originating largely from
fundamental scientific inventions in physics. The
rapid development of electronic computer
technology really started with the invention of
the integrated circuit around 1960 and the
microprocessor in the 1970 s, when the nu...
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Sexually Explicit Material Communications Decency Act
2,240 words
Is Internet Censorship Needed? Internet censorship
seems to be the target of many debates nowadays in
the U. S. due to the rising popularity of the
internet and the large amounts of pornography,
warez, illegal drugs, and general threats to
society. It is a very hard subject to handle,
after all no one really is in charge of the
internet, and in fact no one really owns it except
perhaps the? millions of people throughout the
world who contribute to it in various ways?
(Burton). The argument for c...
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Didn T Soccer Game
2,232 words
I was sitting laughing. This was my graduation,
but I was not giggling for any reason like the
friends I would miss or the remembrance of good
times past, I was just laughing my ass off. People
had been telling their children about this
occasion for years, they described it as a huge
thing, ? the turning of a page? , they said or?
the birth of your adult life. ? Bullshit, I
thought. Those people had forgotten that for their
class and every class since theirs it was just
another reason to get dru...
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Neural Networks Speech Recognition
2,841 words
ABSTRACT Current neural network technology is the
most progressive of the artificial intelligence
systems today. Applications of neural networks
have made the transition from laboratory
curiosities to large, successful commercial
applications. To enhance the security of automated
financial transactions, current technologies in
both speech recognition and handwriting
recognition are likely ready for mass integration
into financial institutions. RESEARCH PROJECT
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 Pu...
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Blue Chip Technology Stocks Investors
455 words
Wow, what a day on the market today. Technology
stocks soared on the news of the new gigahertz
processor release. Computer makers like Gateway
and Dell saw their shares increase by 68 and 42
percent respectively. Both companies expect the
release of this new computer chip to boost sales
tremendously. Intel, the maker of the chip also
experienced a sudden spike in its stock price. It
opened the day slowly, fluctuating around the 100
dollar price, but right before the bell it soared
to close at 16...
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