History Of Computers
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One of the first computers was called ENIAC. It was a huge, monstrous
size nearly that of a standard railroad car. It contained electronic tubes,
heavy gauge wiring, angle-iron, and knife switches just to name a few of the
components. It has become difficult to believe that computers have evolved into
suitcase sized micro-computers of the 1990's.
Computers eventually evolved into less archaic looking devices near the
end of the 1960's. Their size had been reduced to that of a small automobile and
they were processing segments of information at faster rates than older models.
Most computers at this time were termed "mainf .....
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History Of The Computer Industry In America
.... by
turning dials. It was designed to help Pascal's father who was a tax collector
(Soma, 32).
In the early 1800, a mathematics professor named Charles Babbage
designed an automatic calculation machine. It was steam powered and could store
up to 1000 50-digit numbers. Built into his machine were operations that
included everything a modern general-purpose computer would need. It was
programmed by and stored data on cards with holes punched in them, appropriately
called punch cards. His inventions were failures for the most part because of
the lack of precision machining techniques used at the time and the lack of
de .....
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History Of The Computer Industry In America
.... dials. It was designed to help Pascal's father who was a tax collector
(Soma, 32).
In the early 1800's, a mathematics professor named Charles Babbage designed an
automatic calculation machine. It was steam powered and could store up to 1000
50-digit numbers. Built in to his machine were operations that included
everything a modern general-purpose computer would need. It was programmed by--
and stored data on--cards with holes punched in them, appropriately called
"punch cards". His inventions were failures for the most part because of the
lack of precision machining techniques used at the time and the lack of demand
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HDTV: The Emergence Of A New Generation In Television.
.... HDTV is paving the way as a new medium waiting to emerge as
the greatest thing to hit television since color. However it's not the
1950's and HDTV is already up and running in other markets. Japan's NHK
broadcasting group used 1125/60 equipment and European ZDF broadcasters
used 1250/50 equipment to cover the 1996 Atlanta games using the HDTV
signal (Hitchen, 1997). Although no one could receive the signal except
experimental digital televisions, a converter was used to broadcast the
higher standards of digital television to a European 625/50 PAL format with
an aspect ratio of 16:9 (Hitchen, 1997). In the U.S. .....
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History Of Computers
.... by
turning dials. It was designed to help Pascal's father who was a tax collector
(Soma, 32).
In the early 1800's, a mathematics professor named Charles Babbage
designed an automatic calculation machine. It was steam powered and could store
up to 1000 50-digit numbers. Built in to his machine were operations that
included everything a modern general-purpose computer would need. It was
programmed by--and stored data on--cards with holes punched in them,
appropriately called “punchcards”. His inventions were failures for the most
part because of the lack of precision machining techniques used at the time and
the lack of demand .....
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Masters Of Deception (MoD)
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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 same area
in New York. They spent most of their time at Eli's house hacking from
there because it was the fastest mod .....
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Hollywood And Computer Animation
.... computer graphics were as cumbersome and as hard to control as
dinosaurs must have been in their own time. Like dinosaurs, the hardware
systems, or muscles, of early computer graphics were huge and ungainly. The
machines often filled entire buildings.
Also like dinosaurs, the software programs or brains of computer graphics were
hopelessly underdeveloped. Fortunately for the visual arts, the evolution of
both brains and brawn of computer graphics did not take eons to develop. It has,
instead, taken only three decades to move from science fiction to current
technological trends. With computers out of the stone age, we have m .....
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How Magnets Affect Computer Disks
.... the disk
must never be bought near a magnet! (3M Diskettes)
There are many such hazards to computer disks. Problems caused by
magnets are very common. A floppy can be damaged unknowingly if it is kept near
a magnet, that may be in the open or inside any device, such as a speaker phone
in computer speakers or stereo or a telephone. And becuase of the common use of
magnets in everyday life, more and more floppies are damaged everyday.
Even though protective coverings against magnets and other electrical
hazards, are available for floppies, they are not used very commonly. Therefore,
floppies are not a very safe media for storage .....
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How The Internet Got Started
.... originate , pass , and recieve messages. The messages would be
divided into packets, each packet seperatly addressed. Each packet would begin
at some specified source node , and end at some other specified destination node
. Each packet would wind its way through the network on an individual
basis.In fall 1969, the first such node was insalled in UCLA. By December 1969,
there were 4 nodes on the infant network, which was named arpanet, after its
Pentagon sponsor.
The four computers could even be programed remotely from the other nodes.
thanks to ARPANET scientists and researchers could share one another's computer
facilities .....
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How Technology Effects Modern America
.... 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 beneficial to all of us. “Back
in 1970, a high school diploma could still be a ticket to the middle income
bracket, a .....
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What Is Virtual Reality
.... 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 similar to our own, like CAD or architectural modeling. Some
applications provide ways of viewing from an adv .....
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Knowledge Is Power: How To Buy A Computer
.... creates a problem. They cannot buy a computer
until they know what they want to do with it, but they cannot really know all
of the uses there are for a computer until they own one. This problem is not as
tough as it seems, however. The consumer should go to his local computer store,
and look at the software that's available. Most programs explain their minimum
hardware requirements right on the box. After looking at a few packages, it
should be pretty clear to the consumer that any mid-range system will run 99% of
the available software. A person should only need a top-of-the-line system for
professional applications such as g .....
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