The Future Of Computer Crime In America
.... time the average
American has his name on an active file in over 550 computer information
databases of which nearly 90% are online, and of the 550 databases the number
comes no where close to how many time your personal information is listed in
some database in an unactive file. The "Average American" could simply sit in
his/her home doing nearly nothing all day long and still have his/her name go
through over 1,000 computers a day.
All of these vast information files all hold the crucial ones and zero's
of data that make up your life as you and all others know it. All of these data
bits, at the hands 100,000's of people. With li .....
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History Of The Intel Corporation
.... has had many factors over the years that has allowed it to
monopolize the computer industry thus resulting in small competition. First of
all, Intel is almost 25 years ahead of it's competitors. Therefore, most
companies are just starting out and have little or no effect on Intel's sales.
Another reason is obviously Intel's reputation. They have built up such a
standard of excellence that when someone hears the word Intel they think high-
quality.
Intel's popularity, reputation, and revenues are a direct result of
their marketing strategies. Again, one of the most important factors that has
made Intel so sucessful is t .....
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The History Of Computers
.... first actual computer was made by Charles Babbage. He
explains himself rather well with the following quote:
"One evening I was sitting in the rooms of the Analytical Society at
Cambridge with a table full of logarithms lying open before me. Another member
coming into the room, and seeing me half asleep called out, ‘Well Babbage, what
are you dreaming about?', to which I replied, ‘I am thinking that all these
tables might be calculated by machinery'"(Evans 41).
"The first general purpose computer was invented in 1871 by Charles
Babbage, just before he died"(Evans 41). It was still a prototype of course,
but it was a beginnin .....
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The History Of The Internet And The WWW
.... in 1989 he invented the World Wide Web, an
internet-based hypermedia initiative for global information sharing. while
working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory. He spent two years
with Plessey elecommunications Ltd a major UK Telecom equipment manufacturer,
working on distributed transaction systems, message relays, and bar code
technology.
In 1978 Tim left Plessey to join D.G Nash Ltd, where he wrote among
other things typesetting software for intelligent printers, a multitasking
operating system, and a generic macro expander.
A year and a half spent as an independent consultant included a six
month s .....
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The Impact Of AI On Warfare.
.... billions of dollars perfecting stealth
technology to allow planes to slip past enemy lines undetected. The technology
involved in a complicated system such as these fighter planes is immense. The
older planes are packed with high tech gear such as micro processors, laser
guiding devices, electromagnetic jammers and infrared sensors. With newer planes,
the airforce is experimenting with a virtual reality helmet that projects a
cartoon like image of the battlefield for the pilot, with flashing symbols for
enemy planes. What is more, if a pilot passes out for various reasons such as
the "G" force from a tight turn, then a computer sys .....
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The Internet
.... The network was designed to function when parts of it
were destroyed. The network could not have a center because it would be a
primary target for enemies. In 1969, ARPANET was created, named after its
original Pentagon sponsor. There were four supercomputer stations, called nodes,
on this high speed network.
ARPANET grew during the 1970's as more and more supercomputer stations
were added. The users of ARPANET had changed the high speed network to an
electronic post office. Scientists and researchers used ARPANET to collaborate
on projects and to trade notes. Eventually, people used ARPANET for leisure
activities such .....
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The History Of The Internet
.... would be considered unreliable at all times; therefore it would never
become too dependable and powerful. Each computer on the network or node would
have its own authority to originate, pass, and receive messages. The name given
to this network was the ARPANET.
To fully understand the ARPANET, an understanding of how a network works
is needed. A network is a group of computers connected by a permanent cable or
temporary phone line. The sole purpose of a network is to be able to
communicate and send information electronically. The plan for the ARPANET was
to have the messages themselves divided into packets, each .....
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The Inter(esting)net
.... then helped pushed the
evolution of the Internet, calling the project: Information Super Highway
(Groiler..).
In the early 1990's the trend then boomed. Businesses soon connected to
the Internet, and started using the Internet as a way of saving money through
advertising products and electronic mailing (Abbot). Communications between
different companies also arose due to the convenience of the Internet. Owners
of personal computers soon became eager to connect to the Internet. Through a
modem or Ethernet adapter (computer hardware devices that allow a physical
connection to Internet), home computers can now be made to .....
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The Necessity Of Computer Security
.... graphics software, to
running monumental tasks such as being the heart and soul of the nations tax
processing department, and managing the project timetables of the Space Shuttle.
It is obvious that the computer is now and always will be inexorably linked to
our lives, and we have no choice but to accept this technology and learn how to
harness its total potential.
With any progressing technology, an unauthorized application can almost be
found for it. A computer could and has been used for theft and fraud - for
example, as a database and manager of illegal activities such as drug
trafficking and pornography. However, we .....
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The Office Of Tomorrow
.... be
the dining room or Student Union, which houses punching bags, televisions and a
pool table. Wherever he goes, a network forwards mail and phone pages to him and
a computer routes calls, faxes and E-mail messages to his assigned extension. He
simply logs onto the firm's computer system and accesses his security-protected
files.
He is not tethered to a specific work area nor forced to function in any
predefined way. Joe Smith spends mornings, and even sometimes an entire day,
connected from home via sophisticated voicemail and E-mail systems, as well as a
pager. His work is process and task-oriented. As long as he gets everyth .....
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The Origins Of The Computer
.... stones poured into
the hollow centers of walls faced with brick or stone and over curved wooden
molds, or forms, to span spaces as vaults. The Mediterranean is an active
volcanic region, and a spongy, light, tightly adhering stone called pozzolana
was used to produce a concrete that was both light and extremely strong.
The Romans had developed potsalana concrete about 100 B.C. but at first
used it only for terrace walls and foundations. It apparently was emperor Nero
who first used the material on a grand scale to rebuild a region of the city of
Rome around his palace, the expansive Domus Aurea, after the great fire of AD 64 .....
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The Power On Self Test
.... 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 the BIOS is ready to call the operating
system (DOS, OS/2, NT, WIN95, etc.) you will see a basic table of the system's
config .....
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