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A short course in windows 981. The physical components of a computer system are referred to as its hardware. 2. A computers main circuit board is called its mother board. 3. One byte of memory consists of eight bits. 4. One kilobyte is equal to 1,024 bytes. 5. Some examples of mass storage devices are…

Computer science dates back to about 1960, although the electronic digital computer that was the object of its study was invented only two decades earlier. The field of science has grown extensively due to the development of the computer. Computers have moved into every nook and cranny of our daily lives. People use them in…

Computers: Productive Tools In Our LivesHave you ever seen a computer in a store and said, “Whoa! What a chick!”? Iam sure you would have, if you were familiar with the new 16xCD-ROM and extrawide SCSI-2 9. 0 GB hard drive it features, or if you knew about the dual 225 MHzPentium pro MMX chips…

With increasing popularity of computer games, and multimedia home PC users oftenneed an unexpensive computer system upgrade. By building a custom computer oneis able to combine componenets, and operating system to provide maximal gamingperformance. Computers are often called number manipulators, because of theirability to run millions of mathematical operations per second (White 43). Computers use…

IntroductionOne morning a few weeks ago I arrived at south campus for an eight o’clock class, only to find that my class had been cancelled for the day. “Great, ” I thought. “I can use this extra time to go check my e-mail and work on that paper” So, I headed over to the library,…

In the late 1970s, hackers were people who enjoyed learning the details of computer systems. Today, hackers (or crackers) refer to people who break into computer systems. Some malicious hackers use Trojan horses, logic bombs, and other means to infiltrate computer systems. Breaking into other computer systems is called electronic trespassing. This paper will speak…

Computers and SocietyThe decade of the 1980’s saw an explosion in computer technology andcomputer usage that deeply changed society. Today computers are a part ofeveryday life, they are in their simplest form a digital watch or more complexlycomputers manage power grids, telephone networks, and the money of the world. Henry Grunwald, former US ambassador to…

Computers have enhance the study of Biology tremendously, as welldiscoveries have enhance the progression of computers. Withoutcomputers, Biology would be no where. We would not have the hightech microscopes. We would not be able to process information atlighting speeds. Finally, we would have no place to store all theinformation that we gathered. Can you imagine…

The computer has evolved a great deal since its creation over a third of acentury ago. The uses of the computer now seem endless. Unfortunately some ofthose uses include computer crimes. This paper will explore some recent crimesthat have occurred and the laws that apply to them. The first such incident took place in Russia…

Introduction-Computers are changing the world as we know it, and they provide an interesting field of occupations. I. Definition of a computer engineerA. DefinitonB. Creation of new jobsII. Change in societyA. InternetB. AdvertisingC. Web sitesD. Chat roomsIII. Community and technologyA. Schools1. Homework2. College applicationsB. ChurchIV. New technologyA. RealAudioB. Video conferencingC. Web browsersD. New techology and…