The Journey Inside Introduction to Computers Lesson 2: Four Components of a Computer Directions: Use the http://educate.intel.com/en/TheJourneyInside/ExploreTheCurriculum/ website to complete the units in this series. Choose Intro to Computers on the gray menu bar. Choose Lesson 2 on the left side of your screen and complete the questions below after reading the paragraph‚ watching the video‚ and completing Activity 1. 1. Both a toaster and a computer have physical parts you can touch such
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Computer Addiction as a Gendered Phenomenon In the late 1990s‚ a barrage of media reports declared that women were becoming uncontrollably addicted to the Internet and some were neglecting—or even leaving--their husbands and children as a result of their online obsession. Headlines described the strange phenomenon: Internet Blamed for Neglect: Police Say Mother Addicted to Web(Bricking‚ 1997)‚ ‘Net-addicted Mother Loses Custody of Her Children (1997)‚ Mom Web Addict Allegedly Neglected Kids (1997)
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COMPUTER ADDICTION Addiction - "a habit so strong that one cannot give it up." We are all aware that people form addictions to many things‚ from cocaine to gambling. References to alcoholism‚ workaholism‚ even chocoholism‚ are commonplace throughout our society. The idea that people can form addictions to computing is a relatively new one‚ but quickly gaining ground. Perhaps some day the word "netaholism" will be as widely-used as the others; being a "user" may have more connotation than we realize
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Why is it that Computer Hacking is something we don’t ever hear about? Hundreds of Hackers every day break into banks and businesses and steal valuable information or even money from people such as ourselves. They are other hackers that start viruses and worms through big computer networks that can destroy all your information you have and your computer. Hackers use everyday things to start computer eaters‚ which is why we have those annoying viruses and worms everywhere in computers. We use anti-viruses
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HISTORY OF COMPUTER Abacus - The First man-made computing device. - It can perform addition and subtraction - invented in China Pascal’s calculating machine/Pascaline - The first mechanical calculator - Invented by Blaise Pascal - Can perform addition & subtraction Leibnitz calculator - First general-purpose calculating machine - Extended version of Pascal Calculating machine - Can perform multiplication and Division - Invented by Gottfried Leibnitz Automatic
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Are We Too Dependent on Computers? Elisa M. Mata Pinales English 1301-213 Mss. Bustamante April 20‚ 2012 Texas A&M International University Abstract A great number of specialists agree to the fact that while technology improves‚ people become more dependent on it‚ which is the case of the computer. Having a computer and the knowledge to use it has a lot of advantages but also disadvantages. The use of the computer makes many things easy; you can find whatever you want on it‚ and
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A DISCURSIVE ESSAY Some people say that computers have made life effortless and more comfortable‚ others advocate for the idea that computers have made life more difficult and complicated. However‚ in my opinion‚ computers have brought convenience and comfort to our lives since they enable simpler access to information and tremendously increase the quality of communication. Firstly‚ the computer is a relatively new technology and young people have been learning to use it from early ages Therefore
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The Computer is one of the wonders of Science. Science has made our lives more enjoyable and has broadened our knowledge. The computer influences our way of living for a variety of reasons. They have enabled us to do things faster‚ as well as communicate with people across the globe. The Internet affects us in every way‚ most importantly with our social lives‚ our jobs‚ and our entertainment. Our social lives are not just communicating with telephones and mail anymore. Going "on-line"
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Computer Mouse: Consumer Driven Innovation The computer mouse controls the pointer on a computer screen‚ allowing a user to navigate throughout programs‚ websites‚ etc. The mouse is moved around a surface by the user’s hand in order to translate that movement to the pointer on the computer screen. Computers were only invented shortly before the earliest mice were developed‚ and there were very few computers around. There was little demand for an invention like this‚ but before the mouse was invented
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keyboard-8 bit Computer systems v Manual systems Benefits of computer system: Takes up less space Searching is very quick More than one person can access the same data form their network PC. The data stays in the computers memory Fewer staff are needed to look after a computer system Reports can be generated very quickly-automated Problems of a computer system: Setting up is very expensive Computer systems need people to maintain them POWER CUTS! It is easy to hack into a computer system.
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