2008). Moreover‚ it determines and describes the extent of computer addiction among student nurses of WNU for the year 2012 – 2013. According to Ardales (2008)‚ descriptive design is particularly appropriate in the studies dealing with computer addiction. The reason for this is the fact that behavior or interest can be systematically examined and analyze as they happen. More particularly‚ this study sought to assess and describe the computer addiction among student nurses. For this reason‚ this design
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Computers are commonly used items in many areas. It is an important thing to people‚ especially the people who run organizations‚ industry‚ etc. . . Almost anything you know is run or made by computers. Cars and jets were designed on computers‚ traffic signals are run by computers‚ most medical equipment use computers and space exploration was started with computers. Most of the jobs today require the use of computers. These ’mechanical brains ’ made a huge impact on our society. It would be hard
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Computer is a processing machine which processes raw data to produce meaningful data. It has tremendous change with comparison to calculator. Characteristics of Computers: - Computers have got their importance due to the following characteristics: - 1. Accuracy: - Computer performs every operation with equal and high accuracy. Errors can occur in a computer due to only human mistakes‚ weaknesses and imprecise thinking. 2. Repeatitiveness: - Once the set of instructions are permanently
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Computer Keyboard (1874 – 1982) Although the first Computer Keyboard came out in 1964‚ it was a long evolution process from 1874-1982‚ to form the modern computer keyboard as we know it... One of the most common electronic input devices available nowadays is the “computer keyboard”. The “keyboard” enters instructions and data into the “memory” of the “computer”. “Keyboards” are used to “program”‚ operate and manage files and programs on a computer “interface”. This is accomplished by users
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22/10/2007 11:28 Page 320 CASE EXAMPLE Lenovo computers: East meets West In May 2005‚ the world’s thirteenth largest personal computer company‚ Lenovo‚ took over the world’s third largest personal computer business‚ IBM’s PC division. Lenovo‚ at that time based wholly in China‚ was paying $1.75bn (A1.4bn‚ £1bn) to control a business that operated all over the world and had effectively invented the personal computer industry back in 1981. Michael Dell‚ the creator of the world’s
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Computer Illiteracy There is a problem out there that haunts many troubled souls in our society. It is powerful. It can strip the pimple-faced class whiz of all his sickening pride. It can make the intelligent person feel like a complete idiot. It can make the confident doubt themselves. To those who have this problem‚ it seeks to make their lives a living hell. This beast is called computer illiteracy. The problems arising from computer literacy are becoming more evident as colleges and
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too dependent on computers? When we talk about computers‚ people often relate computers with modern technologies. Computer is a tool that helps us make things in our life easier. People use computers in business‚ public services‚ educations‚ even entertainment. Our daily activities are more and more based closely on the working of computer. Almost everything we do is affected by modern technology and computers. I would say that I agree that people nowadays depend on computers too much. Firstly
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Computer technology permeates most aspects of our lives. The ability to use computer technology and to evaluate electronic information has become a basic skill for most of people. In most places of business‚ a computer is standard. In the bank they use computers to look up for account information. They use computers in the auto repair shop to assess the cars. We can’t find books in the library by looking in a card catalog — we must use a computerized database. Doctors’ offices utilize computers
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Computer Networks Does anyone really know what networking is? “In the world of computers‚ networking is the practice of linking two or more computing devices together for the purpose of sharing data” (Networking Fundamentals). Now this is a great explanation but does this really help us understand? Networking has grown over many years. Where did networking come from? Lets go back to the beginning and find out how far we have come. Network research can be traced back to around the 1960’s.
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As computers have become less expensive‚ they have been purchased by more and more families for their homes. As a result‚ more youths and children have started to use computers at earlier ages. Even if there is not a computer available at home‚ it’s guaranteed that the youth will come into contact with a computer somewhere else‚ such as school. This may have not been the case a couple decades ago and with that said‚ computers have been evolving (and still are). The evolution of computers is all possible
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