COMPUTER REVOLUTION Personal Computers The personal computer revolution was a phenomenon of immense importance in the 1980s. What the average American commonly refers to as a PC‚ or personal computer‚ did not even exist before the 1970s. Mainframe computers had been the norm‚ and they were primarily relegated to business and scientific use. With the dawn of the personal computer all Americans were allowed potential access to computers. As competition and modernization increased‚ issues of cost
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Date | Event | c. 2400 BC | The abacus - the first known calculator‚ was probably invented by the Babylonians as an aid to simple arithmetic around this time period. This laid the foundations for positional notation and later computing developments. | 1300 | Ramon Llull invented the Lullian Circle: a notional machine for calculating answers to philosophical questions (in this case‚ to do with Christianity) via logical combinatorics. This idea was taken up by Leibniz centuries later‚ and is thus
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Smoking/alcohol and other substance dependency: People can start smoking for a variety of reasons. The younger generation are especially vulnerable because of their peers promoting that smoking is cool and ’grown up’. People believe that smoking helps them feel more relaxed and can cope better with stress but the nicotine in the cigarettes‚ is a stimulant not a relaxant‚ so it doesn’t help stress at all. The feeling that people are ‘claiming’ to be relaxed is more likely to be relief from their
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As part of human nature‚ power has a tendency to take over people‚ and with no regard to others‚ many of the individuals in major authority positions such as prison guards‚ police officers‚ and even judges manipulate that power for their mindful benefits. Such benefits are probably not affecting them on a personal level‚ although they do contribute to the support of their own race‚ gender‚ and social status’ group. This corruption has developed into the working society giving support and extra benefits
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broadly inclusive of all forms of educational technology in learning and teaching. E-learning is inclusive of‚ and is broadly synonymous with multimedia learning‚ technology-enhanced learning (TEL)‚ computer-based instruction (CBI)‚ computer-based training (CBT)‚ computer-assisted instruction or computer-aided instruction (CAI)‚ internet-based training (IBT)‚ web-based training (WBT)‚ online education‚ virtual education‚ virtual learning environments (VLE) (which are also called learning platforms)
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University E. Jacinto St.‚ Davao City CPE 420: Computer Systems Architecture [Evolution of Computers – From 1st Generation to Present] November 13‚ 2012 Prepared for: Engr. Eleonor Palconit Prepared by: Jhunorjim C. Zandueta The evolution of computers is considered one of the most rapid technological development in the history of human innovation. Within just 50 years‚ computers had evolved from bulky military hardware that computed ballistic trajectory
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Computer graphics are graphics created using computers and‚ more generally‚ the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer. The development of computer graphics has made computers easier to interact with‚ and better for understanding and interpreting many types of data. Developments in computer graphics have had a profound impact on many types of media and have revolutionized animation‚ movies and the video game industry. Overview The term computer graphics has been used in a broad
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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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Computer fraud is the use of information technology to commit fraud. In the United States‚ computer fraud is specifically proscribed by the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act‚ which provides for jail time and fines. 1. Unauthorized access at North Bay Abdulswamad Nino Macapayad‚ a former accounts payable clerk for North Bay Health Care Group‚ admitted to using her computer to access North Bay’s accounting software without authorization‚ and in turn issued various checks payable to herself and others.
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In this assignment I will be critically analysing the meaning of the term addiction when used in relation to drug misuse‚ and assess its merits as a concept for defining drug related behaviour. The key factors will be considered as to why people use drugs on a regular basis and how these factors impact the ’validity ’ of the overall concept of addiction. Also‚ I will be looking at what related concepts‚ such as ’dependence ’‚ imply for our use of addiction as a term to describe regular drug use
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