A computer is not an acronym and is sometimes abbreviated as comp or ’puter. The term "computer" was originally given to humans who performed numerical calculations using mechanical calculators such as the abacus and slide rule. The term was later given to a mechanical device as they began replacing the human computers. Today’s computers are electronic devices that accept data (input)‚ process that data‚ produces output‚ and then store (storage) the results. The first computer was called the ENIAC
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Under the Sea University of Under the Sea Overpowering the lands is water. About 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is submerged in water. The Oceans are so massive‚ scientist have only had the opportunity to explore a significantly small portion of it. However‚ the small portion recorded has discovered over 2 million species of marine animals. That is not including the fractions of the animals that live in the unexplored ocean’s floors and surfaces (Science Daily‚ 2011). Besides
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Amazon.com In 1994‚ with a handful of programmers and a few thousand dollars in workstations and servers‚ Jeff Bezos set out to change the retail world when he created Amazon.com (ticker: AMZN). Shel Kaphan‚ Amazon’s first programmer‚ assisted by others‚ including Paul Barton-Davis‚ used a collection of tools to create Web pages based on a database of 1 million book titles compiled from the Library of Congress and Books in Print databases. Kaphan notes that “Amazon was dependent on commercial
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Why should you take part in sport? I’ll tell you why by explaining the social‚ mental and physical benefits of keeping fit! Mental fitness is key in life‚ whether it’s a decision of what way to get to school/work or to create that killer pass in a football match that could win it for your team. By taking part in sport activities you will enhance your mental stability on how well you react and make decisions‚ making school work or your general job so much easier as you will be able to make that
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Forman 28th March‚ 2012 ENG 102 IJC Effects of Computers on Society Discoveries and invention of devices are always welcomed till we‚ humans find a way to abuse its benefits and be adversely affected by it. Computers have influenced all sphere of modern society in a big way by the way people keep in touch with each other‚ the way people entertain themselves using computer and the way people buy and sell things. In todays present‚ although computers have changed in many different ways all activities
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English 2A ____________________ By: Maghanoy‚ Laira M. Luma-ad‚ Chriselle Mae P. Lumotos‚ Flora Mae D. Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Background of the Study Sole proprietorship and partnership are forms of business organization which have one thing in common; they are businesses but they each serve their own purpose to the business world. Sole Proprietorship is a form of organization that has a single owner called proprietor who generally is also the manager. Sole proprietorship
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Physical Fitness What is Physical Fitness? Strength Cardio vascular Endurance Hear rate Blood pressure Flexibility Speed Define Physical Fitness: Has generally been described as a set of attributes that people have or achieve‚ and which relate to the ability of what someone can perform too. Benefits of Physical Fitness? Physical ( stronger‚faster‚more flexible‚ better endurance) General health ( more energy‚ stronger heart‚ better joint movement) Specific Health ( health
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superposition andentanglement‚ to perform operations on data.[1] Quantum computers are different from digital computers based on transistors. Whereas digital computers require data to be encoded into binary digits (bits)‚ each of which is always in one of two definite states (0 or 1)‚ quantum computation uses qubits (quantum bits)‚ which can be in superpositionsof states. A theoretical model is the quantum Turing machine‚ also known as the universal quantum computer. Quantum computers share theoretical similarities
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assemble his computer . I`m thinking about that because I never handled and never try to assemble a computer but again I try.. that moment I finish to assemble the computer . After the day I realist to what I want in my future that is a computer programmer that is the thing that I also to encounter my fear. That give me a moment to find myself but if it`s difficult to be a programmer One day my mother told me to go to my aunt house. That day my aunt told me to assemble his computer . I`m thinking
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A computer is a general purpose device that can be programmed to carry out a set of arithmetic or logical operations automatically. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed‚ the computer can solve more than one kind of problem. Ads by Plus-HD-V1.5c×Conventionally‚ a computer consists of at least one processing element‚ typically a central processing unit (CPU)‚ and some form of memory. The processing element carries out arithmetic and logic operations‚ and a sequencing and control
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