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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Human Happiness It is hard to imagine anyone not having heard of a computer and the Internet especially in a modern society. Nowadays‚ it is common to see a computer in every household and place of business. This advancement in technology has improved the way of life by simplifying tasks that once were manually managed. Today‚ children are being raised with computers and the Internet prevalent in their lives which has allowed them to take advantage of many benefits. These benefits are
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HISTORY AND APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTERS || INTRODUCTION When more than one thing is needed to work together before an action can take place‚ we say we have a system. The computer needs several things before it can be used to solve problems. Therefore‚ we say the computer is a system. We may have systems around us even in our body. How we eat or what happens to the food we eat is a system. This is called the Digestive System. We need mouth‚ tongue‚ teeth and stomach for us to make good
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Computer Fundamentals Computer is an electronic device that manipulates data according to set of instructions and produce a meaningful result. • Computers are not very intelligent devices‚ but they handle instructions flawlessly and fast. • They must follow explicit directions from both user and computer programmer. • Computers are really nothing more than a very powerful calculator with some great accessories. • Applications like word processing and games are just a very
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the modern electronic computer was developed at U.S. universities; however‚ in the year‚ there was no computer education yet. It needed more 10 years to have computer education. The period of the computer revolution was 1950 in the U.S.. Computer education began in the middle of the 1950s with an organized body of knowledge. Also Japanese the teaching of computer science has been developed in the same period. During 1955 to 1959‚ some universities developed their own computers. They organized short
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GENERATION OF COMPUTERS The term generation indicates the type of technology used in the computer construction. As new technology was emerging‚ it was being used in the making of computer. The new technology improved the speed‚ accuracy and storage capacity of the computers. Different technologies have been used for computers in different times. Therefore‚ computers can be divided into five generations depending upon the technologies used. These are: First Generation (1940 - 1956) Second
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In our society today‚ computer technology plays an important role in many form of business‚ especially in the field of accounting. As technology advances‚ not only does the use of computers penetrates individual’s everyday life‚ it also helps to mange and improve many business operations from service‚ manufacturing to retail. Ken‚ an accounting graduate‚ works as an accounting clerk at Advance Manage‚ a service operation located in Markham‚ Ontario. The small business is in the form of a partnership
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Computers and Society The decade of the 1980’s saw an explosion in computer technology and computer usage that deeply changed society. Today computers are a part of everyday life‚ they are in their simplest form a digital watch or more complexly computers manage power grids‚ telephone networks‚ and the money of the world. Henry Grunwald‚ former US ambassador to Austria best describes the computer’s functions‚ "It enables the mind to ask questions‚ find answers‚ stockpile knowledge‚ and devise
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UOW1 – The nature of crime The nature of crime The nature of crime embodies the offences made against the state representing society and the population. Within this concept is the operation of principles going to the rights of the victim and the accused in the criminal law process. This process encompasses the commission and elements of the crime going to the actus reus (action of the accused)‚ mens rea (intention of the accused) and causal link to make out the crime; the criminal investigation
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