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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Communications Informative Presentation: How Colors Affect Moods Purpose Statement: After my presentation the audience will have knowledge of how the colors around us can affect our moods and our appearances. INTRODUCTION A. Story about my mom picking out clothes to wear B. Thesis Statement: Constantly experience color in our everyday lives‚ however‚ we don’t always realize how much a simple color can affect us by simply looking at it or by wearing it. C. So in this presentation I will discuss
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1 Computer Games Computer games are programs that enable a player to interact with a virtual game environment for entertainment and fun. There are many types of computer games available‚ ranging from traditional card games to more advanced video games such as role playing games and adventure games. In this chapter‚ we first discuss the different types of computer games. The architecture of computer games is also described. Finally‚ the programming environment that is used to build the computer
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Communication Communicating - or getting our message across - is the concern of us all in our daily lives in whatever language we happen to use. Learning to be better communicators is important to all of us in both our private and public lives. Better communication means better understanding of ourselves and others; less isolation from those around us and more productive‚ happy lives. We begin at birth by interacting with those around us to keep warm‚ dry and fed. We learn very soon that the
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behavior can be influenced by many different factors‚ and I’m currently interested on how alcohol affects how people communicate nonverbally. I read that alcohol can cause “…decoding accuracy [to be] impaired‚ especially men’s ability to identify anger‚ disgust‚ and contempt” (Knapp‚ Hall and Horgan‚ 2013). This started me thinking about different ways alcohol could affect nonverbal communication‚ and in turn‚ how that could affect interpersonal relationships. My uncle is an alcoholic and it affects
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9-710-442 FEBRUARY 14‚ 2010 JAN W. RIVKIN Revitalizing Dell From the early 1990s until the mid-2000s‚ Michael Dell and his company thrived in the tumultuous personal computer industry. Revenue of Dell Inc. rose from $3.5 billion in 1993 to $55.9 billion in 2005‚ making Dell the world’s largest producer of PCs‚ while net income climbed from $149 million to $3.6 billion. In many of those years‚ Dell earned more on PCs than all of its main rivals combined‚ and among top vendors‚ only Dell
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Abstract Mobile IP has been designed within the IETF to serve the needs of the burgeoning population of mobile computer users who wish to connect t o the Internet and maintain communications as they move from place to place. The basic protocol is described‚ with details given on the three major component protocols: Agent Advertisement‚ Registration‚ and Tunneling. Then route optimization procedures are outlined‚ and further topics of current interest are described. Charles E. Perkins‚ Sun Microsystems
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COMPUTER CONCEPTS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND NEW DELHI Computer Concepts Hardware & software concepts explained for persons with low or no vision for the students of Intel Technology Training Lab at National Association for the Blind‚ New Delhi Produced and Published by National Association for the Blind Sector-5‚ R.K Puram‚ New Delhi E-mail: nab@vsnl.com First Edition October 2001 Reprint: February 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER ONE Introduction to Human Communication What will you learn? When you have read and thought about this chapter‚ you will be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. State reasons why the study of communication is essential. Define communication. Name the components of communication. Explain some principles of communication. Explain the ways in which intrapersonal‚ interpersonal‚ public‚ and mass communication differ from each other. 6. Define communication competence. 7. Name some of the tenets
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A computer is one of the most brilliant inventions of mankind. Thanks to computer technology‚ we were able to achieve storage and processing of huge amounts of data; we could rest our brains by employing computer memory capacities for storage of information. Owing to computers‚ we have been able speed up daily work‚ carry out critical transactions and achieve accuracy and precision at work. Computers of the earlier times were of the size of a large room and were required to consume huge amounts of
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