Informally‚ clients tend to be desktop and mobile PCs‚ Smartphone‚ and so on‚ whereas servers tend to be more powerful machines that store and distribute Web pages‚ stream video‚ relay e-mail‚ and so on. Today‚ most of the servers from which we receive search results‚ e-mail‚ Web pages‚ and videos reside in large data centers. For example‚ Google has 30–50 data centers‚ with many having more than one hundred thousand servers. In a P2P network‚ the "peers" are computer systems which are connected to
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Few industries have changed so much in such a short time as the computer industry‚ and the pace of change shows no sign of slowing. The computer now has a role in almost every aspect of modern life‚ and it has radically affected the way people work‚ play‚ study and organize their lives. As we enter the 21st century‚ computers are influencing ways of teaching and learning‚ as access to computers in schools is becoming more widespread and varied. Their use enables the learner to develop at his or
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Acer Aspire E5-573G Laptop Review Even if you’re buying a budget laptop‚ you still want to make sure you get the best bang for your buck. There have been quite a few affordable all-round laptops from almost every manufacturer. You have the Lenovo Z50-75‚ the HP Pavilion 15‚ the Dell Inspiron 15‚ and the Toshiba Satellite L50-B. Then there are the Acer Aspire E1 and E5 series models‚ affordable 15.6-inch all-rounders that have been giving good price to performance ratios for some years already
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Top 10 Computer Uses in Business Written by: Catalogs.com Editorial Staff December 28‚ 2010 Filed Under Tech and Electronics Tags: Business‚ computer‚ ten‚ top Contributed by Sara Shea‚ Catalogs.com Info Guru Technology has forever changed the business world. In order to stay technically competitive and efficient in today’s information age‚ the majority of businesses now rely on computers. Computer uses in business range from the scanner at the checkout line of the grocery store to the
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m Recommending a computer system By Mark Woods Contents Page Page 1: Title Page Page 2: Contents Page Page 3: Introduction Computer Systems Page 4: Computer Systems Cont. Page 5: Specification Comparison Table Internet and e-mail Conclusion 2 Introduction This is a report written for Sharon Woods. Sharon is a self-employed beautician
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0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview 1.2 Justification 1.3 In brief 2.0 TYPES OF COMPUTERS 2.1 Defining a computer 2.2 Four types of computers 3.0 CONCLUSION 3.1 Summary 3.2 Insights 3.3 Recommendations 1.0 2.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview A computer is an electronic device that receives (input) data‚ processes that data‚ stores data and produces results (output). Computer can be classified according to their data representation that is functionality‚ based on
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COMPUTER Q1- a ________ is approximately a million bytes. a) Gigabytes b) Kilobytes c) Megabyte d) Terabyte e) None of these Q2- The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as- a) Hardware b) Software c) Firmware d) ROMware e) None of these Q3- Memory is made up of a) Set of wires b) Set of circuits c) Large number of cells d) Set of optical fiber e) All of these Q4- Primary memory stores a) Data
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Introduction to Computer Viruses It’s Saturday morning. You boot up your Windows 98 computer and lo and behold‚ the graphics on the desktop are a mirror image of what they should be. Congratulations‚ you have a computer virus! According to "Virus Bulletin‚" the Oxfordshire‚ England-based technical journal that tracks viruses‚ this new virus flips any uncompressed bitmaps horizontally‚ but only on Saturdays. This bulletin credits GriYo of the 29A virus-writing group as the author of this 32-bit
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advantages and disadvantages of computers When Charles Babbage invented the computer decades ago‚ he would probably not have realised the impact it would have on mankind’s future.The importance of computers in today’s world can hardly be over-emphasized. Computers have become so much an integral part of the modern age‚ that we also call thiss period as the computer age. In the initial years‚ the computer was a huge‚ and complex machine that was used for difficult work like performing calculations
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The use of computers today‚ is not restricted to only office desktops or laptops. In a matter of fact‚ computers are used in our daily lives ranging from appliances to car engines and video games thereby making it one of the most important asset in our lives with the education system not an exception when it comes to computers. The growth of the computer industry has sky-rocket over the past few years and has been quiet remarkable. Today‚ it is the fastest growing industry in our economy
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