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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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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Operating System: An operating system (OS) is a set of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs. The operating system is a vital component of the system software in a computer system. Application programs require an operating system to function. Types: 1. Real-time A real-time operating system is a multitasking operating system that aims at executing real-time applications. Real-time operating systems often use specialized scheduling
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Short Critical Reflection Daniel Gold Computer Literacy February 11‚ 2011 * Cyber bullying is a serious issue in today’s schools and business. If everyone adopted and educated people on netiquette guidelines would this issue be solved? Explain. The issues of bullying will never be resolved whether online or in real life. My daughter’s school is constantly doing assemblies on bullying and encouraging children against it‚ and to speak up if they see a victim of bullying‚ yet the issue of
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USA where they get information. Most of them find it with the help of the computer. In our school we have asked 106 students in the 9th‚ 10th ‚ and 11th grades. 64% of them find information in books. But at the same time we found out that our students read less. There are 680 students in our school‚ 457 of them take books in our local library‚ and 337 students visit our school library. What is a computer? Are computers friends or foes? At the start of new millennium‚ technological and educational
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Computer Associates Ethics Paper Brief Summary: Based in Islandia‚ N.Y.‚ Computer Associates dominated the market for mainstream utility software‚ programs that helped the computers used by big companies run more efficiently. The company also offers security & storage software. Computer Associates used variety of tricks to inflate its reported profits during the 1990’s. In October 2000‚ the company changed the way it sold software and the way it reported its sales. The Securities and Exchange
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The Evolution Of The Computer Introduction The evolution of electronic computers over a period of time can be traced effectively dividing this period into various generations. Each generation is characterized by a major technological development that fundamentally changed the way computers operated. These helped to develop smaller‚ cheaper‚ powerful‚ efficient and reliable devices. Today‚ life has become indispensable without a computer. You find computerization in almost every sphere and industry
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The History of Computers A computer is a machine built to do routine calculations with speed‚ reliability‚ and ease‚ greatly simplifying processes that without them would be a much longer‚ more drawn out process. Since their introduction in the 1940’s. Computers have become an important part of the world. Besides the systems found in offices‚ and homes‚ microcomputers are now used in everyday locations such as automobiles‚ aircrafts‚ telephones‚ and kitchen appliances. Computers are used for
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to many important inventions. One of them is the computer. About a decade back‚ a computer was seen as a wonder machine. A few years later‚ this wonderful machine came closer to us as the Personal Computer (PC) entered the household scene. The computer today plays a significant role in our everybody’s life. Computers are used practically everywhere. The use of computer in our country in the past two decades has taken a big jump. Today computers do much more than simply compute‚ super market scanners
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com/resources/the-history-of-computers-in-a-nutshell/ * Mid 1800’s - 1930’s: Early Mechanical computers * invented by Charles Babbage in mid 1800’s - called “babbage engines” * These early computers were never completed during Babbage’s lifetime‚ but their complete designs were preserved. Eventually‚ one was finished being built in 20021930s: Electro-Mechanical Computers * 1930’s: Electro-mechanical Computers * Electro-mechanical computers generally worked with relays
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