COMPUTER REVOLUTION Personal Computers The personal computer revolution was a phenomenon of immense importance in the 1980s. What the average American commonly refers to as a PC‚ or personal computer‚ did not even exist before the 1970s. Mainframe computers had been the norm‚ and they were primarily relegated to business and scientific use. With the dawn of the personal computer all Americans were allowed potential access to computers. As competition and modernization increased‚ issues of cost
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The Journey Inside Introduction to Computers Lesson 2: Four Components of a Computer Directions: Use the http://educate.intel.com/en/TheJourneyInside/ExploreTheCurriculum/ website to complete the units in this series. Choose Intro to Computers on the gray menu bar. Choose Lesson 2 on the left side of your screen and complete the questions below after reading the paragraph‚ watching the video‚ and completing Activity 1. 1. Both a toaster and a computer have physical parts you can touch such
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HISTORY OF COMPUTER Abacus - The First man-made computing device. - It can perform addition and subtraction - invented in China Pascal’s calculating machine/Pascaline - The first mechanical calculator - Invented by Blaise Pascal - Can perform addition & subtraction Leibnitz calculator - First general-purpose calculating machine - Extended version of Pascal Calculating machine - Can perform multiplication and Division - Invented by Gottfried Leibnitz Automatic
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COMPUTER ADDICTION Addiction - "a habit so strong that one cannot give it up." We are all aware that people form addictions to many things‚ from cocaine to gambling. References to alcoholism‚ workaholism‚ even chocoholism‚ are commonplace throughout our society. The idea that people can form addictions to computing is a relatively new one‚ but quickly gaining ground. Perhaps some day the word "netaholism" will be as widely-used as the others; being a "user" may have more connotation than we realize
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A DISCURSIVE ESSAY Some people say that computers have made life effortless and more comfortable‚ others advocate for the idea that computers have made life more difficult and complicated. However‚ in my opinion‚ computers have brought convenience and comfort to our lives since they enable simpler access to information and tremendously increase the quality of communication. Firstly‚ the computer is a relatively new technology and young people have been learning to use it from early ages Therefore
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The Computer is one of the wonders of Science. Science has made our lives more enjoyable and has broadened our knowledge. The computer influences our way of living for a variety of reasons. They have enabled us to do things faster‚ as well as communicate with people across the globe. The Internet affects us in every way‚ most importantly with our social lives‚ our jobs‚ and our entertainment. Our social lives are not just communicating with telephones and mail anymore. Going "on-line"
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Computer Mouse: Consumer Driven Innovation The computer mouse controls the pointer on a computer screen‚ allowing a user to navigate throughout programs‚ websites‚ etc. The mouse is moved around a surface by the user’s hand in order to translate that movement to the pointer on the computer screen. Computers were only invented shortly before the earliest mice were developed‚ and there were very few computers around. There was little demand for an invention like this‚ but before the mouse was invented
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keyboard-8 bit Computer systems v Manual systems Benefits of computer system: Takes up less space Searching is very quick More than one person can access the same data form their network PC. The data stays in the computers memory Fewer staff are needed to look after a computer system Reports can be generated very quickly-automated Problems of a computer system: Setting up is very expensive Computer systems need people to maintain them POWER CUTS! It is easy to hack into a computer system.
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As we all know‚ computers can be found everywhere these days. They have changed the way we think‚ live and study‚ etc. The fact that computers have made incredible changes to our society‚ makes them very special invention. Although they might be only as important as other inventions such as electricity‚ airplanes‚ etc‚ it is their ability to be programmed to perform an amazing variety of tasks distinguishes computers from all the other inventions. Computers are playing an effective role in different
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and quite literally destroy your computer. 3. Depending on the OS and software/hardware installed‚ they can be difficult to maintain. 4. If you have the internet and don’t have an Anti-Virus program‚ or at least an Anti-Spyware program‚ surfing the web can ruin your day. 5. Nothing lasts forever. 6‚ computers are taking places of labours and 1 computer can do a work of almost 100 acountents at 1 time and all pplz whos’ job is acountacy are job less coz of computer. 7‚ hackers can interfare in
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