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    Community

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    Definition of Community: (Sarason) “a readily available‚ mutually supportive networkd of relationships on which one could depend Definition of Psychological Sense of Community (Sarason) perception of similarity to others acknowledge interdependence with other… Types of Community: 1. Locality-Based Community * Includes city blocks‚ neighbors‚ small towns… * Interpersonal ties based on geographic proximity exist between members * Individuals identify themselves by their locality

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    Virtual Reality

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    VIRTUAL REALITY LaRhonda Townsend INF103: Computer Literacy Instructor Booth June 17‚ 2013 Virtual Reality is a mind blowing technology that advances more and more each day. Virtual reality is an artificial environment which is experienced through sensory stimuli (as sights and sounds) provided by a computer and in which one’s actions partially determine what happens in the environment. A general experience includes three-dimensional images that appear to be life-sized from the perspective

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    Virtual Memory

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    Virtual Memory Virtual Memory With today’s modern technology‚ we need to ensure that our computers are able to run quick and with ease. In order to run programs with speed‚ individuals need to ensure that they have sufficient memory to allow for programs running. Computers come with memory‚ but sometimes it is not enough to run what is needed or wanted. One way to ensure speed is to use virtual memory. Virtual memory can be described as memory that emulates RAM‚ and allows programs to

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    Virtual Reality Virtual Reality The world of Virtual Reality has so many different operations that are used in all kinds of areas like the medical field‚ airlines and in the military. The medical field uses the virtual reality simulation‚ for emergency training‚ for surgical training and is also used to help people with phobias. The Virtual reality simulation is also used in teaching pilots how to fly with their flight simulators. The military uses virtual reality to train our troops. This

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    Virtual Reality In today’s world‚ making a mistake‚ for example during a surgery can be very fatal‚ but what if you make that same mistake but in a virtual reality? Well‚ if you make that mistake in the real world‚ you would learn from it but the patient would most likely have died but in a virtual world‚ you can program another virtual patient to retry the surgery knowing its not a real human. Virtual reality will have a substantial effect on our future way of life. Virtual reality already has

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    Virtual World

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    VIRTUAL WORLD CONTENTS: VIRTUAL IN THE REAL WORLD HISTORY APPICATIONS/USES WHY VIRTUAL WORLD RATHER THAN REAL WORLD FUTURE REAL WORLD: It is the world where we can feel ‚ touch‚emotions etc. VIRTUAL WORLD: It is a world where digital creatures look like real life ‚ sounds like real life & feel like real life. ABOUT VIRTUAL REALITY: In 1965 ‚ Ivan Sutherland published a paper called ‚” The Ultimate display “ in which he described the computers as

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    Virtual Memory

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    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-is-virtual-memory http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-the-size-of-virtual-memory Virtual memory‚ also known as a page file or swap file‚ is a file on your hard drive (C:\pagefile.sys by default) that Windows and applications use in addition to physical memory (RAM) as needed. The default and recommended size of this file is 1.5 times the amount of physical memory. Virtual memory is the sum of physical memory and the page file

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    Virtual Memory

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    RESEARCH PAPER ON VIRTUAL MEMORY Submitted To: Dr. C. Taylor Submitted By: Sumit Sehgal Date: February 3‚ 2003 Sumit Sehgal 1 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................... 3 HISTORY ........................................................................................................................... 3 CONCEPTS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS OF VIRTUAL MEMORY ............................ 4 Implementations

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    Virtual Work Place

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    Definition: A virtual workplace is a workplace that is not located in any one physical space. Rather‚ several workplaces are technologically connected (via the Internet) without regard to geographic boundaries. A virtual workplace decreases unnecessary costs by integrating technology processes‚ people processes‚ and online processes. History: With information technology playing a greater role in the daily operations of organizations today‚ virtual workplaces are beginning to replace the traditional

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    Modern Communities

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    John Puls Skolnick ENC 1101 5/4/2013 Modern Communities The values and characteristics of a healthy community have remained largely unchanged over the years; however‚ with the invention of online communities they have become significantly more impersonal. Accepting people for who they are and showing empathy towards others are indispensable values of a community. The values of a traditional community as outlined in Azar Nafisi’s essay “I believe in empathy” and Sarah Adams’s essay “Be cool

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