Essays Tagged: "first computer"

My essay is called Computer Science!! I think this essay will tell you everything about Computer Science.

Computer ScienceEven before the first computer was conceptualized, data had already beenstored on hard copy medium and used with ... d in the various forms of magnetic tape from audiocassetteto videocassette recorders. One of the first computer storage devices wasthe magnetic tape drive. Magnetic tape is a sequential data sto ...

(3 pages) 228 3 2.9 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Computer Crime

IEver since I got my first computer. I have enjoyed working on them. I have learned a tremendous amount of trouble shooti ... an do anything. Hackers can be there own person out side the real world.I found out Arizona was the first state to pass a law against computer crime, in 1979. In 1980 the U.S. copyright act was amende ...

(2 pages) 67 0 3.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Computer Systems Analyst, personal opinion given

till have.It appears to me that a career choice needs to contain a number ofdifferent features. The first being: Will this area of interest mentally stimulate meas well as challenge me? The second bei ... of interest? And finally: Do I enjoy the different activities withinthis area of interest? From the first day that I started my first computer, I havegrasped the concepts quickly and with ease. But th ...

(5 pages) 181 0 2.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

A short history of computers

k of computers as a new invention, and in reality it is very old. It is about 2000 years old .1 The first computer was the abacus. This invention was constructed of wood, two wires, and beads. It was ... vanced computers. In 1642 came Blaise Pascal's computer, the Pascaline. It was considered to be the first automatic calculator. It consisted of gears and interlocking cogs. It was so that you entered ...

(8 pages) 218 0 3.6 Dec/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Macintosh vs. IBM

to include electronic computers, which was extremely newin those days. In 1975 IBM introduced their first personal computer (PC) which was called theModel 5100. It carried a price tag of about $9,000 ... f about $9,000 which caused it to be out of the main streamof personal computers, even though their first computer did not get off to as big as a start theyhad hoped it did not stop them from continui ...

(12 pages) 199 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

"My First Computer, My First Wife". Assignment: Describe something that you do that causes a problem for somebody else.

My First Computer, My First WifeShe packed, moved, and said good-bye. Well, at least I still have t ...

(2 pages) 74 2 3.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

This paper is about computer copyright laws. It also goes itto software copyright laws.

computer software; their imposition slowsdown software development and reduces competition.From the first computer as we know them, the ENIAC, computer software has become more and moreimportant. From ... snot copied, and the whole industry inflates.There are two categories of intellectual property. The first one is composed of writing, music,and films,which are covered by copyright. Inventions and inn ...

(11 pages) 294 0 4.1 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Software and copyright.

mputer software; their imposition slows down software development and reduces competition. From the first computer as we know them, the ENIAC, computer software has become more and more important. Fro ... not copied, and the whole industry inflates.There are two categories of intellectual property. The first one is composed of writing, music, and films,which are covered by copyright. Inventions and in ...

(11 pages) 224 0 4.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Concepts of Computer Science and Programming: OOP and others

As many much smarter than I have said first, Computer Science is a very inadequate term for the concept it describes. Firstly, it is not a ...

(3 pages) 133 0 4.7 Sep/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Grace Murray Hopper.

things. She gained the title "grandmother of the computer age" for her ground- breaking work on the first computer, the Mark I.Grace Murray Hopper was born to Walter and Mary Hopper of New York. She w ... serve.While in the Navy she was the lead programmed of the renowned Mark I. The Mark I was the very first computing machine. This brilliant invention could do calculations in one day, that by hand wou ...

(2 pages) 34 0 4.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

The Impact that Information Technology has on Society.

same time life is going to be improved.In my opinion I.T really started with the development of the first computer, the EDVAC. This was a gigantic mainframe computer with no monitor, keyboard or mouse ... re developed and now you can do things that you could never o before. This was all triggered by the first computer.During 1945 John von Neumann wrote "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC" in which he ...

(5 pages) 413 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

A Computerized World

Since the first computer was made in the late fifties, the technology has developed extremely. Computers which ...

(2 pages) 21 0 4.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Evolution of Programming anguages.

ogramming Languages goes as back as to early 1800s when Ada Byron King, countess Lovelace, made the first ever computer program. Being a University student, she eventually came to work with Charles Ba ... oyal Astronomical Society in Britain. As Charles concentrated in designing hardware, Ada became the first person to develop a set of instructions. This came to be known as 'a computer program' for Cha ...

(4 pages) 168 1 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Cisco Systems, Inc. Research

the technological revolution that was happening in the San Francisco area. The founders created the first router to solve a problem where a husband and wife, who had accounts on different servers in s ... versity, were unable to send electronic mail to each other. The solution to this problem became the first computer router. This event and the help of a few venture capitalists gave birth to Cisco. Tod ...

(3 pages) 215 1 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

AOL Goes Far East

1985, in United States and was originally providing an online service, the "Q-Link" for one of the first computer: "The Commodore". In October 1989, AOL service launched for Macintosh and Apple II an ... hich are targeting an audience they are not already able too.CONCLUSION American Online, the first world wild web company has not always been in a leadership position since 1997 when they start ...

(7 pages) 44 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Advanced Technology Improves Our Quality of Life.

ny advanced conveniences. I cannot imagine how miserable and unhappy people's lives were. Since the first computer was invented fifty years ago, our quality of life and happiness have increased. In fa ... s to have a healthy life.The cell phone is the best and smallest tool to communicate in this world. First, computers and cell phones both can help us communicate with others, but the cell phone is sma ...

(3 pages) 237 1 5.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

History of Computers.

efore speaking of each generation we should know something of the history that carried to build the first computer. For centuries, men have tried to use forces and appliances of different type to carr ... fferential Machine, creating programs for the analytic machine, is recognized and respected, as the first programmer of computers.Nowadays, a language of computers carries her name: ADA. Joseph Jacqua ...

(4 pages) 35 0 1.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Speech: Why computers are a vital tool in today's society.

d fellow teacher. I'm here to present why computers are a vital tool in today's society.In 1941 the first computer based calculator was developed by Konrad Zuse a German engineer. In 1948 the first pr ...

(2 pages) 20 0 0.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Brief History of Video Games.

Playing games on computers was first made possible by the introduction of minicomputers in the late 1950s. Freed from the IBM punch ... of minicomputers in the late 1950s. Freed from the IBM punch card bureaucracy, programmers for the first time were able to explore the possibilities opened up by hands-on interaction with computers. ... to explore the possibilities opened up by hands-on interaction with computers. Games were among the first programs attempted by the original "hackers," undergraduate members of MIT's Tech Model Railro ...

(2 pages) 72 0 5.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Computers in society.

mputers were being developed as early as the 1800's and were more of a machine than a computer. The first digital computer that worked electronically was built by Clifford Berry and Dr. John V. Atanas ... onically was built by Clifford Berry and Dr. John V. Atanasoff in the late 30's and early 40's. The first computer as we know it was designed by Howard Aiken and built by IBM in 1944. This first compu ...

(3 pages) 40 0 3.8 Dec/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science