Essays Tagged: "internet connection"
What Exactly Is The Internet?
The Internet's backbone is an interconnected series of wide-area networks (WANs). These are large comput ... ntral location, such as a business or government organization) around the world. In this sense, the Internet IS a network of computers. It just isn't a directly connected network; it's more roundabout ... ctly connected network; it's more roundabout, more of a simulation of a network.When you access the Internet, you can send email to anyone else in any part of the world, provided they have an Internet ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Computer Security
erson with the home computer. The system intruders use "hard disk" space, "fast processor", and the Internet connection. The more computers that an intruder uses the harder it is to find that intruder ... programs as well as hardware firewall. Two firewalls will stand between your home computer and the internet." (www.cert.org).File encryption program and access controls. The use of access control dev ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics
How The Internet has Affected the Music Industry.
had the same optimism in believing that it could happen in the future.Over the last ten years, the Internet has evolved from just web pages to e-mail, to online gaming, to viewing sport and film prev ... online gaming, to viewing sport and film previews, and to buying and downloading music online. The Internet has now become one of the music industry's greatest markets, estimated to reach over 25% of ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics
The game evaluation of The Sims Online.
.0 compatible driver card, and for the best and quickest speed a DSL cable modem or other broadband Internet connection. A necessity is an internet connection otherwise you will not be able to connect ... t heard of anyone having any problems. The only problems that I have noticed most is because of the internet connection. Sometimes the connection to the game has been lost and you have to start the ga ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
Case study of WHSmith
is made up of 553 high street stores, 220 travel stores and WHSmith.co.uk, serving customers on the internet world-wide. The Direct division provides the WHSmith offer across several digital channels ... wherever and whenever the customers choose to shop, such as shopping with www. WHSmith.co.uk on the Internet as well as visiting their stores, on interactive Digital TV through Sky Active, Telewest an ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Disadvantages of a CIO's Expanded Role/Explains disadvantages of chief information officer having an expanded role in a corporation
ten years. Several years ago CIO's were choosing new computer systems, making sure everyone had an internet connection and troubleshooting technical computer problems. In today's world, CIO's are tak ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Technology
Networking in shops.
affecting all the other computers; the advantage of this is that it can save money on software and Internet connection. The other type of network are not very useful this is because a Line network co ... work could start off fast at the administrators computer and when it reaches the tills computer the internet or the computer speed could be quite slow, however with a star network if the main computer ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
How Home Networking Works
er. With your computers connected, you could:Share a single printer between computersShare a single Internet connection among all the computers in your homeAccess shared files such as photographs, MP3 ... sically carrying diskettes) require you to configure your computers to share printers, files and an Internet connection and to set up some level of security. This configuration process is common to an ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
UMG Recordings vs. MP3.com
efficient conversion of compact disc recordings ("CDs") to computer files easily accessed over the Internet. Using this technology, defendant MP3.com, on or around January 12, 2000, launched its "My. ... e, customize, and listen to the recordings contained on their CDs from any place where they have an internet connection. To make good on this offer, the defendant purchased tens of thousands of popula ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
What is Spyware?
Spyware is any type of software that gathers information's through the user's internet connection without his or her knowledge. It performs certain behaviors such as advertising, ... lly bundled as a hidden component of freeware or shareware programs that can be downloaded from the Internet. Spyware monitors user activity on the internet and transmits that information back to its ... es and also by eating bandwidth as it sends information back to the Spyware's author via the user's Internet connection. Because Spyware is using memory and system resources, the applications running ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
3 Ways to connect to the internet.
The internet is growing day by day, and there are now millions of websites and so many things to do. But ... ew time users, how are they going to connect? Well the are 3 most used methods of connecting to the internet today, which are used by many people all around the world, there however maybe more methods ... d in the computer, then connected to the telephone line, and is ready. You then have to have an ISP Internet service provider) such as NTL, BT, wanadoo, to host the internet connection in order for yo ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
Opinion Paper: Eharmony and On-line Dating Sites
nt ways can improve my compatibility with a complete stranger doing the same on the other end of an internet connection. The questions were so black and white, cut and dry; I wondered if my personalit ... n work, bank, and shop online, I suppose it is no surprise that we have turned to computers and the Internet to serve basic emotional needs. I'd much rather determine a potential match myself, than ha ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > E-commerce
How do organizations experience blogs?
and small. The blog is a central repository, presumably on the company's intranet, rather than the Internet, to preserve confidentiality. Unlike traditional intranet pages, the blog is open to all te ... s a deadline or a marketing request. Progress reports can be posted from anywhere where there is an Internet connection. Workgroup blogs are those in which employees of specific departments, such as H ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Is Myspace a form of mass communication or mass media or both?
means of communication, through video, text, photos, and song that are accessible to anyone with an Internet connection, anywhere in the world.MySpace allows for intrapersonal connection through th ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
No cellular phones in the classroom
udents are. The modern technical features all cell phones offer like games and mp3 players or often internet connection are a coming "attention-grabber" for all students at all ages, with their cell p ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Dealing with Digital Piracy
I. Executive Summary As digital music and the Internet are becoming more and more mainstream, the music industry faces a serious, though not uniqu ... rials would be expensive and time consuming. But digital music offers anyone with a computer and an Internet connection the ability to disseminate music to tens, hundreds or thousands of others at lit ... copies do not cost the copier anything; there is only a slight cost for storage. Lastly, broadband internet access has provided an easy inexpensive means of transporting the illegal material.III. Mus ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies
Look and Feel
Electronic Business (E-business), resultant from e-mail and e-commerce, is Internet management of business, procuring and selling also servicing consumers and collaborating wi ... An evaluation of the ease of navigation of each Website is also detailed. Businesses are using the Internet to purchase items from other businesses, to collaborate on deals promotions, and cooperativ ... tic with this site is it uses java script, which has a propensity to be slow even with a DSL or T-1 internet connection. One writer said: “If a web-site isn’t able to meet users’ expect ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Skype has People Talking
IntroductionWith the rapid growth of the internet, we as individuals always expect a lot more. In the time span of 20 years, technology has i ... wnloading your phone services couldn't be used. Now it can take seconds to download a song and some internet service providers can provide the ability to be able to talk on the phone at the same time. ... ble to develop a simple program that lets users talk internationally, and all they need is a simple internet connection and a microphone. This is known as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). These pr ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking