Computer Science Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (1,643) essays
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File system overview - FAT, NTFS, EXT3
... File Allocation Table) file system has its origins in the late 1970s and early1980s and was the file system supported by the Microsoft MS-DOS operating system. It was originally developed as a simple file system suitable for floppy disk drives less than 500K in size ...
Computing
... IBM 486 machine running Windows. Windows is a type of operating systems. Operating systems are the interface between the user and the computer, enabling the user to type high-level commands such as "format a:" into the computer, rather that issuing complex assembler or C commands. Windows is one of ...
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (more commonly known as a RAIN array)
... RAID In computing, a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (more commonly known as a RAIN array) is a system of using multiple hard drives is a system for sharing or replicating data among the drives The basic idea behind RAID is to combine multiple small, inexpensive disk drives into an array ...
The Emergence of an Information Society
... of an Information Society" The Emergence of an information society Background The emergence of the information society, especially in the last 50 years, brought the promise of an unlimited, open access to an infinite array of ...
Windows OS/2 and networking
... operating system which would be owned by IBM However, Microsoft continued to develop Windows, a GUI interface to DOS. Most people predicted that OS/2 would be successful, but actually it was the release of Windows 3.0 at the start of ...
Network Plan
... computer. A device called a terminator is required at the far end of the bus. This is to prevent the signal being reflected back down the network. Some of the advantages of this topology are that it is easy and therefore inexpensive ...
A Virtual community is different from the experience of a real community
... of our nervous system." Many argue for or against Virtual Communities. In researching this essay many of the articles I read, and sites I read they were all either for or against virtual communities. It began to seem like a great debate. I do ...
Spyware
... system." (Server Pipeline) Spyware disguises itself as a legitimate application so that it can collect information about you, your messaging and browsing behavior and your online preferences. You can do several things to get rid of spyware, once it is on your computer ...
Communication & the Media: Role of the intranet
... groups, surveys and regular monitoring of bulletin boards. 1. INTRODUCTION It has generally been accepted that information is a vital commodity for the successful operation of today's organisations. Nowadays modern business organisations are using computerised information systems ...
Windows Versus LINUX: A Comparison.
... Microsoft Windows operating system? Microsoft Windows has been around since 1983 and it's present incarnation, Microsoft Windows 2000, owes its roots to Windows 3.x, Windows 9x, and Windows NT. LINUX has been around since 1991, for all of its newness, is the latest incarnation of the UNIX operating ...