Essays Tagged: "computer users"

Telnet

ORTBefore gophers, hypertext, and sophisticated web browsers, telnet was the primary means by which computer users connected their machines with other computers around the world. Telnet is a plain ASC ... name on UNIX systems for a type of terminal emulation program which allows users to log into remote computer networks, whether the network being targeted for login is physically in the next room or ha ...

(3 pages) 47 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Polymorphic and Cloning Computer Viruses

ities of yesterday. With the help of modern telecommunications and the rapid growth of the personal computer in the average household we are able to talk to and share information with people from all ... sides of the globe. However, this vast amount of information transport has opened the doors for the computer 'virus' of the future to flourish. As time passes on, so-called 'viruses' are becoming more ...

(7 pages) 72 0 4.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Finacial Management Investment Appraisal and Finance of "New Printer" Project

ybridge Ltd has developed a new product- the printer, which has great potential, can be sold to all computer users. However, the sales would exceed the existing capacity. Wheybridge has to develop its ...

(9 pages) 467 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Digital Cameras

Digital Cameras Digital cameras allow computer users to take pictures and store the photographed images digitally instead of on traditiona ... film. With some digital cameras, a user downloads the stored pictures from the digital camera to a computer using special software included with the camera. With others, the camera stores the picture ... stores the pictures directly on a floppy disk or on a PC Card. A user then copies the pictures to a computer by inserting the floppy disk into a disk drive or the PC Card slot (Chambers and Norton 134 ...

(1 pages) 68 1 2.2 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Risk Analysis Paper.

k (LAN) for the city of Meridian's social welfare agency. "A local area network (LAN) is a group of computers and associated devices that share a common communications line or wireless link and typica ... lding). Usually, the server has applications and data storage that are shared in common by multiple computer users. A local area network may serve as few as two or three users (for example, in a home ...

(3 pages) 376 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

The Right to Download Music -persuasive essay to convince it's okay to download music, includes lots of statistics

September of 2003, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed 261 lawsuits against computer users. This was the beginning of the music industry's strike back. For years they said they ... of such cases as the grandmother in Boston who was sued for sharing music. This lady did not own a computer, nor did she care for the hardcore rap songs the RIAA said she had downloaded. When certain ...

(4 pages) 323 1 4.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Should The Internet Be Censored??

ble on the Internet is where the 'cyber' prefix comes into play (p. 36). Hacking is an act in which computer users get unauthorized access to other computers possibly causing damage to the system.Cybe ... and software to programs like Back Orifice that allow hackers to have full access on other people's computers. Many people feel that this sort of information can only be used for malicious practices. ...

(10 pages) 320 3 4.2 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Cable vs Dial-Up

Cable Modem vs. Dial-UpThe Internet is the largest worldwide network connecting computer users. According to the annual "E-Commerce and Development Report" issued by the U.N. Confe ... ncluding voice, data, or video. This results in faster transmission speeds. Ultimately, millions of computer users face the dilemma of deciding which service is ideal for them in terms of cost, connec ... tually, although their methods may be different. The user with a dial-up service will connect their computer to a telephone line to access the Internet and upon connection will send and receive data v ...

(3 pages) 67 2 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

The State of PC Security

IntroductionPrivacy and security is the number one concern of Computer users today. Survey after survey indicates people's mounting concern for the protection of ... mounting concern for the protection of their identities and the safeguard of their data. While our computer security and privacy faces threats from both private and probably governmental intrusions, ... tial of the Internet's power.Gone are the days of carefree Internet surfing. Even the most ignorant computer user is at least aware of viruses. We now must make an effort to be informed, educated, and ...

(15 pages) 253 0 3.9 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Business Data Networks and Communications Impact of Viruses on Networks

Karin BeanAssignment IINovember 28, 2004Computer Viruses have brought a lot of chaos and confusion to many computer users, and are damaging ... to many computer users, and are damaging to all enterprises using LANs and WAN. The latest wave of computer-borne viruses and worms shows just how vital it is for firms, to ensure that their IT depar ... r anti virus programs on the highest level of maintenance to fight invasion.What is a Virus? Computer Virus - is a potentially damaging computer program that infects your computer. The P ...

(3 pages) 63 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Repetitive Strain Injury.

ingers, hands, wrists, elbows, arms, shoulders, back and neck. Other areas can be affected as well. Computer users suffer mostly from repetitive strain injuries to the hand, wrist, and arm. The sympto ...

(1 pages) 15 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Network Security.

ured network is something that not only businesses but also regular day to day people with personal computers must have. Unless you want a computer that will start to run slow and/or is infected with ... invest in network security."The term virus refers to malicious software that requires help from computer users to spread to other computers. Computer infections such as viruses and worms spread ov ...

(4 pages) 163 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

File Format

File extension indicates the location of the file format. Computer users apply it as a direction as to which application software to open to display the forma ... he file usually includes a header, data, and sometimes an end-of-file marker. The header allows the computers to predict the file format. Every software program consists of an .exe file extension. Whe ... ile. To open a certain file extension, you need to have software that provides instructions for the computers to know how to work with the file. To convert a file from a format to another, you need to ...

(2 pages) 13 0 4.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Programming Languages

Plug and Play

So, what exactly is Plug-and-Play (PnP)? PnP is a combination of the computer system Basic Input Output System (BIOS), hardware devices, operating system (OS), device dr ... and system resources that dynamically detect and install hardware devices that have been added to a computer system. Rather than requiring a user to know and understand the technical details involved ... y driver software. In a nutshell, when connecting the new device, a user should be able to turn the computer on and use the new hardware device after PnP installs and configures it. This concept is me ...

(12 pages) 30 0 5.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Pornography- The uncensored World

as come true- from the tv-channel porn to spam e-mails, which bring raw hardcore scenes to innocent computer users. Even Madonna, mother of two wears T-shirts fashioned with the images of popular porn ...

(3 pages) 41 0 4.8 Oct/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Online Music Distribution

arties.Napster revolutionized the distribution of musicWith the development of CD copying software, computer users were able to import their libraries of music onto their computers. The increased popu ... standard for online distribution. iTunes Music Store, an online digital music service run by Apple Computer through its iTunes application, emerged as an innovator and was introduced as the first pop ...

(13 pages) 283 0 3.8 Feb/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Digital Cameras

Digital Cameras Digital cameras allow computer users to take pictures and store the photographed images digitally instead of on traditiona ... film. With some digital cameras, a user downloads the stored pictures from the digital camera to a computer using special software included with the camera. With others, the camera stores the picture ... stores the pictures directly on a floppy disk or on a PC Card. A user then copies the pictures to a computer by inserting the floppy disk into the disk drive or the PC Card into a PC Card slot (Chambe ...

(2 pages) 13 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Linux And Unix

Computers haven't always worked together and shared data effortlessly. Unix and Linux changed the co ... worked together and shared data effortlessly. Unix and Linux changed the computer world by letting computers of different types work together well. Networking is now a major part of the computer indu ... overthrow Windows to become the top O.S. Linux has many clear advantages but it is not for a novice computer user.Linux is an operating system far more powerful than the ordinary Mac or Windows O.S. M ...

(6 pages) 82 0 5.0 May/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Digital Divide

't live within three miles of a telephone. Not only do most people in developing countries not have computers, they don't have telephones or even electrical power. In poor countries with minimal Inter ... ose services in different ways, and see different effects of the Internet. The total of 163 million computer users has to be considered against a total world population of nearly six billion; that is, ...

(3 pages) 44 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Spyware

denying the fact that Spyware today not only widespread but also an extremely serious threat to all computer users.The first recorded use of the term "Spyware" is believed to have occurred in October ... knowledge and consent of users and that operated surreptitiously.Spyware has become commonplace on computers today. Some software distributors actually include spyware packaged with the products they ...

(9 pages) 44 1 5.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology