Essays Tagged: "Floppy disk"

Art and the Internet

these great worksmuch more accessible and portable. Now anybody can own a copy ofthe Mona Lisa on a floppy disk and use it however they want. This willbenefit artists because their works will now be m ... his brings about an important concept-Will art now, and inthe future, be confined to hard disks and floppy disks, rather than thetraditional canvas or paper? In my opinion, I think that the wholeconce ...

(2 pages) 133 1 3.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays

Computer Viruses

internet, or off of local Bulletin Board Systems, or BBSs. These viruses are then transferred to a floppy disk when written to by the infected computer. Computers can also be infected when a disk tha ... d with a virus is used to boot the computer. When this computer is infected, every one who writes a floppy disk on this computer gets their floppy disk contaminated, and risks getting this virus on th ...

(1 pages) 65 0 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

"Computer Viruses"

s, the virus is loaded into the computer's memory. Once a virus is in memory, it can spreads to any floppy disk inserted into the computer. A file virus inserts virus code into program files. The viru ...

(1 pages) 296 3 4.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Computer Viruses.

, the virus is loaded into the computer's memory. Once the Virus is in memory, it can spread to any floppy disk inserted into the computer. A file virus inserts virus codes into a program file. The vi ... catel, the company that I used to work for, has a very strict policy on computer virus control. Any floppy discs that are brought to the workplace must be scanned prior to use. As a Field Service Engi ...

(2 pages) 75 0 4.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Notes on Java Programming.

om Access Memory - Temporary Storage, smaller storage, faster access-Secondary Memory - Hard Drive, floppy disk, CD. Permanent Storage, larger storage, slower accessOne address location is 8 bits whic ...

(1 pages) 117 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Digital Cameras

pecial software included with the camera. With others, the camera 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 d ...

(1 pages) 68 1 2.2 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Innovation and Sony How would you evaluate Sony's track record as an innovative company?

mera1982 - The CD player1983 - First consumer camcorder1988 - 8mm format video media1989 - The 3.5" floppy disk1992 - The Minidisc media1993 - Digital video discs (DVDs) and digital video playersand d ... the products have become standard and integral parts of modern lifestyles eg transistor radio.3.5" floppy disk. The Sony Walkman is the single best selling consumer electronics product ever - it has ...

(3 pages) 233 0 3.3 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Computer Viruses

es, the virus is loaded into the computer's memory. Once a virus is in memory, it can spread to any floppy disk inserted into the computer. A file virus inserts virus code into program files. The viru ... lop a regular plan for copying and storing important data and program files. Before use, scan every floppy disk with a virus scan program to check for viruses. Implement a backup plan and adhere to it ...

(2 pages) 46 3 4.7 Feb/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Information on computer viruses that I researched.

of precautionary measures designed to protect computers from viruses.Do not start a computer with a floppy disk in drive A - unless you are certain the disk is an uninfected boot disk. All floppy disk ... execute the boot sector on a disk in drive A. Even if the attempt is not successful, a virus on the floppy disk's boot sector can infect the hard disk on a computer.Never open an e-mail message attach ...

(3 pages) 30 0 3.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

ASR - Automatic System Recovery

Formatted 1.44 DisketteAutomated System Recovery - Backing UpFirst you must create the ASR Back-up Floppy Diskcontaining the ASR Back-up File by using the Back-upUtility. Located under: Start -> A ... Wizard creates a backup of your system files (Figures 7 and 8). You will then be asked to insert a floppy disk.(Figure 9), used in the backup utility to restore your System in an event of a major fai ...

(3 pages) 24 1 4.3 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Application Devices

e device called a jukebox. Optical disks are used when very large amounts of data need to be stored.Floppy DiskA floppy disk, which is covered with protective packaging and can be removed from its dri ... oppy disk, which is covered with protective packaging and can be removed from its drive. Currently, floppy disks are generally 3.5 inches wide. The protective covering on 3.5" disks is hard plastics p ...

(7 pages) 110 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Hardware Components

e CPU, retrieving data from the Hard Drive,retrieving data from a CD ROM and retrieving data from a floppy disk.Hard DisksTo many users the hard disk drive is the most important and yet the most myste ... gramming and data. As a result, when the hard disk fails, the consequences are usually very serious.Floppy DisksFloppy Disks are somewhat slower than a hard disk and not used as much as they have been ...

(6 pages) 56 0 0.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Computer Hardware and Component Usage and Performance Issues

e CPU, retrieving data from the Hard Drive,retrieving data from a CD ROM and retrieving data from a floppy disk.Hard DisksTo many users the hard disk drive is the most important and yet the most myste ... gramming and data. As a result, when the hard disk fails, the consequences are usually very serious.Floppy DisksFloppy Disks are somewhat slower than a hard disk and not used as much as they have been ...

(6 pages) 54 0 1.0 May/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Digital Cameras

pecial software included with the camera. With others, the camera 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 d ...

(2 pages) 13 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Computer Viruses

e internet, virus epidemics were rather small and unheard of, as they could only spread by means of floppy disk. Now days, email is a major gateway to viruses allowing them to spread half way across t ...

(5 pages) 21 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

User And Technical Documentation

to be printed out, reproduced and bound together into a neat format. Rather it can be saved onto a floppy disk or CD-ROM, and mass-produced quite efficiently and cost-effectively. Usability is often ...

(3 pages) 26 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

The future of the English language

approximately sixty thousand web sites on the internet, no measly feat. Computers were stocked with floppy drives and top-of-the-market machines had CD-ROM bays too. Mobile phones were in their infanc ... and a gargantuan two billion pages. PC?s come standard (almost) with CD burners and DVD ROM?s. The floppy disk is being phased out, replaced by slick LS 240 drives. Cinema type surround sound in the ...

(6 pages) 45 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Microsoft Windows File Systems

n the early1980s. FAT file system was the only system supported by the MS-DOS. Being developed with floppy disk in mind was appropriate for drives smaller then that of 500 Kb in size. Technology has a ...

(3 pages) 34 0 0.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Similarities and Differences of Two Network Schemas

hich is very noticeable, is that alphabetical letters are assigned to devices such as hard disks or floppy disks while UNIX mounts the device to a directory. What this means is that a floppy disk in W ... disk in Windows would be assigned an alphabetical letter while UNIX creates a filename similar to "/floppy/file1". The last difference, which is also easily identified, is the format of the commands u ...

(3 pages) 37 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Wi-Fi

ter networking systems, computer users used only magnetic removable media devices such as an 8-inch floppy disk to transfer data from one computer system to another. Users had to upload data to the re ...

(5 pages) 8 0 0.0 May/2011

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking