Essays Tagged: "mainframes"
basic essay on computers from pc to mainframe with case study on networking
primarily used by larger businesses to handle extensive accounting, billing, and inventory records.Mainframes are large, extremely fast, multi-user computers that often contain complex arrays of proc ... share files; modify databases; send memos called E-mail, or electronic mail; run programs on remote mainframes; and get access to information in databases that are too massive to fit on a small comput ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Technology
Oblation from the Internet
ng around all over the world through phone lines and data cables from personal computers to awesome mainframes. Not only should we praise the technological environment we are living in for how much sm ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
East Coast to the South, personal experience
he two cities are ranked among the top ten in state / city population, yet there are structures and mainframes which we can soon identify or relate with. Although it's located in different regions, it ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
2000 Problem
000 bug is not really a 'bug' or 'virus,' but is more a computer industrymistake. Many of the PC's, mainframes, and software out there are not designed orprogrammed to compute a future year ending in ... ' . .. the problem could cost businesses a total of $600 billion to remedy.' (p. 1)The fallacy that mainframes were the only machines to be affected was short lived as industryrealized that 60 to 80 m ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Computer Secutity and the law
omputer administrator for a large manufacturing company. In the middle of a production run, all the mainframes on a crucial network grind to a halt. Production is delayed costing your company millions ... omputer administrator for a large manufacturing company. In the middle of a production run, all the mainframes on a crucial network grind to a halt. Production is delayed costing your company millions ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Java Vs. C++
Vs. C++Today, the majority of families own a home computer that is vastly more powerful than giant mainframes of years gone by. Computer hardware has been evolving rapidly with no end in sight, and w ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics
Mainframes vs PC's.
PC at most computer stores for less than $1500 and have a relatively powerful machine. In contrast Mainframes are very expensive, large in size, and your average Joe would not be able to open one up ... l have one or two hard drives, with 40 Gigabytes of hard drive space each, and 256 to 512 MB of RAM.Mainframes on the other hand, can come with hundreds of hard drives in a sophisticated RAID array wi ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Computer Security.
ew challenge. Computer security controls work with a different set of variables than those used for mainframes and LANs. For example, control over program changes, data security, system documentation, ... tion mistakes.(The Sans Institute).Today's corporate networks are complex and diverse. They connect mainframes, desktops, laptops, had-held devices, LANs, WANs and peripherals over ever-widening geogr ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Ibm International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is the world's largest manufacturer of information systems and equipment. IBM produces computers ...
est manufacturer of information systems and equipment. IBM produces computers that range from large mainframes to portable laptops. The company also offers computer services that help customers operat ... est manufacturer of information systems and equipment. IBM produces computers that range from large mainframes to portable laptops. The company also offers computer services that help customers operat ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Database Management Systems
pes of DBMSs, ranging from small systems that run on personal computers to huge systems that run on mainframes. The terms relational, network, flat, and hierarchical all refer to the way a DBMS organi ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Programming Languages
The Internet: its effects and its future
of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to modest PCs in people's homes and offices. Despite the recen ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies
The Internet
of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to modest PCs in people's homes and offices. The computers tha ... ts to modest PCs in people's homes and offices. The computers thatform the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments tomodest PCs in people's homes and offices. Despite the recent ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
The Start of the PC Industry
and much of the Windows interface is borrowed from the Macintosh one.2. BASIC was originally run on mainframes and through Gates's and Allen's efforts it could now be run on a microcomputer.3. Microso ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Database Management
pes of DBMSs, ranging from small systems that run on personal computers to huge systems that run on mainframes. The following are examples of database applications:. Computerized library systems. Auto ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
The Use Of Technology In Business
spects of business operations. In fact, today's desktop computers have more power and capacity than mainframes that took a large staff to run as recently as 1980. Businesses today are using fully inte ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Operating System
MS Windows 2000 / ME / XP• MS DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System)• UNIX (originally for mainframes, but now available in versions for mid range and personal computers)• CP /M (the pre ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Looking to the future - Telecommuting
n insurance company who had satellite stations. These stations allowed remoteaccess to the downtown mainframes and permitted offsite employees to performsimple actions such as screen navigation and en ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Computer System Scenarios
I Corporation should invest in a new Mainframe system, mini-computers, and lap-tops (note-books). A mainframes function is to process information at large organizations, they can usually handle hundre ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences
The year 2000 is just around the corner
rred to) is not really a bug or virus, but is a computer industry mistake.Personal computers (PCs), mainframes, and software are not designed or programmed to compute a future year ending in double ze ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Database Management Systems
pes of DBMSs, ranging from small systems that run on personal computers to huge systems that run on mainframes. The terms relational, network, flat, and hierarchical all refer to the way a DBMS organi ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science