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Term Papers on Computers
Computer Programming
Number of words: 880 - Number of pages: 4.... of writing programs, the programmer must thoroughly testing and
revising it. Generally, programmers create software by using the following a
basic step-by-step development process:
(1) Define the scope of the program by outlining exactly what the program
will do.
(2) Plan the sequence of computer operations, usually by developing a
flowchart (a diagram showing the order of computer actions and
data flow).
(3) Write the code--the program instructions encoded in a particular
programming language.
(4) Test t .....
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Contrasting The Two Forms Of Mail
Number of words: 847 - Number of pages: 4.... files and computer applications can be sent via e-mail. Unfortunately, physical packages such as gifts or magazines cannot be attached to e-mail. On the other hand, the postal service can send any kind of physical package, from a magazine to a pool table, for a price proportional to its size. In addition, the postal service can also transfer data if it is placed on a disk or a CD-ROM. However, speed is a problem, thus origin of the term snail-mail. For example, The smallest letter can take from two days to two weeks to deliver, depending on the locations of .....
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Digital Cameras
Number of words: 441 - Number of pages: 2.... would make up the price difference over the life of the camera. Last, since it doesn’t cost anything to take a photograph picture with a digital camera, and most models let you view and erase pictures on the spot, you save money buy getting rid of those unwanted pictures before they are processed.
For example: you could take a picture from 5 different angles, select the best one, and delete the rest.
all come with built-in memory that stores the photos you take until you can download the photos to your computer. When you buy one of the Digital’s you .....
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The Steam Engine
Number of words: 1974 - Number of pages: 8.... it could be in removing the water from the mineshafts. This proved to be of great importance to the Cornish, because one of their biggest problems was the flooding of the mining shafts. (The Penetration of the Industry by Steam Power) The mine owners “worried…that the mines would have to be shut down unless water could be pumped out of the shafts.” “The engine successfully raised water from the bottom of deep mines.” (Siegel, 17) This saved the shutting down of the mines, which were essential to further the economy. Not only did save the mines, i .....
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Computer Crimes
Number of words: 1152 - Number of pages: 5.... is more value to criminally gain and the stakes raise in the hacker’s ego game. Only seventy-five computer crime prosecutions were reported in the United States in 1986, according to the National Center for Computer Crime Data in Santa Cruz, Calif. By 1989, that number jumped to 500 prosecutions. that year cost businesses and banks and, ultimately, consumers about $500 million. "As the use of computers has increased, so has their criminal misuse" (Parker 54:G13). Computers are used to obtain credit card numbers, which are then used to order thousands of d .....
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Object-Oriented Database Management Systems
Number of words: 3202 - Number of pages: 12.... with different data models can
be big and substantial. Second is the common theoretical framework.
Although there is no standard object-oriented model, most object-oriented
database systems that are operational or under development today share a
set of fundamental object-oriented concepts. Therefore the implementation
issues in OODBMSs that arise due to these concepts are universal. The
third characteristic is that of experimental activity. Plenty of
prototypes have been implemented and some !
of them became commercial products. There is really a need fo .....
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Telecommunications
Number of words: 3010 - Number of pages: 11.... and peripheral
equipment such as printers (see Computer; Office Systems). The transmission line
used can be a normal or a specially purchased telephone line called a leased, or
private, line (see Telephone). It can also take the form of a microwave or a
communications-satellite linkage, or some combination of any of these various
systems.
Hardware and Software
Each telecommunications device uses hardware, which connects a device to the
transmission line; and software, which makes it possible for a device to
transmit information through the line.
Hardwar .....
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Censor The Internet?
Number of words: 1620 - Number of pages: 6.... site would be near impossible. Besides taking as extraordinary amount of time and money, attempts to violate freedom of speech, a right that is included in democratic constitutions and international laws (Silencing the Net…). It would be a breach of the First Amendment. The Constitution of the united States of America Declares that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to asse3mble, and to petition t .....
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