The Digital Divide and Cultural Significance by Dennis L. Wignall, Ph.D. U.S. Government officials and social researchers have long been studying the phenomenon labeledThe Digital Divide? (DD). The DD is defined as the distance between those people who possess functional computing skills in supp...

Polymorphic & Cloning Computer Viruses The generation of today is growing up in a fast-growing, high-tech world which allows us to do the impossibilities of yesterday. With the help of modern telecommunications and the rapid growth of the personal computer in the average household we are ab...

Engineering can be defined as "the putting together of things."(Internet source, "What is engineering?") This definition has summarized a profession that dates back to ancient times. Many things have been accomplished by early engineers. The great pyramids in Egypt for example ar...

The NEW Art of War Consider the following scenario set some time in the near future: A Middle East state decides the time is ripe for a power grab in the Persian Gulf and directs its threat to an oil-rich neighbor that the United States is pledged to protect. The aggressors elect not to challenge...

Computer Vision Syndrome Have you ever been sitting at your computer surfing the web, or maybe typing that important document at work but noticed that you could feel your eyes? You should not be able to feel your eyes in their natural healthy state, but so many people have become all too familia...

BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS Information System - A set of interrelated components that collect, retrieve, process, store and distribute information for the purpose of facilitating planning, control, coordination, analysis and decision making in organisations. Input - the capture or co...

Industry Analysis The PC industry is one of the strangest in the world. There is probably no other type of product that is so technologically sophisticated, sells for so much money, and yet is sold by so many companies for so little profit. Dell, Gateway, IBM, Compaq and HP (one entity), and...

The field of network security is a very dynamic, and highly technical field dealing with all aspects of scanning, hacking, and securing systems against intrusions. There are many positions related to this, however, the most common would be that of a Network Security Engineer, a Security Research Ana...

My objective in attending ______________ University is to pursue an education in computer science that will allow me to build a career based on technical innovation and bringing positive change to my community and my profession. I am particularly interested in exploring how technology can provide in...

The Future of Sight What would we be right now without technology? I truly don't know what the answer is but at least I know what we would be missing without technology. I know we would not be able to process information nationally or internationally as fast as we do right now. We would n...

The mental ability of humans is a characteristic unparalleled in the natural world. We are alienated from other organisms by our complex and multifaceted thought process. In fact, humans are so unique in the animal kingdom that our greatest intellectual rival may be a nonliving object of our ...

Introduction For thousands of years, maybe since the beginning of time, people search for better ways to improve the quality of life. And for the past hundred of years, computers eventually took stand in the world. Today, computers are generally used as a productive, educational, communication...

Artificial intelligence Artificial Intelligence: A Glimpse into the Future A young teenage girl enters the psychologist's, Eliza's, office apprehensively and sits down upon a chair. The girl begins by saying, "Men are all alike." "In what way?' replies Eliza. "Well they are always trying to ru...

How the Computer Has Changed American Culture When trying to envision the world of today without computers, I imagine that our lifestyles would be extremely different. "As exciting as technological developments may be...it is important to remember that people who lack the skills or the machines...

Computer Crimes It's the weekend, you have nothing to do so you decide to play around on your computer .You turn it on and then you start , you start calling people with your modem, connecting to another world, with other people. This is all fine, but what happens when you start g...

Computer Science In the last decade computers have become a part of everyday life. Whether it be surfing the web or a simple visit to Wal-Mart everyone faces computers daily. Since movies and television portray people who have knowledge of computers as nerds many misconceptions have existe...

A Strong Background in Computer Technology Will Benefit Future Engineers Computer technology has advanced dramatically over the past ten years. Technology has advanced from computers the size of a room that can only perform one particular task, to personal computers (PC's) that wil...

Technology has advanced from computers the size of a room that can only perform one particular task, to personal computers (PC's) that will fit on a desk and perform multiple tasks. Understanding computers and their programs and being able to apply that knowledge is very important in today&apos...

Forms of Multimedia and Potential Developments Forensic facial reconstruction The purpose of forensic facial reconstruction is to produce an image from a skull which offers a sufficient likeness of the living individual that it will facilitate identification of skeletal remains when there are no...

Computers have become part of our everyday lives. From the computerized chip in our vehicles to the check out lines at stores, we are dependent upon this type of technology in our world today. Relying on computers becomes more evident everyday, from filing taxes to communicating with famil...

Gender Disparity: What's the Big Deal? In 1999, speculation over political futures of Clinton and Dole came into focus. Not Bill and Bob, but Hillary and Elizabeth. With Mrs. Clinton a leading candidate for the New York Senate seat (having since attained that position) and observations tha...

A quote I heard many times when I was in high school and which I now know traces back to Sir Francis Bacon, one of our earliest scientist or philosophers as they were then called, is the statement "Knowledge Is Power." Today, I believe that the fuller, more correct statement is to say, "the applicat...