IntroductionUbiquitous Computing can be thought of as the idea of invisible computers everywhere. Specifically, it is the idea that computers are embedded in the environment, with literally dozens or hundreds of computers available to each person, and each computer performing its tasks without requi...

Computer Development from 1970-1990Alienation. Computerization. Employment. Mass-production. These are someof the words associated with the introduction of computers into the work environment,mainly beginning on a large scale basis in 1970 and continuing on to the present day andbeyond. Between...

Computer Development from 1970-1990Alienation. Computerization. Employment. Mass-production. These are someof the words associated with the introduction of computers into the work environment,mainly beginning on a large scale basis in 1970 and continuing on to the present day andbeyond. Between...

I. STATEMENT & BACKGROUND The college of Business (COB) server is now being used to support deliver to the Computer Information System (CIS) department. The CIS professors would be using the server for various operations. Assignments, e-mail, and other types of information would b...

Tomorrow's Technology Introduction I have chosen the topic Tomorrow's Technology for my I.S.P. I choose this topic because I'm interested in the direction in which our technology is expanding. I find new technologies intriguing and fascinating. The technology of tomorrow is expan...

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 labeled ?The Digital Divide? (DD). The DD is defined as the distance between those people who possess functional computing skills in suppor...

During the last decade, a growing number of research projects both in academia and industry embarked on the development of life-like agents as a new metaphor for highly personalized human-machine communication. Due to advances in computer graphics, the realization of visually appealing agents, eithe...

Computers are one of the most important inventions ever. If computers had not been invented, technology would not be developed to its current state. Since the computers invention, society has changed drastically. Computer technology is so helpful, that it is even used to create newer, bet...

Technology There isn't hardly anybody around who can say their lives haven't been influenced by computers. Computers have all but taken over society as we know it. Everywhere you look, computers have greatly improved our lives. It can be as simp...

Prior to attending this class I thought I knew a lot about computers. What I've learned is that all I really knew was "buzz" words: megahertz, gigabyte, ram, megabyte, etc. I also assumed bigger was better, and there "may" be some truth to that statement. However, it is equally true that ...

Piracy In 1993 worldwide illegal copying of domestic and international software cost $12.5 billion to the software industry, with a loss of $2.2 billion in the United States alone. Estimates show that over 40 percent of U.S. software company revenues are generated overseas, yet nearly 85 per...

Geoffrey GravesMG3700 Mid Term Exam 4/24/2000Part I1.) In order to produce an upwards swing in revenue, Toy World must track its customer's buying trends with more accuracy and more detail. The Point of Sale system that they are currently working from can be improved and made to reduce af...

Internet, its effects in our lives and the future of the Internet: The Internet is, quite literally, a network of networks. It is comprised of ten thousands of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to mo...

"The best way to appreciete the metris and consequences of being digital is to reflect on the diffrence between bits and atoms" (p:11)says Negroponte. A bit is the smallest part of the information and composed of 0 and 1. To digitize any information it needs to be writen in 1 and 0. ...

Kent Fillmore BGMT302 May 01, 2001:15:35:00 The Impact of the Information Age on Society Introduction: I have, since my earliest memories, been fascinated by the rapid advancements in science and technology. I have seen, in the course of the last 40+ years, our ability to affect the world aroun...

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...

Cisco SystemsINRODUCTION"Great job opportunity for highly skilled computer technicians which may land you in a multi-million dollar career." (Vass, 16) That was what I read on the magazine just a couple of weeks ago. I thought that it was another one of the author's jokes. He thinks that all grea...

THE COMPUTER HARDWARE INDUSTRY Executive Summary: The computer industry is capital intensive and technologically driven and can be divided into three main segments; the supercomputer, mainframe, and personal computer. There have been several factors that have impacted the computer indust...

I. IntroductionNeal said that he and his friends, who named themselves the "414s" after the Milwaukee area code, did not intend to do any damage and did not realize they were doing anything unethical or illegal. In fact, when asked [at a Congressional subcommittee hearing] at what point he questione...

BA/BSc (Hons) Education and TrainingINTEGRATING IT INTO THE PCET CURRICULUMINTRODUCTION Information technology and education has been studied for some 25 years, and during the last 18-24 months revolutionary change in how people teach and learn through the use of Information Technology has advanced ...