Networking For my independent study, I have created a network in my house. A network by definition are more than one computer that are linked together electronically via a protocol (common language) so the computers can communicate and share resources. This network improves the day-to-day life...

Networking and Telecommunication Management "The AT&T long-distance networks crashes and millions of calls go unanswered. A computer hacker reprograms a switching station and calls to a Florida probation office are shunted to a New York phone-sex hotline. An illegal computer bu...

The History of the ARPANET Introduction The beginnings of the Internet were initiated by the Advanced Research Project Agency, or ARPA. This was a program funded by the U.S. Department of Defense whose original goal was to improve communication among government officials. As ARPA soon found ...

DATA SECURITY COMPROMISE: Every data transaction which takes place on the internet basically consists of three things - a client, a link and a server. This model can be applied to web commerce, to health care organizations, to government websites, basically to anyone who is offering informatio...

Net-I - Development ProposalDuring the past two months, several teams of this company's software development unit have been conducting widespread research, specifically targeting administrators of large volume organisational computer networks, as to what problems and difficulties that are often enco...

Computer Hacking Precis of 'Who's reading your E-mail" by Richard Behars The article exposes the vulnerability of computer data and of corporations with the popularity of the Internet. The Internet can allow hackers access to any computer in the world, with understated ease. Break-ins can go virtu...

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...

Computer VirusesIn recent years, the explosion in the use of networks and the Internet has created a new avenue for computer viruses to spread at a rapid rate. Earlier viruses used executable files and would typically be no more than an annoyance by displaying harmless phrases. The latest viruses ...

One could consider the first \"computer\" to be the abacus of ancient times. Developed around 300 BC, the abacus was used to calculate simple products. However, in my paper, I will focus on the first personal computers, the ancestors of our modern PCs. Three of the first known computers designed ...

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...

Weather forecasting has been an important application area over the past 100 years. The complex numerical calculations and modeling structures that have been developed, require a fairly sophisticated level of technological development. Prior to the advent of digital computers it was practically impo...

Term Definitions Enterprise: One of the three \'sub-businesses\' or \'bases\' of Innovative Plastics, divided into three countries, France, England and Spain. Technical issues: Issues/problems with the \'hardware side\' of Innovative Plastics People issues: Issues with employees of the company...

In the #1 New York Times Bestseller \"The Road Ahead,\" Bill Gates reveals to us his personal lamentations on the entire technology landscape. The entirety of the book is progressed in a barrage of in-depth examinations of technological advancements with some rare glimpse of Gate\'s personal life. ...

Client/Server computing has become the model for new information architecture. This technology will take enterprise wide computing into the 21st century. Computing power has rapidly become distributed and interconnected throughout many organizations through networks of all types of computers. ...

The Internet Chances are, anyone who is reading this paper has at one time, at least, surfed the net once. Don't worry if you haven't, I will explain everything you need to know about the Internet and the World Wide Web. Including how it started, it's growth, and the purpose it serves in tod...

The 20th century was filled with many impactful and life changing events for Americans. There were wars, depressions, technology and inventions that changed the way Americans would live forever. The most significant of all these events was the invention of the Computer. In the 1930's America ...

"Beam me up, Scottie." This popular line from Star Trek was a demonstration of the advanced technology of the future. Though it was a fictional story, Star Trek became the universal vision of the future. As always reality tends to mimic fiction. Though our society has not quite resulted to living ...

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...

Computers have taken over our lives. People could not function without them, our electricity is run by computers, the government could not function without computers, and there are many others. Hackers are people who illegally gain access to, and sometimes tamper with, information in a computer sy...

What lies behind the eyes of a hacker have you ever wondered what made them tick, what drove them to what they are today? What is a hacker? A hacker is one who breaks forcefully into a computer to retrieve data or learn about his victims who have no idea their victims YET. But can a hacker really be...

In today's fast-paced world, the high-tech computer industry offers a unique opportunity for high-paying jobs. Many people start their careers much younger than I have, so consequently I have to search for a career in a field that will offer me adequate financial rewards in a limited amount o...

Computer History When computers were introduced to the nation, the issue of ethics was not relevant. However, in present day, most of the world owns a computer or has some way to access a computer. Especially with a modem, almost anyone can tap into confidential files and use information in an...

Technology offers the potential for friendship, unity, and a lasting support to law enforcement, but is this friendship truly compatible or has technology increased the need for new and tougher laws, with a revision to most of the old laws already on the books. Technology has taken an average man&ap...

Information technology is a fundamental change which is taking place in the nature and application of technology in business. This change has profound and far-reaching implications for an organization. Information technology is driven by the demands of the new, competitive business environment on th...

Explain the ways in which hacking is an offence under the UK Computer Misuse Act (1990). Illustrate your answers with examples and cases from the news or text books. Definition of Hacker: "Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems", or "A mal...