Many computers and communication devices can connect to this immense network to access all types of information or to converse with network users. One purpose of a network is give access to many users to share a single program. For example, instead of a small company buying many copies of a program such as Microsoft Works, a network would enable a single program copy to be shared by all computers and their users on the network. ... It aids users in their communication, research, work and use of resources. A network is here to help us to improve our use of the computer and its programs...

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As a result, people are capable of stealing information, deleting files, corrupting computers, lockouts and mass hysteria. ... For instance, a mass hysteria was caused by a computer worm in 1988 which blocked 60,000 mass computers from accessing the Internet (Marsan 2008, p. ... Frequently, users may encounter other online users that may have bad intentions. These users are known as online predators. ... If the user is underage, be sure that parents know what is happening in the conversation and that parental security softwares are installed on the computer. ...

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As a result, people are capable of stealing information, deleting files, corrupting computers, lockouts and mass hysteria. ... For instance, a mass hysteria was caused by a computer worm in 1988 which blocked 60,000 mass computers from accessing the Internet (Marsan 2008, p. ... Frequently, users may encounter other online users that may have bad intentions. These users are known as online predators. ... If the user is underage, be sure that parents know what is happening in the conversation and that parental security softwares are installed on the computer. ...

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They are convinced that there are advantages to the changes of computer technology made in today's society. ... Examples of these are: - e-mail, distribution, lists, multi user dungeons (MUDS), chats, etc. ... The World Wide Web can be known to give off a negative effect, leading Internet users to become depressed. ... According to a "New York Times" report published on August 30, 1998, "Internet users who spend even a few hours a week online at home experiences higher levels of depression and loneliness than if they had used the computer network less frequently... a decline in intera...

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New technology changed our lifestyles and New Media- computer communication media has become "The Fourth mass Media?... The language, the character, the image, the voice, the movie, all of them can be turned into digits, stored in the computer and transmitted on the Internet. ... Because it is a syntheses which includes all the traditional medias and it adopts computer technology, Internet has its own characteristics: l The wide spread 'the range of communication in Internet almost covers the whole world. Wherever a computer is, if it is linked to the Internet, it can share the informati...

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Historically seeing we have moved a long way from having native regional languages as a means of communication to written texts to radios and televisions and now with internetworking of computers made possible by technology we have the biggest boom of all time, the Internet. As the requirement of the users and the facilitation providing capabilities of the suppliers has increased many times, we today see multimedia as a very fast growing means of communication. End users can entertain themselves by not confining them not only with data alone but can also hear sound see the images and so on. ...

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On these sites, users typically create pages that represent them in any way. ... This concept seems simple enough, but its use is very different depending on the age of the user. ... The victims are vulnerable and online insults made towards them is deadly because computers mask faces. ...

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Nearly five hundred and fifty years ago, Johann Gutenberg revolutionized the world when he developed the first printing press with movable metal type in Europe in 1450. Five hundred years after the invention of the movable metal type printing press, the Internet was invented, a unique communication ...

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In this essay I will explain the different ways people communicate. Communication is exchanging of information by speaking, writing, and body language. It also includes specialist ways of communicating for when someone can't speak, are deaf, or don't speak the language. The communication cycle is the six step cycle to help enhance what a person is trying to say. Technology is a part of communication because people show, tell their ideas and what they are doing and much more, it's also good for long distances. ...

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Computers are great for fast communication, but they don't replace in-person conversation and discussion. 8. ... As Lasica (2001) reports, "Every day we read about ethical lapses fostered in cyberspace: the stealth drug company site masquerading as a health information center, misleading stock tips made in the financial chat rooms, electronic shopping bots whose results are skewed to favor retail clients, e-commerce sites' egregious violations of user's privacy. ...

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