Nearly every computer user worldwide has encountered a computer virus. According to Trust and Estates Magazine, "In the world of technology, viruses are computer codes that changes files or applications on a computer without the knowledge or consent of the computer user." ... A computer user has to share information with other users in order for a true virus to spread (Pietromonaco 14). ... A Trojan horse can be acquired by any everyday transaction and not even be seen by the computer user. ... Conclusion There are enough problems affecting computer users in th...

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Computer's, How safe is yours? ... This program is coded to suit the needs of the user. ... Computer users find it extremely useful to be able to remotely dial-into a computer. ... In fact, many computer owners, in the interest of security, have already disabled the ability of their computers to use these facilities. ... Computer Hacker, http://computerhacker.newstrove.com/ 5. ...

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Extended Definition of a Computer Virus Purpose: The purpose of this report is to provide an extended definition of a Computer Virus. Scope: This report will give an overview of a computer virus to include: What is a computer virus The life cycle of a virus How viruses spread The different classes of computer viruses How you can protect your computer from being infected with a computer virus What is a computer virus? ... A virus is often designed so that it is automatically spread to other computer users. ... Viruses with damage routines will activate when certain...

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Poor reliability is one of the major reasons that many users are looking for the next big operating system to install on their desktop computers. ... After a while the computer seems to slow down and before long their computer will freeze up and have to be rebooted. ... It is easy to use, user friendly, and can be installed on almost any computer. ... It is a good choice for the not so computer savvy users. Linux offer a more secure, reliable, and cost free option for the end user, but sacrifices in the end user deployment. ...

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A computer virus is a program designed to copy itself. The first computer virus was discovered in 1986. ... These worms send copies of themselves to recipients in infected users" address books. ... A user might download an infected game from a bulletin board and run it. ... The user really has no way to tell that the virus has been run. ...

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However Mr card has limited computer literacy. He does not have much knowledge of computers overall so this is another limitation. ... This will not affect Video Box as a computer is already owned. ... The users will have to do similar tasks but on a computer rather than on a piece of paper. ... The present system will be improved greatly by putting it on to a computer. ...

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Memory or Random Access Memory (RAM) is physical internal memory installed on a computer system. ... The three 16-bit User heaps have been replaced by one 16-bit heap and two 32-bit heaps. ... User functions control the user interface. ... The User heaps store important information about window structures, including menus. ... This wasn't a problem when the average computer had between 4 and 8 MB of memory, but in today's world where most systems are being sold with 512 MB, the limitation can be clearly seen and felt. ...

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The turning point I"m talking about is the beginning of the computer era. It's amazing how much computers have affected our lives. ... That year Lakeside bought a Teletype computer, which intrigued him into the computer field (Gates 2). ... In 1985 Microsoft released their first GUI (graphical user interface) operating system, it was called Windows 1.0 (Windows 2). ... The version that a lot of first computer users remember is Windows 3.0, which is basically the same as the later 3.1 and 3.11. ...

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I wanted to purchase a personal computer system, with monitor and printer that I could use to do Web-based research. ... Windows 98 would actually be more for a home computer. ... The GUI interface lets the user create the look and feel of their desktop. ... Classic allows the user to run all your existing Macintosh applications "as-is-. ... Either the people were in love with their Macintosh computer and hated all others, or vice versa. ...

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There are two types of threads; user-space threads (also called user-level threads) and kernel-space threads (also called kernel-level threads). User-space threads avoid the kernel and manage the tables itself. ... Linux (version 2 and above) supports symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) architecture in which multiple processors share a single memory and bus interface within a single computer. ... The cost of memory has dropped over the years and memory in most newer computer systems has grown. ... This is all made completely transparent to the user. ...

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Different Types of Network Topology's Sean Pablo University of Phoenix CIS/319 Computer Information Systems Processing Rassoul Alizedeh November 25, 2003 Now being the 21st century, computers are being used in just about any type of business you can think of. Even if it's from one computer to a hundred, computers are used because they are fast, dependable, and can hold large amounts of data. A company that uses computers will usually want to set up some kind of network. ... In short a peer to peer is usually a small network with 10 or less use...

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In 1984 Microsoft was one of the few established software companies that had developed application software for the Macintosh, a personal computer developed by Apple Computer. ... In 1985 Microsoft released Windows, an operating system that extended the features of MS-DOS and employed a graphical user interface. ... These versions which came preinstalled on most personal computers, rapidly became the most widely used operating systems.... Also in 1996 Microsoft introduced Windows CE, an operating system for hand held personal computers. ... Microsoft has invested m...

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An operating system is software that runs and administers the computer and all of its hardware and software. ... Android is the biggest competitor of iOS, especially between Appstore and Google Play (the stores that provide to user applications). ...

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