Hardware Security The computer hardware is not only important to the processing of the information but is also a valuable fixed asset for the company. Therefore controls for the protection of the hardware must be put into place. Computer hardware must be placed in a secure area where the access to it is limited only to those who need to use it. ... There should also be some controls in place to recover the system in case the hardware fails. These controls would ensure that the breakdown of the hardware would not have a serious effect on the company. ...

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Computers Here, There and Everywhere Today is the computer age. ... The first computers were huge. A single computer would fill a whole room. ... People need to be computer literate or wired and plugged in today's society Computer literate, the ability to understand fundamental computer concepts, operates a personal computer, and navigates the Internet. ... From then on Windows has achieved widespread success because it was compatible with a broad range of hardware and software. ...

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The World of Economics as it Relates to the Computer Industry The "Pirates of Silicon Valley" presents many economic ideas and arguments expressed in Thorstein Veblen's "Pecuniary Emulation" and Robert Reich's "The Community as Commodity." The competition in the computer industry has forced its own economic evolution through leadership, innovation, desire of wealth, and the willingness to do whatever it takes to be number one at the end of the day. ... With personal computers as a fledgling new industry, there were much fewer people to choose from with the talent required for t...

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After three decades of use, the UNIX computer operating system from Bell Labs is still regarded as one of the most powerful, versatile, and flexible operating systems (OS) in the computer world. ... While initially meant for medium-sized computers, the system was soon moved to larger, more powerful mainframe computers. ... At a time when different computer lines of the same vendor didn't talk to each other -- yet alone machines of multiple vendors -- that meant a great savings in both hardware and software upgrades. ... The kernel, the heart of the operating system, controls the hardware ...

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In the personal computer history there were two giants in the business. Apple Computers and Microsoft. ... Steve Jobs started Apple Computers from his garage. ... His computers were eventually seen by the public when he took some of his computers to a computer convention and from there the computers became an instant hit. ... Xerox came out with an idea for a piece of hardware called a "mouse" and a piece of program called a "graphic interface". ...

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Our textbook defines an operating system as "a program that manages the computer hardware. It also provides a basis for application programs and acts as an intermediary between a user of a computer and the computer hardware" (Silberschatz 3). ... These new computers were considered the "Second Generation" of computers and dominated the market in the late 1950s and early 1960s. ... The true explosion of the computer market began with computers of the "Third Generation". ... The next invention that brought users in closer contact with the computer was the personal computer, which came about ...

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After the modem's introduction into the computer field, there were great improvements in peoples" accessibility to the use of computer technology. ... When computers eventually become compact enough, people began to refer to them as personal computers(PCs). ... While these personal computer software programs were being developed, those households earning above average incomes were able to afford personal computers. ... The beauty of computers is that they can be used as training terminals to facilitate learning about the use of computers themselves. ... These programming courses familiar...

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Perhaps the most general way in which the term agent is used is to denote a hardware or (more usually) software ­based computer system that enjoys the following properties: Autonomy: agents operate without the direct intervention of humans or others, and have some kind of control over their actions and internal state . ...

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1. History of Linux Linux is a UNIX-like operating system. However, Linux cant really be called UNIX because it hasnt been registered to AT&T, the owner of the name of UNIX. The name Linux is after the name of its author, Linus Torvalds. He was a student of University of Helsinki in Finland. Linu...

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