Modern information technology is one of the most distinguished and interesting human inventions in history. ... Throughout human history education has been one of the most important social contributions. ... 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). ... The beauty of computers is that they can be used as training terminals to facilitate learning about the use of computers the...

• Word Count: 2100
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This paper will discuss the Internet's history, its many uses, its future implications, and its impact on society. The Internet has had a long and interesting history. ... In 1989, English computer scientist Timothy Berners-Lee introduced the World Wide Web. ... During the Internet's creation, its creators sent packaged information over wires from computer to computer. ... "Internet History." ). ...

• Word Count: 2312
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

How to Shield Your Computer from Internet Crime When you connect to the Internet, you are allowing you computer to communicate with millions of people who are also on the Internet. ... Hardware involves connecting your computer into another device. ... Using Zone Alarm, the above sites could find no exposed ports or even that this computer even was on; Zone Alarm completely cloaks your computer. Before I go further, the motives and history if the hacker should be discussed. ... Vulnerabilities and how to detect them, the motives and history of a hacker, the classification hackers sub...

• Word Count: 1446
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

They are then able to access information from thousands of other computers. ... The history of the Internet began with the United States government. ... Roberts created the first wide-area computer. ... In 1999 they became the third company in history to exceed $300 billion in market capitalization, second is Microsoft, and first is General Electric (Bunnell 29). ... Government computers are just as vulnerable. ...

• Word Count: 1841
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Just because a person uses a computer should not impact the severity of their punishment. ... One type, called phreaking, is often a side-effect of a computer hacker's work. ... (Lohr, par. 1) A great deal of this will go to protect against computer viruses. ... Remember the hospital with excellent computer security? ... It seemed impossible to access someone's computerized medical history by the terminals, but why bother to try when the laser printer in an empty lounge was spitting out dozens of them? ...

• Word Count: 1283
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

New technology changed our lifestyles and New Media- computer communication media has become "The Fourth mass Media?... The history and development of Visual Identity System and Corporate Identity System will first be present. ... Suitability of Internet for Internet Visual Identity System In the history of human, the revolution of communication already took place four times. ... Wherever a computer is, if it is linked to the Internet, it can share the information on the Internet. ... However, Internet Visual Identity design is also limited by the computer and Internet technology. ...

• Word Count: 2028
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Internet's history can be traced all the way back to the Advanced Research Projects Agency or (ARPA). ... Their project called the ARPANET was created in 1969 and initially connected computers at four universities. ... The Internet connects computers all over the globe and supplies information to people of all ages and interests. ... There are many differences between ISP's and ASP's and I will examine their dissimilarities with a focus on their history, current uses, and future directions. ... Your computer connects via modem over a regular old phone line to the ISP&#...

• Word Count: 2063
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

The Communications Decency Act is an amendment which prevents the information superhighway from becoming a computer "red light district." ... It is not a valid argument that "consenting adults" should be allowed to use the computer BBS and "Internet" systems to receive whatever they want. ... When information is passed between two computers, it is subjected to the same standards. ... "The Ancient History of the Internet." ... "Finding History On The Net." ...

• Word Count: 1391
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This research has lead to discussions about whether or not women are really using computers less than men or if women merely tend to use computers in different ways than men. Many sociologists now suggest that women prefer to approach computers as a way of accomplishing tasks while men tend to enjoy experimenting and playing with computers and their programming. ... Though the debate over the gender gap in computer programming may be far from resolved, sociologists only recently have begun to recognize that women are not discouraged by all types of computer use. Women do not seem to feel disc...

• Word Count: 1797
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This involves continually monitoring your employee's every move using techniques such as computer monitoring, which involves examining an employee's use of a computer both during and after it is used. ... Log Files: Computers are full of log files that provide evidence of what you have been doing (eg. Internet History). ... These signals can be intercepted by a desktop monitoring program', which can be installed on a computer at the operating system level or the assembly level. ... SSPPYY contains almost all of the surveillance and logging features that one may require for com...

• Word Count: 1731
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The History of travel and tourism-Post World War David Hopkins GNVQ Advanced Travel and Tourism 2000 - 2001 Introduction This report is based on the history of travel and tourism after World War Two and will explore the reasons for the rapid development of this industry. ... This aircraft had several impacts on the package holiday market:  It was possible to fly further in less time, thus making long haul destinations more accessible.  The increased capacity (400 seats) on the jumbo jet also meant that the price per seat was reduced, thus lowering pac...

• Word Count: 2053
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Sandra Lerner of the Business Department, and Leonard Bosack, of the Computer Science Department wanted to send love letter to each other via the University computer system e-mail. Unfortunately their respective departments used different computer networks, so they created the first router, a way to connect the two local area networks. ... Because of Cisco's history of high quality products and services their customers have increased perceptions of value. ... Furthermore, this history of quality brings greater efficiency and lower costs. ... Cisco has a history of acquiring companies ...

• Word Count: 2068
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Internet privacy gives us freedom to use our own computers without interruptions from other users. ... It is to be said that they are currently working on looking into others computers without notice. To them this should be easy as they simply put a compiled bug into the computer but, if you imagine in a bigger perspectives, you'd never know if there was a bug on your computer to begin with. ... NSA has already convinced many big time companies like AT&T, T-MOBILE, SPRINT to team up to giving every detail and call history that was ever been made. ...

• Word Count: 1849
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

We take the elite or privileged few to mean the high-income OECD Countries The Issue The issue of this debate centres around the idea of the "digital divide- which describes the fact the world can be divided into people who have the capacity to use modern information technology such as the telephone, television, computers and the internet and those who can't. ... This is nothing new it is evident right throughout out history o Plato and Aristotle's Schools of Philosophy were only possible due to their empires position of wealth so you can see right throughout history the arts and...

• Word Count: 1505
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

A brief history of cyberspace The Internet was first developed in the late 1960's by the US department of defence as a communications tool. ... The whole idea of these original networks was so that one computer could talk to another quickly and easily. ... As this growth continued rules were needed to standardise the networks, these were known as the standard protocol, this allowed different computers and different networks to communicate easily. ... The Internet allows people to get together via computers and have a real time discussion or gossip. ... Escaping from real-life When t...

• Word Count: 2003
• Approx Pages: 8

If a person is viewing an e-book on their computer, along with possibly a chat program, email or other web pages simultaneously open, only self-discipline can prevent a person from not keeping their attention on the e-book. ... If a person's computer dies or has a software malfunction leading to replacement, again, how do you read an e-book? ... Books are our link to past history or serve as a way to tell a story all the while keeping our youth, and adults able to read and comprehend which spreads to the quality of society and keeps our education system increasing the rate of literacy not...

• Word Count: 1347
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the article "The Virtual Community" by Barry M Leiner, the author asserts that the Internet is "a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location." ... For example, Pasadena City College offered many computer courses online. ... They argue that this "cyberspace" doesnt exist in reality because the basic elements that build up this virtual world are only electronic signals and computer programs, which cannot be used to substitute for the warmth and emotion involved in real h...

• Word Count: 1835
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Unlike television or radio, the Internet consists of thousands of individual computers and networks, with thousands of speakers, information providers and information users, and no centralized distribution point (ACLU vs. ... Recently, while doing a presentation, for a history class, concerning the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), the KKK home page was accessed. ...

• Word Count: 1260
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

For example, when a student is trying to do his homework on a computer, the curiosity and interest of see what their friends is posting in a social network are creating a lot of distraction and affecting directly to his productivity. ... Like Amy Goldwasser said in her article, "Once we stop regarding the Internet as a villain, stop presenting it as the enemy of history and literature and worldly knowledge, then our teenagers have the potential to become the next great voices of America", Finally, everybody need to discern in which manner the internet is affecting his life to decided...

• Word Count: 1311
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate