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Cognitive Artifacts & Windows 95
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 854.... Making sure everything is setup properly
without the errors that could occur in configuring the task yourself. The
wizard performs all the functions on its little to-do list without having the
user worrying about whether he/she remembered to include all the commands. On
the side of personal views the user may see the wizard as a new task to learn
but in general it is simpler than having to configure the application yourself
and making an error, that could cause disaster to your system. The wizard also
prevents the user from having to deal with all the internal represent .....
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Quality Issues In System Development
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1631.... of previous decades. Large systems provide better, more
timely information, the ability to integrate and correlate internal and external
information, the ability to integrate and facilitate streamlined business
processes. Unfortunately, not every system that information workers develop are
well implemented; this means that the computer system which was originally
intended to make a company more efficient, productive and cost-effective, is in
the end doing the exact opposite - namely, wasting time, money and valuable
manpower. So even with all the lessons learned from the 7 .....
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Aeronautics: Aviation Powerplants
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 964.... produced respectable horsepower numbers in the category of up to 185+. They were used in such famous aircraft as the Sopwith Camel and Moth. A variation of the rotary engine was used in the most famous aircraft of the war: The Fokker Dr.1 Triplane flown by Baron Von Richtofen. A unique feature of these engines is that they had no throttle, but ran at a constant speed. Also the cylinders were not fixed in place as one might expect. They instead rotated around a fixed crankshaft. The propeller was attached to the cylinders. The advantage of this configuration was lowered product .....
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Virtual Reality: What It Is And How It Works
Number of pages: 12 | Number of words: 3163.... to create very real
applications for medical, space, physical, chemical, and entertainment
uses among other things.
In order to create this alternate reality, however, you need to find
ways to create the illusion of reality with a piece of machinery known as
the computer. This is done with several computer-user interfaces used
to simulate the senses. Among these, are stereoscopic glasses to make
the simulated world look real, a 3D auditory display to give depth to
sound, sensor lined gloves to simulate tactile feedback, and head-
trackers to foll .....
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An Overview Of Hacking
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1281.... technological marvel that we all use, whether we know it or not, is that thieves, disgruntled network administrators, and other unsavory characters can make an easy living off of the Internet, maybe even stealing from you. How? It's all in a day's work for them. One Russian hacker spent a few years bleeding money from the Citibank corporation here in the states from his cozy little house in Russia. His labor was rewarded with $10.4 million dollars in several bank accounts around the world. Unfortunately for him, his labor was also rewarded with arrest. (Caryl, par. 2) .....
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A Short History On Computers
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1496.... of 50 decimal digits (or words) and having a storage capacity (memory) of 1,000 such digits. The machine was supposed to operate automatically, by steam power, and require only one person there.
Babbage's computers were never finished. After Babbage, there was a temporary loss of interest in automatic digital computers.
A strong need thus developed for a machine that could rapidly perform many repetitive calculations.
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Use of Punched Cards by Hollerith
A step towards automated computing was th .....
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Speech Recognition Technology
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2718.... the advantages of . Some of the larger companies that already utilize speech recognition are Charles Schwab & Co., American Express, United Airlines, NationsBank, United Parcel Service, British Airways, and Sears Roebuck and Co. These companies focus on the fastest growing parts of the speech market, where the caller's voice replaces punching in letters and numbers on the telephone keypad. The other applications of speech technology are for the use of consumers. The users' voice can give computer commands as well as dictate speech into text.
All operating systems used tod .....
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The Microsoft House
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1077.... stating that the house will include the following:
· A high-speed wireless home network that enables users to play music and videos, or display family photographs anywhere they want on any intelligent device.
· Windows Media™ Audio Player, which downloads twice as fast as MP3 and has double the music storage, plus powerful anti-privacy protection.
· The evolution of WebTV Network™ service with on-demand programming, personalized viewing, Web-enhanced content and powerful communications built in.
· The next generation of gaming, offering online competition with voi .....
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