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- 571: Word Processing
- ... provided on tape and loaded from the cassette recorder in the usual way. ( in some versions the word processing program is available as a special ROM - a chip which has to be fitted inside the computer; use of a disc drive can also be very advantageous). When the program is loaded, text can be keyed in through the keyboard (i.e. typed in) and the lines of print appear on the ... which ought to be clearly understood, but perhaps are not. Thus a database is a collection of information (here data = information and base = a collection) and information retrieval means getting information out of a database. Computer terms are like sailing terms - think of bow and stern for front and back - and use obscure words to describe simple things. The word database is often taken to imply that the information is held on a computer, but this need not be so. A telephone directory is a database. So is an encyclopaedia or a dictionary; a list of pop groups and their hits or of soccer clubs and their match ...
- 572: Improving Cyberspace
- ... work. Though governments cannot physically regulate the Internet, cyberspace needs regulations to prevent illegal activity, the destruction of morals, and child access to pornography. First, censoring the online community would ease the tension on the computer software industry. Since the creation of the first computer networks, people have been exchanging data back and forth, but eventually people stopped transferring text, and started sending binaries, otherwise known as computer programs. Users like the idea; why would someone buy two software packages when they could buy one and trade for a copy of another with a friend? This philosophy has cost the computer industry ...
- 573: Minority Groups: African Americans, Women, And Hispanics
- ... Americans had not received it as well. Over the age of 65 with members of their population 30.1% had Medicare only. The European Americans had a low of 16.9% of Medicare. (Horner 1999). Crime infested ghettos Almost one third of all African Americans live in crime infested ghettos three times that of European Americans. An approximate percentage of African Americans that live in ghettos in 1997 was 80%. (Robertson). Large percent of prison population In 1997 African Americans were considered 42 ... child care workers is 86.5%, and 94.3% of all private household cleaners or maids are women. (Macionis 1998). Less Education In 1970 women had earned only 17% of a bachelor's degree in computer engineering computer science, and natural sciences. In 1995 though, the proportion was still low but it increased to 31%. (Macionis 1998). Unequal Pay for Equal Work In 1998 women had earned 66% of men' ...
- 574: Fingerprinting Kids
- ... Illinois, and Indiana.) Most of this activity was stimulated by the passage of the Missing Children Act in October 1982. What the new law did was to legitimize the use of the FBI's national computer network,the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) for non-criminal purposes. All of the programs are voluntary. In some cases the police departments retain the records, while in others the fingerprint cards are turned over to the parents for ... is not much help. Besides, dental records do the same thing and probably do a better job. People forget that this program is geared to eventually entering the child's identification data into the National Crime Information Center. That is a criminal records databank, and it could be very harmful to a child in the future to have what many employers will automatically take to be a "criminal record." And ...
- 575: Communism
- ... Well then I looked at the Russian Government and thought about what led to its downfall. Then I remembered the corrupt government and the lack of food. In addition the unmotivated work force and the crime rate, all of these reasons led to the fall of the Russian Government. The Communist government in Russia was a very corrupt government. Some government officials gave themselves high salaries and large houses. They kept ... to steal for a living. Most did not steal to get ahead but they stole because they had nothing to lose by doing so. So, one could say, Communism forced them to be thieves. The crime rate also made people very paranoid and hostile. These feelings turned to frustration with their lives. This made the people want reform and in 1991 that is what they got. In 1991 Gorbachev was removed ... him if he approved of the actions of the leaders of the communist countries. V. Works Cited "Anne". Personal interview. 19 Nov. 1997. "Communism." Aol Research @ Learn. America Online Nov. 19, 1997. "Communism." Bookshelf 1994. Computer Software. Microsoft, 1994. "Communism." Encarta. Computer Software. Microsoft, 1995. "Communism." Grollier Encyclopedia. Computer software. Gorllier Electronic Publishing, 1993. "Communism." Grollier Online. World Wide Web: http://www.grollier.com/ (November 19, 1997) Rexroth, Kennith. Communism: ...
- 576: William Gibson's Neuromancer: Cyberspace
- William Gibson's Neuromancer: Cyberspace As described by William Gibson in his science fiction novel Neuromancer, cyberspace was a "Consensual hallucination that felt and looked like a physical space but actuallly was a computer-generated construct representing abstract data." Years later, mankind has realized that Gibson's vision is very close to reality. The term cyberspace was frequently used to explain or describe the process in which two computers ... the two systems there seems to be no distance between them. There are now four catagories that describe the major components of todays cyber space. One oof those is commercial on-line services. These large computer systems can host thousands of users simultaneously. When a computer user purchases an account from the company they recieve a screen name and a password. The user then can use his or her screen name and password to log on and use the system. ...
- 577: Drugs Debate
- ... learn, such as mind constricting drugs, the consequences are that one infringes on the rights of oneself and others and in this case, the government must interfere. The argument that drug use is a victimless crime and therefore should not be illegal is one of the stronger ones for legalizing all drugs, including mind constricting drugs. John Stuart Mill said that users who commit crimes should be punished for "real" crimes ... and not for using drugs. But what about the fact that, as Burroughs said, an addict will do anything to satisfy their need? It is not the users fault that s/he is committing the crime, it is the drug's fault and had the user not consumed the drug, s/he wouldn't have committed the crime. Furthermore, drug use is not a victimless crime except in the extreme case when a person consumes the drug in complete privacy and even then, the person's personality might be altered and this ...
- 578: Ibm
- International Business Machines International Business Machine is an American computer manufacturer, with headquarters in Armonk, New York. The company is a major supplier of information-processing products and systems, software, communications systems, workstations, and related supplies and services in the United States and around the ... began to build the floundering company into an industrial giant. IBM soon became the country's largest manufacturer of time clocks and developed and marketed the first electric typewriter. In 1951 the company entered the computer field. The development of IBM's technology was largely funded by contracts with the U.S. government's Atomic Energy Commission; close parallels existed between products made for government use and those introduced by IBM ... value), John F. Akers, chairman since 1985, resigned in early 1993. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., was named chairperson of the company in April 1993. In 1994 IBM sold its federal systems unit to, which provides computer systems and services to the government, to Loral for $1.5 billion. That same year, in a challenge to Intel’s dominance of the microprocessor business, IBM agreed to manufacture computer chips designed by ...
- 579: Hiding Behind A Computer
- Hiding behind a Computer Are computers and the Internet redefining human identity as people explore the boundaries of their personalities, adopt multiple selves, and form online relationships that can be more intense than real ones? Is the World Wide ... false persona. Let’s divide the online life and the real life into two. The life we live on the Internet can stay with the Internet, and the life we live while away from the computer can remain in the real world.
- 580: Hamlet: Revenge: Once An Honor, Now A Crime
- Hamlet: Revenge: Once An Honor, Now A Crime “All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage ... was Hamlet’s revenge on Claudius for murdering his father, the king, in cold blood. Hamlet wouldn’t have been reprimanded or had to suffer any repercussions. However, in today’s world revenge is a crime strictly punishable and enforced by the law. The Menendez brothers, who took revenge on their parents for sexually abusing them, are not regarded as heroes, nor are they considered honorable. They are shunned by the ...
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