...Development (Topics in E-commerce) Spring 2014 Abbreviated Research Paper 1 Emerging Technologies in the Evolution of E-commerce by Jesse Matthews Submitted February 4, 2015 Management Science Department Darla Moore School of Business University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 Table of Contents Section 1……………………………….. Introduction Page 3 Section 2……………………………….. Analysis Pages 4-7 Section 3……………………………….. Results Pages 4-7 Section 4……………………………….. Conclusions Page 8 Section 5……………………………….. References Page 9 E-commerce is becoming increasingly more popular with each passing day as the technology around us continues to advance. Technology has advanced so rapidly just over the past ten years that basically every business has had to adopt some form of e-commerce just to stay in business. The use of different forms of technology by basically everyone on a day to day basis has greatly increased the importance and benefits of e-commerce as a whole. Companies can use technologies like our smart phones and the internet to reach customers with multiple forms of advertisement, customized to meet each individual customer’s preferences. “Internet technology has changed the supply chain by improving collaboration and efficiency, and adding value to products and firms” (Astuti, 2014). Internet technology has improved the supply chain because it has helped business know the amount of supplies it needs...
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...The Evolution and Impact of Information Technology in Businesses Introduction to Business BA101 January 15, 2013 The Evolution and Impact of Information Technology in Businesses The rise of the technological advancement in society has had a major impact in today’s business world. Technological development has restructured the way businesses operate effecting the business structure, advertisement, marketing, and communication. With the advancement of information technology, coupled globalization the business environment has been thrust into global market forever changing the boundaries resulting in unlimited business opportunities across the globe. Although technology coupled globalization has a major impact on business world, there are also some disadvantages of technology in the work place. In this discussion I will define information technology, explore the impact on of information technology (globalization) in the work place and examine the advantages and disadvantages of information technology. Information technology is defined as the use of computers and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate information. In this present day information technology has continued to transform the landscape of the business community and the way society conducts business. Information technology has spun the business sector into a globalization electric transformational market place. Globalization has bridged the gap of space and time bring a better...
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...Evolution of Computer Technology Catherine L. Dean 2142CMIS3106380 March 9, 2014 Table of Contents I. Introduction 3 II. Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) 3 III. Pipelining 3 IV. Cache Memory 4 V. Virtual Memory 4 VI. Conclusion 5 VII. Works Cited 5 I. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to investigate the evolution of and current trends in improving system performance with respect to RISC, pipelining, cache memory, and virtual memory. II. Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) Reduced Instruction Set Computing also known as RISC is a type of microprocessor architecture. It is a CPU design strategy. The purpose of RISC was for design simplification. It increases the number of executed instructions thus increasing the CPU performance. (Joy) The RISC design was first proposed and implemented in the 1960s and has been constantly evolving. Since the late 1980’s, RISC has been more than doubling its performance every year and half. The RISC industry, which includes IBM and Sun Microsystems, is ever expanding with the focus on the speed of executing instructions per second along with the evolution of the computer industry. (Joy) III. Pipelining One characteristic of RISC processors is pipelining. With pipelining, instructions are able to be executed in a shorter period of time. The first step in pipelining is to find the instructions, then read the registers, decode the instructions, execute the instruction, access the data...
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...Aaron Baker 7 October 2012 The Evolution of GPS Technology Good morning my name is Aaron Baker and today I’m going to speak to you about GPS technology. GPS is an abbreviation for the Global Positioning System, which is what we use today to pinpoint locations around the globe. The GPS system is valuable because it has many civilian and military uses. I will inform you about what exactly GPS is and I will also highlight some of its uses. In the early 1950’s during the race to space, the United States Department of Defense realized that tracking the position of satellites in space could be used to pinpoint fixed locations on the earth’s surface. Not until 1973 did research and development begin for the technology we rely on everyday known as the Global Positioning System (GPS). From 1978 to 1985 a total of 11 Block I GPS satellites were launched into orbit. The Block I satellites were the experimental satellites used to test the system. Eleven (11) were launched, none functioning. Following this launch Block II satellites were sent into orbit, this occurred in 1989. The Block II satellites comprise the first nine spacecraft of the operational series. In 1994 the last series of Block IIA satellites were sent into orbit, this completed the GPS satellite constellation. The Block IIA satellites comprise the second 19 spacecraft of the operational series. This is the system we use today. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a constellation of 27 earth orbiting satellites...
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...“Gender: Male //Hair Color: Brown //Eye Color: Blue //Skin Tone: Fair //Name: Jon // Create?” Life simulation or role playing gamers are probably familiar to these prompts. These customizations allow players to choose certain traits and create their ideal character with a desired physical appearance. But in few generations, this could happen in a fertility clinic, where young couples, future parents, are given the choice to tailor their babies from physical attributes to intelligence or athletic ability. A new genetic modification method enables researchers and doctors to modify DNA in order to change certain traits of the embryo; without doubts, there are many controversies over the ethnic of such technology, thus creating the term “designer...
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...The purpose of this paper is to accurately and critically analyze the major changes of technology throughout the film industry’s history. As two college students majoring in computer and technological fields, we feel that it is imperative to understand how cameras and technology and evolved and their effects on the film industry. Although the growth of technology in the film industry may seem of concern to only film makers, it should in fact concern anyone who cares about the future of the cinematography and/or television. Innovations in film technology have undoubtedly shaped the film industry into what it is today. As two college students majoring in computer and technological fields, we feel that it is imperative to understand how cameras and technology have evolved, and their effects on film production. Utilizing what we have learned in class and multiple sources of research, we will critically analyze the major changes in film technology history. The world’s first films produced were black and white, but even to make a black and white film, several important inventions were required. These inventions needed to record video, store the recording, and produce enough lighting to be able to see the scene. In 1893, Thomas Edison introduced the Kinetograph and Kinetoscope to the public, which may have been the largest innovation in film technology (Movie History). The Kinetograph was the first motion picture camera, and was combined with the Kinetoscope which housed a lamp and...
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...The Evolution of Criminal Justice Technology Rakeisha Hudson Kaplan University Abstract The Evolution the job is exacting. The police are asked to control crime, maintain order, and provide an intricate array of services, from responding to emergency 911 calls to regulating the flow of traffic. On occasion, they must perform remarkable feats of criminal investigation, quell rowdy crowds and violent offenders, and put their lives on the line. Much of the time, police resources are limited. It is estimated that the workload crime imposes on the police has increased fivefold since 1960. Their resources have not kept pace with their workload. To do their job, police frequently have looked to technology for enhancing their effectiveness. The police, with crime laboratories and radio networks, made early use of technology, but most police departments could have been equipped 30 or 40 years ago as well as they are today. The Crime Commission in response to rapidly rising crime rates and urban disorders. The Commission advocated federal government funding for state and local criminal agencies to support their efforts. It called for what soon became the 911 system for fielding emergency calls and recommended that agencies acquire computers to automate their functions. But even with the start-up help of hundreds of millions of dollars in early federal assistance, computerization came slowly. Only in recent years have...
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...The Evolution of Information Technology and its Impact Felles Grant Grantham University October 29, 2013 The Evolution of Information Technology and its Impact Businesses have been searching forever for newer technology and ways to speed up production to draw in more business. With the introduction of the first personal computer in 1981 the promise of a new age of information technology was just beginning. Before businesses could capitalize on these benefits some rearranging had to take place. Automated tellers came to be and Microsoft releases the windows operating system in 1985, then in the 90's electronic commerce gabbed hold to technology. Now look at us mostly all business is conducted over a personal computer or some type of device. Computers offer businesses many options to organize data, personal information and other essential information. Information technology though it may seem new it's not, it has been around for a while now. It has been around so long that information technology can be broken down into 4 main ages. There is the premechanical age, the mechanical age, the electromechanical age, and the electronic age. The premechanical age is around the time of 3000 B.C and 1450 A.D. Yes we're talking caveman. Some of man's first communications were performed by drawings and carvings on rocks. This technology was called petroglyths. The along came the alphabet and we as people began writing...
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...The Evolution of Videogame Technology and its Impact on Gamers Shubhangi Vhatkar IB Extended Essay 3,902 words Abstract: This essay examines how the development of technology has changed the videogame experience, and how it will continue to change in the future as new technologies appear. Research investigated recorded histories of videogames, personal accounts of videogame experiences, the gaming industry’s impact on society, and specifications for particularly technologies. Predictions for future gaming experiences were based on the increasing rate of technological developments and current prospects of videogame tycoons such as Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. Personal knowledge and speculation were included as well. This study demonstrated that as videogame technology grew more sophisticated, gamers found themselves in more personal, immersive, emotionally titillating, morally challenging, and free-ended worlds. The increase in processing power and available memory led to photorealistic visuals, longer storylines, broader gameplay, and socially interactive games that have become second nature to most teenagers today. This second life will only become more influential in our physical and mental states as the scope of modern gaming increases, and new technologies provide for a longer, more poignant, and more immersive gaming experience. Technology, the “practical application of knowledge,” dates back millennia. Even pre-historic man used rock, wood, fur, and fire to...
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...Logan Vanburen 11/30/2015 Eng. 101 Mrs. Markowski Can Carrying a Weapon reduce Crime Rates There are crimes everywhere in our world. Crimes happen all the way across the nation and can even happen in a small local town that you may have grown up in. There is crime where ever you look now a days. From little petty crimes, all the way up to murder. It’s almost as if crime has started to become a part of our society, and not just something that happens only every once in a while. You can go on the news, and within watching it for five minutes you might see that someone has been murdered, and barely bat an eye at it. Our society has become so blind to the fact that so many violent crimes happen that it doesn’t even bother them anymore. What if I was to tell you that there was a super simple way to decrease the amount of violent crimes that happen in our society. Would you listen and do it? There is a way that you can decrease the violent crime rate. That simple way is to simply have a CCW and carry a small firearm on you when you go places. CCW is a word that means concealed carry weapon. This allows for a person to hide a weapon, such as a pistol, so that no one would know that they have the gun on them at all. Every state in the United States allows for someone to have a CCW as long as they have taken the right courses and is qualified to do so. “The participant must provide 2 current utility bills or any other 2 forms that show residency. They also have to have taken and...
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...The relationship between evolution and systems can be thought of as an endless cycle, with both factors continuously influencing each other. A General Theory of the Evolution of Artifacts discusses how evolution decides the properties of a system - the structure and function. In return, the system’s existence is then a factor in ruling the course of evolution. Generally, the change in size of a system requires a change in the components of the system’s structure or form. A system cannot adequately support its size without a change in its shape. A change in form can be brought upon by a change in scale of artifacts. Changing the artifacts, thus the form, then necessitates a change in the material being used in its structure. A change in material characteristics is needed especially for larger machines which require higher strength to weight ratios in comparison to smaller machines. A change in the size, artifacts, or materials of a system results in a complication of the overall structure, resulting in higher complexity. All of these processes will eventually lead to functional inconsistencies, thus creating limits to growth. Although these processes are what make evolution possible, they also cause the destruction of future evolution. In relation to technology, as the scale is constantly being changed, a point is reached where the rising costs of manufacturing and operating limit further advancements in capability. Development is eventually limited because the production costs...
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...Unit Four Aha Thesis - Evolution Evolution occurs over time. Evolution occurs when the whole population changes due to certain events. The events that could cause evolution includes major changes in the environment, major changes in habitat, and major changes in the food chain. The Evidence For Evolution There are many different ways to observe the process of evolution. There are three main categories that show evolution. Those three categories are DNA, Fossils, and Comparative Anatomy. DNA is where scientists look at the DNA of modern animals and compare them to other modern animals and extinct animals. An example would be scientists looking at the DNA of a gorilla and comparing it to the DNA of an orangutan and being able to say when those two species became what they are today. Scientists use fossils to compare what an extinct species...
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...When speaking of this theory, it is understood that Leslie White as the precursor and principal model of this theory. The neo-evolutionary, as Leslie provided general guidance on the evolution and changes to cultures. Seeing this evolution as cause and effect, exploring into the nitty-envisioning of the future. Leslie White with a great Marxist and Symbolist influence, as well as interested in the meaning of the human symbols as a deposit of culture and how those symbols acquire meanings and those symbols are transmitted from generations to generations. Those symbols of culture are the thoughts, behaviors, objects and events symbolize dependent on an extra-somatic context. (Like sleep, intimacy, etc.). Subjectivity was a valid study the culture if we consider it in an extra-somatic...
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...1. • Identify the relationship between the conditions on early Earth and the origin of organic molecules: - Conditions of early Earth: _ Massive oceans existed _ Only small landmasses above the surface of the water _ No ozone layer _ Large amounts of radiation reached the Earth _ No free oxygen in the air _ Large amounts of volcanic activity; heat, ash, dust and gases into atmosphere _ Violent electric storms common _ Atmosphere contained some water vapour (H2O), hydrogen (H2), hydrogen cyanide (HCN), a lot of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen (N2), possibly ammonia (NH3) and methane (CH4). - The chemicals of life are contained within the following basic organic compounds: water, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. - These compounds are made up of hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and some other common elements. - As you can see, the elements needed to create the basic organic compounds were already present in the atmosphere; i.e., H, O, C and N were already there. - The lack of an ozone layer, the frequent violent electric storms, and the volcanic activity of early Earth could have provided the energy for molecules to be formed. • Discuss the implications of the existence of organic molecules in the cosmos for the origin of life on Earth: - For life to have originated, the following events need to have happened: _ The required chemicals need to have been formed _ These chemicals need to have come together in a self-replicating...
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...Assignment 3 It has been saying that evolution should be objected these days because there are more and more counterexamples have been found. However, after reading related materials, I believe there are still many aspects to prove the evolution theory is valid. One of theories that go against evolution is that it violates the second law of thermodynamics. Many people think that according to the law, total entropy of an isolated system always increases over time, or remains constant in ideal cases where the system is in a steady state or undergoing a reversible process. However, the evolution of species clearly violates this law because it’s an anti-entropy process. However, I think the most unconvincing point of this idea is that ecological system is not an isolated system at all. It is related to the world on all aspects. So this theory doesn’t even hold at all. Another theory is about eyes. Some people think that the evolution process of eyes is uncompleted. According to evolution theory, functions and structure of eyes evolved step by step. However, it has been questioned that there is very low probability that eyes evolve completely with brain at the same time. If there has been something wrong during the process, evolution would fail. In fact, Darwin already demonstrated in natural selection. He pointed out that except people, there are indeed many species need eyes to live but others don’t. Animals have to adapt to environment around them to survive. However, if specie...
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