advance the cause ofcivil rights in America but in a non-violent manner. From its inception in 1957, its president was Martin Luther King – a post he held until his murder in 1968. 9. What was the Montgomery bus boycott? Find an image of a photo taken during the boycott. The Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal event in the U.S. civil rights movement, was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. The campaign
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Chapter 1 review questions 1. Which of the following is an example of a PC? The 8088 processor marked the start of the home and office based PC’s given that it had a 1mb address limit making a more efficient machine. 2. Who is credited with the patent of the first computer? John V. Atanasoff was the first person accredited for the invention of the computer due to his use of modern digital switching techniques. 3. In the Von Neumann architecture, what two make up the CPU? In Von Neumann’s
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forms of peaceful protest were the sit- ins, freedoms rides and Montgomery Bus Boycott in. The sit-ins in 1960 were important to the civil rights movement because they raised a lot of awareness when they spread to 54 cities in 9 states in just 2 months. They were also important because they showed that despite the fact the black protestors were not being violent, white racists would still react violently. The Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956 was significant because it showed the effect that black Americans
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Port Expander A port expander essentially allows one to become two. What I mean by that is it allows more than one device to connect to a single port. Expanders are equivalent to splitters or extension cords in everyday life. They are usually inside the computer on the motherboard, with the only visible part of it being the extension plate showing multiple ports. Some example of the type of ports that we’ve covered and that I’m familiar with are: Ethernet Port Firewire Port Serial Port
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In this research paper I will be addressing the different types of ports available on expander hardware. I will also talk about whether port expanders are made for specific types of computers, or if they are generic devices that will work with any computer. I will also discuss the possible advantages and disadvantages of using a port expander The first question what is a port extender? Well a port extender is a hardware device designed to allow a user to utilize more than one device on a single
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: Legendary Leader Matthew M. Thomas Harrison College Instructor Ward March 13, 2015 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: Legendary Leader Black history month of 2015 saw some milestones. The 50th anniversary of bloody Sunday and the movie “Selma” which tells the story of Dr. King’s march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama. These milestones have also made people reflect on the greatest leader in African American history, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
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greater than that of Compact Disc Digital Audio. Used to plug in microphones or headphones. USB 3.4 - Version of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard for computer connectivity. SATA Ports is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives. The IEEE 1394 interface is a serial bus interface standard for high-speed communications. T Flash Memory Card T Flash Memory Card SD Mini Card Port SD Mini Card Port High
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COMPUTER HARDWARE AND COMPONENTS COMPUTER HARDWARE AND COMPONENTS Computer Basics Equipment (Hardware) COMPUTER | A machine that processes information and performs computations. | Tower or Desktop | The "box" or case that holds the parts that make up a computer: CPU, hard disk drive, floppy drive, memory chips, power supply, interface cards, etc. Click here to learn more. | | CPU | Central Processing Unit, or "brains" of the computer | Monitor | An output display device (looks
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against Black People in the U. S Fifty years ago, a black American woman named Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat on a bus she was riding on her way to her home in Montgomery, Alabama, in the United States after finishing a busy day working as a tailor. The Jim Crow laws in the States at the time stipulated that blacks pay the ticket price from the front door, board the bus from the back door, and sit in the back seats, while the whites have the front seats. It's even one of the rights of the driver
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alike for centuries after she dies. “ I felt just resigned to give up what i could to protect against the way i was being treated.” (“Rosa Parks”1) On Dec. 1, 1955 Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man on the bus. This sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956). During the boycott the black community of Montgomery didn't ride local buses for more than a year(“Rosa Parks”1). Rosa Parks, like many others, was a fighter in her
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