Famous Thinkers Paper PHL/458 4/30/2014 Peg Wander Famous Thinkers Paper Behind every great movement there are great thinkers! In the late 1970’s to early 1980’s Bill Gates and one of his partners founded a computer company called Microsoft. With the innovation of Gates and co-founder Allen this company came be the biggest computer software company in the market. Despite almost losing their company because of violating the country’s monopoly laws their contribution to society was unmatched
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Some examples of input and output ports are USB, HDMI and Network ports. I will discuss their functions and where they are located on the Dell Inspiron 3542 laptop. One of the most popular ports I use is the USB port. USB stands for universal serial bus. The three types of USB ports are USB 1.1, USB 2.0 and USB 3.0. Each port transfers data but at different speeds. The USB 1.1 ports has a top speed of 12 Mbps. The USB 2.0 has a top speed of 480 Mbps. The USB 3.0 has the fastest transfer speed of 4
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Martin Luther King Jr. an American Leader Jessica McElrath Santa Clara University School of Law, University of California, Berkeley ABSTRACT: There are a select few individuals who are able to still be recognized as "great" or "brilliant" because they and their accomplishments have forever changed society and the world. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of those individuals. Martin was raised in Atlanta Georgia, growing up in a world of segregation gave him the ambition to live by a heroic
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segregation in schools, public places, and public transportation. Blacks were not allowed to attend white schools. In public places, they were only allowed to sit in designated areas, and in public transportation, they had to sit in the back of the bus and often give up
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------------------------------------------------- Mouse (computing) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A computer mouse with the most common standard features: two buttons and a scroll wheel, which can also act as a third button. A mouse is a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface. Physically, a mouse consists of an object held under one of the user's hands, with one or more buttons. The mouse sometimes features other elements
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Port Expander A port expander is a hardware device designed to allow a user to utilize more than one device on a single port at one time. For example, the device may allow seven devices to connect to one serial port. Hardware Expander Types: * Ethernet Port Expander Hardware * FireWire Port Expander Hardware * DB-25 Port Expander Hardware * Serial Port Expander Hardware * USB Port Expander Hardware * VGA Port Expander Hardware * DVI Port Expander Hardware * SCSI Port Expander
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1.07- In this video clip it explains the ports you would use to connect different types of devices to computers. It explains the ports you would use to connect a USB, printer, speakers, microphone, and an external hard drive. It talks about the features of serial, parallel, and game ports. Also explains what has changed about mouse and keyboards connections. They describe what a Network interface Card is and talks about the slowest way to connect to the internet. It explains the two types of video
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Intel Compute Stick Migyel Hardy Kaplan University CM107 Professor Helmintoller April 8, 2015 Intel the number one semiconductor specialist in the world is jumping into the pocket computer market with there on called Intel Compute Stick. It’s a pocket computer that resembles a USB stick in size. They are hoping to jump into the market later this year but they are having problems with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and will not be offered for sale until authorization is
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Aspire 4935/4735Z Series Quick Guide Copyright © 2008. Acer Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Aspire 4935/4735Z Series Quick Guide Original Issue: 11/2008 This company makes no representations or warranties, either express or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Although care has been taken to ensure accuracy, this company shall not be liable for any errors (including, but not
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Arcacia Godfrey 1/19/15 Unit 4 Assignment 1 Port Expanders A Port Expander is a computer hardware that allows more than one device to connect to a single port on a computer. The commodore VIC-20 used a port expander to allow more than one cartridge to be connected to the single ROM cartridge. There are fourteen different types of port available on the expander hardware. * DB-25 Port Expander * Fire wire Port Expander * Serial Port Expander * USB Port Expander * VGA Port
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