Chapter 1.5 Data Transmission and Networking. 1.5 (a) Networks All the systems that have been mentioned so far have been individual computers, sometimes with more than one user, but single processors. This means that the systems we have discussed so far are not connected to other machines. Imagine a classroom with 20 computers in it. Every time the lesson ends you would need to store your files on secondary storage. It would be possible to store the files on a floppy disk and take
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Technology, Information Technology included, have changed our lives in so many ways. It changed how we recorded our thoughts into written words, how we communicate with one another, how we shop, bank, how we keep our memories, most aspect of our lives. It significantly changed the manufacture industry and touched almost every single industry. The first computer was invented in 1939 by Hewlett-Packard in a garage in Palo Alto, California. It was mostly used in military/government and universities/science
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The dawn of the new age - The Computer Era - glows before us with the promise of new and improved ways of thinking, living and working. The amount of information in the world is said to be doubling every six to seven years. The only way to keep up with these increased amounts of data and information is to understand how computers work and the ability to control them for a particular purpose. A computer can be defined as an electronic data processing device, capable of accepting data, applying a
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Balatbat, Maricar N. December 09, 2014 BBF 2-7s Homework 1. WHAT IS MIS? MIS is short for management information
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times, teachers manually solve grades using paper and pen. HOKACHING UNIVERSITY uses the manual way of computing grades and adding information or records of both students and professors. The process entails a lot of effort and by computing and storing of data manually the process is prone to error especially for the professors who handle two or more classes. By using the manual way of computing and storing data, being prone to error is possible and just by a single mistake, repeating the process
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Networking subject when we are in 3rd year level but honestly when I heard the topic that the next speaker discussed I was not really familiar with the server virtualization. Based on what I learned virtualization is virtually to have two or more virtual computing environments, running in different operating system and application in one piece of hardware. I learned that by the use of virtualization you can minimize the use of the hardware because you can use the partitioning which can run virtual machine
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Technology and Jobs Abstract Have you ever asked yourself whether or not technology may possibly be taking away multiple jobs from us humans? Why is this so? Jobs are becoming increasingly obsolete due to the fact that now, the job can be done by a computer. Now, when you go to the grocery store, there are self-checkout registers in which you, the consumer, do the work while the cashier’s job becomes less aggravating. Also, in the medical field, there are many operations and procedures that
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In short, IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit and retrieve information, securely. Today, the term Information Technology has ballooned to encompass many aspects of computing and technology, and the term is more recognizable than ever before. The Information Technology umbrella can be quite large, covering many fields. IT professionals perform a variety of duties that range from installing applications to designing complex
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analyzing student’s performance, talents and skills. Students’ grades and records are vital information needed in advancing to the next level and its accuracy is very essential. As for many teachers, they feel that the time they spent on recording and computing grades can be used for a more valuable profit such as preparing lessons, researching or spending more time with their students. Now, with the advent of computer technology, schools are advancing in using Grading Systems to aid in saving time on
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1970s Technology The 1970s marked the start of a time of new technologies, this time in history was called the Computer Revolution. The personal computer was one of the largest inventions of the 1970s, but what led to the creation were the historical events in that decade, what people looked for in a computer, and what affect those historical events had on the personal computer. At the start of the 1970s, many people had no use for a computer but, towards the end of the decade there were many uses
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