.... ends of the microwave link. Computer Crime Computer crime is defined as any crime involving a computer accomplished through the use or knowledge of computer technology. Computers are objects of crime when they or their contents are damaged, as when terrorists attack computer centres with explosives or gasoline, or when a "computer virus" a program capable of altering or erasing computer memory is introduced into a computer system. Personal Computer A personal computer is a computer that is based on a microprocessor, a small semiconductor chip that performs the operations of a c.p.u. P .....

.... is have someone professionally install a stereo. This has stirred an enormous growth in the personal car stereo businesses(Kelly, 58). Small shops along with big ones are popping up all over taking advantage of the publics new interest in car stereo. “Our biggest customers are the youth. They come in here, have what they want already picked out and then shell out 1000 to 2000 dollars without any questions,” stated Steve Frame, a local car stereo store manager(Frame,Interview). Along with the youth, adults are becoming more and more interested in quality sound. They have formed lea .....

.... the Apple Computer Company on April Fool’s Day and sold the Apple I board for $666.66 at the Home brew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. In 1977 the Apple II is available to the general public. Fully assembled and pretested, it includes 4K of standard memory, and comes equipped with two game paddles and a demo cassette. The price is $1,298. Customers use their own TV set as a monitor and store programs on audio cassette recorders. Compare this price with computers today. The price about the same, but the computer has changed tremendously. In 1979 Apple II+ is introduced, availab .....

.... screen, while a voice explains it to you through the loudspeaker. c: The TravTek guides the driver through the traffic. The computer always knows where you are, and the navigation system makes it impossible to get lost in the traffic, unless you really want to, and deliberately make the wrong turns. It also guides you past traffic jams and problems who might crop up around an accident. In a town where you have never been, you will quickly be able to find your way to hotels, restaurants, sports arenas, shops and much more, just by looking through the various menus of the TravTek. d: The te .....

.... the instructions given to him ( the program). This example serves well to explain how although a computer can look like it understands a story, it can do no more than "go through the motions." Of course such a definitive standpoint on an issue as controversial as the capacity of an AI to understand will draw many critics. The criticism of his theory that I find to be the most credible is The Other Mind Reply offered by Yale University. This line of thinking asks: if behavior is what we can determine the presence of cognition through, and an AI passes a behavioral test, why .....

.... services as a community. The second catagory involves Bulletin Boards or (BBS's). These services allow the user accounts like their larger on-line service cousins. These BBS's have less users because they run on smaller computers. The system operators, more commonly known as sysops, are running the boards. Since most BBS's are hobbies there is usually no charge for an account. The same as on-line services, users use BBS's for trades, games, and to chat among other users. Since bulletin boeard are so easy to set up there are thousands of them located around the world. Each board .....

.... for info. Businesses also focus on other companies to sell their products. General Electric sold machine and appliance parts using a new business to business technology called "extranet". GE used its successful "extranet" to roll in 1996 online sales of one billion dollars. Another very successful type of business on the net is the coming of services backed by research, such as discount stock trading, including e.Schwab and a Web-only company called E*Trade. Travel services have been very promising because the transactions can be supported by extensive computer databases of useful inform .....

.... the shape the designer intended. Lastly, is the solid model. It is represented in the computer as solid shape, as if it were, for example a solid piece of steel All data concerning its shape is known by the computer software, and can be manipulated in more of an automated way rather than every surface or every wire frame requiring individual shaping (Unigraphics 1-1). CAD/CAM software also creates N/C Programs for manufacturing. But, first let’s define what CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) is, and how it is used in the industry. CAM software is generally used for the creation .....

.... not have to: 1. Take up more of a salesperson’s time on the phone. 2. Take up an order-entry clerk. 3. Waste time trying to understand precisely what the customer needs. (The customer can browse though our entire catalog of merchandise) Instead, the company’s time can be spent on more important customer service issues. A salesperson can get out in the field to meet one-on-one with their customers. Order-entry clerks can spend more time making sure they key exactly what the customer wants. That covers the benefits to the company, but how about the customer. Are they benefiting as wel .....

.... things have greatly aided companies in their quests to accomplish these goals. They are the innovative software products of CAD/CAM and, last but not least, the World Wide Web. An important program has aided companies all over the world. Computer- aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) is the integration of two technologies. It has often been called the new industrial revolution. In CAD, engineers and designers use specialized computer software to create models that represent characteristics of objects. These models are analyzed by computer and redesigned as nec .....