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History Of The Internet
Number of words: 4930 - Number of pages: 18.... in what is acceptable content on the Internet, and how the first amendment has blocked many policy attempts trying to regulate the technology.
We can point to the fact that emergence of any new technology is always the contribution of several intertwined social factors over a period of many years. The Internet as we know it today is no exception. We can show that the beginnings of the Internet started in the 1940's and took over in the 50's to be shaped into what we consider is the Internet of today. We can also show that the Internets creation was due to several social impacts that .....
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DNA Technology
Number of words: 427 - Number of pages: 2.... states that may only be used for ethical and positive purposes what may be ethical and positive to one may not be to another. So, specific restrictions must be made on the uses; such as, it must only be used on a life threatening disease or life altering problem. However, even these restrictions could be used to ones discretion, obstacles such as these are problematic and must be dealt with carefully and monitored closely.
Human cloning is a major ethical problem. There are many issues in the arena of human cloning. One argument against it is that there is absolutely no need for human clon .....
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The Computer And Mass Communication
Number of words: 4603 - Number of pages: 17.... a station from dozens of possibilities of broadcast entertainment and news. There is an astonishing electronic information infrastructure surrounding me - surrounding us all.
But the electronic part of the information infrastructure is only a tiny fraction of what's available to me. Every morning the newspaper is thrown into the driveway. The paper is an amazing achievement, more than one hundred pages of news, data, photographs, and advertisements pulled over electronic threads from around the world, processed, organised, and delivered. Every day at about noon the mailman brings mail to t .....
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History Of Telecommunications
Number of words: 2827 - Number of pages: 11.... is how messages were spread for far distances. In similar state, the old China used a sort of drum telegraph which was that of the "Tamtam". This was a big, free hanging, circular metal plate. The keystroking, as it is called, of this plate would create a far-reaching audible tone. This is the drum telegraph and the start of telecommunication.
Fire Signaling
Fire signaling is another part of the telecommunication family. Also, the old Greece and the
Roman Empire already posses a good organized telegraph system. Fire signaling was sited from mountain to mountain or fro .....
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The Telephone
Number of words: 1495 - Number of pages: 6.... you own, there has to be some device
that allows you to talk to and listen to. This device is called the handset. The
handset is usually made out of plastic and inside it are two main components:
the transmitter and the receiver.
THE TRANSMITTER
It is the job of the transmitter to turn the air pressure created by
your sound waves to electrical signals so they can be sent to the other
telephone. The waves hit a thin skin called the diaphragm that is physically
connected to a reservoir of carbon granules. When the pressure hits the
diaphragm, it shakes up the carbon granules. Then th .....
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Battle Of Computer Bytes
Number of words: 1008 - Number of pages: 4.... lets you call up and switch between any software application at any time. Thus feature is better than the Mac's because its use is more obvious. It clearly shows what is running and allows you to switch programs with a single click of the mouse. Control panels have been added so you can configure your hardware. There is easy access to frequently used files. You can make very long file names on Windows 95 instead of short and strange names that leave you wondering about, such as on Windows 3.x I could not name a folder “This is stuff for school” it would have to be much shorter .....
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Television Is Ideally A Tool
Number of words: 482 - Number of pages: 2.... the more involvement, the more they learn and remember. If your child watches a certain show daily, sit down once a week and watch the show with them. Your interest in the show will also be a supporting guide for their growing minds, influencing them for the future.
AT&T has categorized television programs in a way that enables you to view children rated programs all together. A kid pushes a button on the remote, and boom, all his shows are categorized. He can then set reminders for upcoming shows and movies.
This modernized TV-Guide does not relieve any of any parental guidance. Th .....
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America And The Computer Industry
Number of words: 2602 - Number of pages: 10.... took place in 1694 when Blaise Pascal invented the first Òdigital calculating machineÓ. It could only add numbers and they had to be entered by turning dials. It was designed to help PascalÕs father who was a tax collector (Soma, 32).
In the early 1800Õs, a mathematics professor named Charles Babbage designed an automatic calculation machine. It was steam powered and could store up to 1000 50-digit numbers. Built in to his machine were operations that included everything a modern general-purpose computer would need. It was programmed by-and stored data on-cards with holes punched in them .....
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Internet Censorship
Number of words: 1406 - Number of pages: 6.... the latter, often the government does not want the citizens being introduced to new ideas, which may cause discontent and unrest in some cases. Whether the Internet should and can be censored is one debate which affects much of the modern world. Though there are strong arguments on both sides, by examining evidence it can be decided that there is no feasible way to regulate the Internet at the present time in the United States. Before any censorship can even be attempted, some serious questions must be answered. The most important of these is "What is the Internet's identity?" What this mea .....
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Silicon Science: The Job Of A System Analyst
Number of words: 1354 - Number of pages: 5.... team must write reports on how
to solve any problems the consumer may have with the new system, which, in
turn, involves the use of more math models. In order to be capable of
completing the above tasks, a system analyst must continue education beyond
high school.
The post-secondary education required for a system analyst can be
found only at a four- year institution. A student looking to become a
system analyst must concentrate on the science and math courses offered by
such an institute. Employers look for people who possess a Bachelor of
Science degree in one of the following areas: .....
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