.... the system is booted, the BIOS reads sector 0 (known as the MBR - the Master Boot Record) from the first disk (or from floppy), and jumps to the code found there - usually some bootstrap loader.These small bootstrap programs found there typically have no own disk drivers and use BIOS services.This means that a Linux kernel can only be booted when it is entirely located within the first 1024 cylinders. This problem is very easily solved: make sure that the kernel (and perhaps other files used during bootup, such as LILO map files) are located on a partition that is entirely c .....

.... low-wing, respectively. The number of wings can also vary. Airplanes with a single set of wings are referred to as monoplanes, while those with two sets are called biplanes. To help fly the airplane, the wings have two types of control surfaces attached to the rear, or trailing, edges. They are referred to as ailerons and flaps. Ailerons extend from about the midpoint of each wing outward to the tip. They move in opposite directions - when one aileron goes up, the other goes down. Flaps extend outward from the fuselage to the midpoint of each wing. They always move in the same di .....

.... and universities to explore the possibility of a communication network that could survive a nuclear attack. It continued simply because the DOD, DOD's contractors, and the universities found that it provided a very convenient way to communicate (Wendell). The ARPANET was a success from the very beginning. Although originally designed to allow scientists to share data and access remote computers, e-mail quickly becomes the most popular application. The ARPANET became a high-speed digital post-office as people used it to collaborate on research projects and discuss topics of various .....

.... points. Even a vague guess of your whereabouts would be enough to discard the bogus point, and you'd be left with a pretty good idea of your position. Better yet, take a cut from a third DME transmitter and draw a third circle on your chart. Now you'd have three intersecting circles and your position would be inside the little triangle formed by the intersection of the three circles. Got the picture? This is basically how GPS triangulates, except that instead of circles, we're dealing with intersecting spheres. TIMING IS EVERYTHING Think of GPS satellites as floating DME stations. They move .....

.... linked to with ease. These sites can be seen whether or not the child is purposely or mistakenly connecting to them. This is why mothers should act immediately if they do not want their children to be exposed to demeaning pictures of complete nudity and explicit sex. They need to monitor Internet use for their children by purchasing and installing a program that filters out pornography. Surprisingly, there is an unlimited amount of pornography on the Internet. Search engines that most kids use for gathering information for school projects are the tools that anyone can use to connect to t .....

.... familiar with the new enhancements that increase productivity. Finally, the company must allow time for installation and training. When looking at the need to change from a manual accounting system to a computerized accounting system you also need to look at the future demands of your company. How do you know when it is time to make the change? When your company has grown so large that it no longer has access to the data used to make decisions, then it is probably time to switch to a computerized data management system. These computerized data management systems are often called .....

.... user carry a digital screen that fits in your pocket. This digital screen receives an encrypted message and displays numbers that change every few minutes. These numbers make the password one needs for the next few minutes in order to access the computer. This password method is somewhat new. It is also better, for the previous password method is not totally fool proof. This is because the passwords are stored in the computer and if a computer literate person was to access this information, they could get into a computer and enter it looking as if they were someone else for they have .....

.... they did with their time. Menial, repetitive tasks could easily be carried out by computers with no loss of efficiency of effectiveness however long the tasks took. The only problem was the expense of the machines. This was solved by the introduction of large Scale Integration (LSI), newly invented components and improving manufacturing techniques, which made the devices in these machines cheaper to build. Due to these advances IBM unveiled the first online transaction processing system in 1964. It was designed for American Airlines and its speed meant that bookings could be made and .....

.... no longer just toys and they had a very useful purpose. Most people still felt the cost was too great for a glorified typewriter. Several years after they introduction of the BASIC system, Apple introduced a new line of computers called the Macintosh. These Macintosh computers were extreme easy to use, and were about the same price of a computer that used BASIC. Apple's business exploded with the Mac, Macintosh were put in schools and millions of homes proving that the computer was an extreme useful tool after all. The Macintosh made such an impact on the computer industry that IBM and M .....

.... wider than normal. The cameras work at a range up to 3 feet away, and only take two to four seconds to find, photograph and match your iris. The security benefits are obvious: no two people, not even identical twins, have the same iris. While cards and PINs can be stolen, irises cannot. Van Naarden says iris-scanning is also being used overseas at teller windows, kiosks, vaults, and safety deposit boxes. Stopping Fraud, Saving Money And in an industry that loses billions each year to various forms of fraud, a near-foolproof identification system might just come in handy. "We will signi .....