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RedbeardA micro computer is a computer with a microprocessor as its central processing unit. A microprocessor incorporates most or all of...
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The cost of the current fastest supercomputer (IBM's Roadrunner) was around $133 million. However, with the current state of...
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It would depend on its condition and accompanying software, but probably not more than $150 USD.
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Electronic computers, since ww2. Human computers, almost forever.
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Charles Babbage was the eldest of four children born to Benjamin and Betty Plumleigh Babbage. His mother gave birth to a son,...
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A Transistor is an electronic device which amplifies electrical signals, or acts as a switch. Most of the research on Transistors...
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1. Bitmap 2. Vector 3. Colour Depth 4. Resolution 5. Jpg 6. GIF 7. PNG help? ...
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Much the same as they do today, but only with a larger architecture due to cruder methods and then as yet to be developed...
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when was the trace the development of computers invented?
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One importance is dealing with crime. If a criminal has alot of information stored on a computer then he sees he is about to be...
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Do your own homework. Don't get other people on the internet to help you cheat.
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There are thousands of computer viruses. (See links below)
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Random access memory is able to locate data in any order but serial access memory can only locate data in a sequence. Serial...
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Here is a good overview of early PCs - http://www.blinkenlights.com/pc.shtml I'd say the Altair was the first computer that an...
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Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak introduced the first Apple computer in 1976
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hard disks are generally contains within the computer and contain FAR more memory than a floppy disk does. floppy disks generally...
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The Apple II was developed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak for their Apple computer Inc. company and was first sold in 1977.
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Computers create an easer way to do things. They make life easer basically. With them we can talk to people, pay bills or rent,...
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The Macintosh was developed by a team of engineers at Apple Computers. Initially Jef Raskin proposed the idea and was joined by...
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There are many great sites that buy your dvds or will help you sell your dvds. But there is no definitive best place to sell....
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In Windows: 1. Go to My Computer. 2. Right-Click the Drive/ Removable Storage you would like to see how many bits it contains. ...
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Alan Cumming is 46 years old (birthdate: January 27, 1965).
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It depends on the type of computer you have or what Internet browser you have. Like for Internet explorer, you go to the...
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the first generation of computers is the ones that were the first computers and the 7 th is the next generation
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Hold [Shift] and type [J][M][T][B][0][2]
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Because, as a matter of fact, they were the ones that invented computers. So therefore, the only people that can invent computers...
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Charles Babbage studied at Trinity and Peterhouse Colleges, Cambridge University. He received a BA in Mathematics in 1814, and...
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Delphi was the first national commercial online service that offered Internet access to its subscribers. It opened an email...
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FORTRAN, FORTH, C, BASIC, COBOL, LISP, LOGO, Pascal, and many more. Algol - Algorithmic Language SAIL - Stanford Artificial...
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It's temporary memory. When you run a program such as a word processor or an Internet browser, the CPU in your computer pulls...
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It depends on how well you take care of the laptop. If you just turn it on and off a lot of times during the day, and do not...
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1.Consider the primary function of your new laptop. Think of whether you will be using the computer for work or gaming, and how...
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Paul Allen but now he works for mac
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No, they are not going out. Arron and GuiGui are just good friends ang co-workers:) No, they are not going out. Arron and...
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You do know that the generation we have now are all about computer, right. Only 2 things I can explain how computers affects our...
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Acronym for advance research project agency network
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Not alot. An example is a man got caught and received a two month curfew and had to wear an electronic tag
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The first official public Personal Computer was introduced in 1975, entitled MITS Altair.
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The Prince and The Pauper was first published in 1881 in Canada before being published 1882 in the U.S.
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SUN stands for Stanford University Network
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The earliest electronic digital computers were used for military applications, such as calculating ship gun elevations during...
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If you mean the first branded personal computer that can be directly related to the PC on your desk, the first branded machine...
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On the internet and many others.
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yes you can use it for your business but the prob is, is the picure good or not, or is it to expencive to copy
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One: It gets you here Two: It corrects your grammar Three: Email
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Q:1 What is difference between Forth Generation & Fifth Generation computers
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Pros: 1. Long battery life 2. Charges quickly 3. Easy to use programs 4. No bulky computer machine, just...
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QWERTY has become tradition. The first typewriters DID have alphabetical layout, but they got too many hammer clashes and the...
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Internet Service Providers offers its customer's access to the Internet
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One of the changes in the US since 1945 is that?
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The first known computer was the Antikythera Mechanism, whose inventor unknown was built around 150 to 100 BC.Atanasoff-Berry...
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First generation computers don't have characteristics. The primary characteristic of first generation computers, by most...
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Apples specifications lie this range (depending on what computer you buy and how much your willing to spend) 2.26GHz-2.93 quad...
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One ampere is 1 coulomb (6.242×10^18) of electrons traveling past a point in 1 second. (2e13 / 1e-3) * (1 / 6.242e18) =...
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Everything on a computer is important, like every item contributes to the computer actually working But the most important part...
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I found mine last spring. So, 2008, in my case.
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Charles Babbage was born in London, England.
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i just want to know how many employees of air Asia
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I could be wrong, but I believe they were called Archie and veronica. They were crawlers. They would take you to where you needed...
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CUI stands for Character User Interface,it means that u have to type commands to interact with your computer. e.g. - In DOS for...
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computer? don't know! laptop... around 12 million i think
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Computers can help with taxes or homework, or if your like me, essays.
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Open the Internet then go to tools, internet options, delete, then check what you want to delete.
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The ENIAC measured 2.5 meters in height and 24 meters in length. See the related link for a website with some more facts about...
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37 hrs , ok Dan's answer: It really depends. Me being 17, I spend about 2 hours per day if I'm doing school work. I think more...
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calculus (the study of limits, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series in mathematics)
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micro star invented the word processor in 1979 if you know anything more please add to this thanks As an IBM 360/370...
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The C programming language provides many standard library functions for file input and output. These functions make up the bulk...
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data exchange data management
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Diminishing returns.
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IBM came first
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IT WAS ADAM LILL 1N 1969.SOME GUY CALLED SURGEY TRIED TO MAKE ONE BUT FAILED
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They use a device called Microprocessor. They are smaller in size.They are cheaper and faster.They are very easy to...
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Most banks now offer online banking features
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John McAfee (born September 18, 1945) is a computer programmer and founder of McAfee. He was one of the first people to design...
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The QWERTY keyboard is not random. It was designed by Christopher Sholes in in the early 1870's. He was trying to design a type...
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