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RedbeardThe ILOVEYOU virus was detected on May 5, 2000 when it infected millions of Windows users in the Philippines.
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No, once you take the DVD out of the computer the computer will not be able to watch what's on the DVD.
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I think you have to start with J Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, the inventors of the Univac Computer. Without that invention,...
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Try looking here: http://www.mathsyear2000.org/museum/floor3/gallery9/gal2_2p3.html
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A computer. ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator. The ENIAC was the first American digital computer...
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The Abacus is technically the very first computer, it simply needed a lot of human help. A computer is simply a device that...
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Clever question! I think that people learn from their mistakes and often try to enhance what they have made. So, same is the...
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Paul Baran (born 1926) was one of the developers of packet-switched networks along with Donald Davies and Leonard Kleinrock. He...
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Konrad Zuse invented a number of different calculating machines, most of them being named by a Z followed by a number. His first...
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Charles Babbage (26 December 1791 - 18 October 1871) is considered as the father of computers. Babbage is credited with...
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Not a reasonable question. AFLAC is an insurance company.
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The computer wasn't discovered, it was invented. Charles Babbage is generally credited with inventing the first mechanical...
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The IP address is for your computer just like your home address is for you. It is not capable of doing nothing by itself. On...
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He invented the microprocessor & it increases speed of computer:) He deals with lots of computers.. All computers include one...
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If you want to leave a blank line...i.e...______ just hold the shift button while pressing continuously the button two to the...
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No German has ever been multiplied by a machine.
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1066 MHz, 800 MHz, 533 MHz, and 400 MHz
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Charoles Babbage The father of the father of the computer.
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AnswerRyan sellers 1886 November the 15th. AnswerRyan sellers 1886 November the 15th.
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Charles Babbage, an English mathematician, suggested in 1822 that a mechanical machine could do calculations, just like our...
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Radio buttons offer a single select, while check boxes offer a multiple select.What's the difference between a check box and a...
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RAM
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Calculating, storing numbers and later on word processing.
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CIR stands for Consumer Infrared. Its driver is a piece of software that enables the infrared hardware on your laptop/desktop to...
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there is a crater on the moon named after him. <----- any more, any proof??
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The first affordable personal computer was the Kenbak-1. All that it could do was turn on lights based on programming inputs. It...
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The different bars reflect the scanners light differently and a sensor in the scanner interprets the different reflections which...
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I guess that Toshiba made a lot f things so far- but the best guess would be air conditioners. I mean, Toshiba is good at...
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It's possible, you have to correct boot.ini file and copy DOS loader and DOS system on your hard drive.
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Check the TOP500 list for this as it can change at any time.
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As far as i know they all do, with the possible exceptions of street vendors and hookers.
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Spooling refers to a process of transferring data by placing it in a temporary working area where another program may access it...
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A dead Man. it is believed that Mr. Yuiop (also Called Master Yuiop) was not originally named Qwert, But either Quert or Kevin....
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The calculator was invented by Dr Charles M Parkson. It was invented in 1915 and was presented at the international convention of...
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Seymour Cray had discovered the super computer
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The Commodore 64 was equipped with 64 kilobytes (KB) or 65536 bytes of memory (64*1024). It was possible to expand this memory...
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They don't have any computers in early 1900s. But they had some other machines like punched cards, electronic machines, etc to do...
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The first computer was about only 3 times the size of today's computer. It would require a lot more wires than it would today.
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Originally, the term "computer" referred to a person who performed numerical calculations, often with the aid of a mechanical...
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John William Mauchly (August 30, 1907 - January 8, 1980) was an American physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert, designed...
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The first Web site built was at http://info.cern.ch/ and was first put online on August 6, 1991. It provided an explanation...
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They are used for work, school, crime, stalking, chatting, phone calls, communication. They are used for life.
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They were used entirely for in-house think tank applications dealing with defense, there was public knowledge they existed, but...
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Keyboards were developed in the 19th century to operate the first typewriters. The concept most likely came from musical...
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Alan Alan Turing, I think. He made the computer, I am not to sure. Turing was british not American. The first American to invent...
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Types of Keyboard InstrumentsA list of keyboard types would include the virginals, spinet, clavichord, harpsichord, piano,...
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The first emoticon was a smiley ( :-) ) by Scott Fahlman of Carnegie University on September 19, 1982.
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Incase he has deleted his history do this: Open up internet explorer. Go to 'Tools' then 'internet options'. Click on the...
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Yes, but most likely you'll have to take apart the whole laptop, it depends on the make and model. Find laptop disassembly...
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1. business data processing 2.scientific data processing ako si jayveelim ang data processing
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At the simplest level, an operating system does two things: It manages the hardware and software resources of the system. In a...
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Father of the computer is Charles Babbage
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maybe in the 1930's
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---> Hopper's first assignment was under Commander Howard Aiken at the Bureau of Ordinance Computation at Harvard University....
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In many ways the 'Bulletin Board System' (BBS), a computer system running software that allows users to connect and login to the...
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AnswerDOS OS DOS was created as an Operating System. When DOS was first created we didnt have any sort of GUI's (Graphical User...
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The Altair 8800 from 1975 was sold as a mail-order kit and is widely recognized as the spark that led to the personal computer...
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Some of his main inventions include the computer mouse, windows, computer video teleconferencing, hypermedia, groupware, email,...
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Go into the recycle bin and under recycle bin tasks click empty recycle bin. Or click on the Recycle Bin with the right...
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History Of Keyboard While typewriters are the definitive ancestor of all key-based text entry devices, the computer keyboard as a...
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New technology, new software keeps being made, so customer demand for the latest and greatest keeps increasing, so new computers...
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AnswerYeah, we have new versions of Microsoft xp and vista and more improvments
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A PC virus reaches your computer/PC from the world wide web. A virus can be accumulated from various sites such as : xxx...
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What year did margaret Tonu die and what place?
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Known as `tubes' in America. Valves were glass containers where electrodes where encased in a vacuum. E.g. a diode valve would...
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A personal computer is a computer used for a wide variety of uses from checking one's e-mail, to making video games, to other...
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there was nothing really good in the first generation of computers all you could do was typr a document, do a math problem and...
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/There_are_two_main_companies_that_benefited_much_from_losing_IBM_its_market_leadership_Microsoft_by_usin...
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they have! They are some much more advanced. you can do almost anything on your computer now.
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It aid fraudulant activities
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Sorry, but WikiAnswers does not support graphics in its answers. To see the block diagram of the 8085, see the Related Link below.
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A tree is a specialized case of a graph. A tree is a connected graph with no circuits and no self loops. A graph consists of 3...
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The history about the name of Apple Inc. is Steve gave his team members one day's time to think about a good name of his company...
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The Original Macintosh was introduced January 22nd 1984 using a now legendary, Super Bowl Ad. (see related links below) During...
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That would depend on what kind of computer: Low cost - $80,000 to $250,000 Mainframe - $500,000 to $2,500,000 Supercomputer -...
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Savannah says; The speed of sound waves in water.
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Laptop computers, as we now know them, were invented because the existing computers were not portable enough for people of that...
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MICR was developed at IBM to expedite bank check processing.
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The answer for your question depends on the definition of the computer. The first computers were people! That is, electronic...
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Bell Labs. You leased them from AT&T, just like you leased your phones. Nobody else could legally even make them because it...
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Laser iridotomy was first used to treat angle closures in 1956.
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Most early computers were very large cabinets or many 19 inch relay racks packed full of vacuum tube electronics.
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Basically the same as in any computer, as well as the same as in any electronic device.
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Only doing math problems i would think. it wuz just a box with a bunch of red lights.
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