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Computer Technology Essays and Term Papers
Optical Storage MediumsThe most common way of storing data in a computer is magnetic. We have hard
drives and floppy disks (soon making way to the CD-ROM), both of which can store
some amount of data. In a disk drive, a read/write head (usually a coil of
wire) passes over a spinning disk, generating an electrical ...
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Chinese Economic Reform Under Communist RuleTwo years after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, it became apparent to many of
China's leaders that economic reform was necessary. During his tenure as China's
premier, Mao had encouraged social movements such as the Great Leap Forward and
the Cultural Revolution which had had as their bases ...
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The Brokerage Industry And The InternetIt is a new day on Wall Street. The Internet is changing the way the brokerage industry does business. Today more and more investors are electing to trade via the Internet and avoid contact with a broker all together. Are the days of the large full service broker over or will there be a ...
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Atlantis: We Will Never KnowFantasy is a tough sell in the twentieth century. The world has been fully discovered and fully mapped. Popular media has effectively minimized the legend and the fantastic rumor, though to make up for this it has generated falsities not as lavish but just as interesting. Satellites have mapped ...
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Nuclear PowerMost of the world's electricity is generated by either thermal or hydroelectric power plants. Thermal power plants use fuel to boil water which makes steam. The steam turns turbines that generate electricity. Hydroelectric power plants use the great force of rushing water from a dam or a ...
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College CostsIntroduction
It's no secret that financing a college education is getting
tougher. have skyrocketed over the past decade or so, and there's
no relief in sight. Average tuition at four-year colleges will increase 7
percent this school year, double the rate of inflation. Student aid is ...
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Global Stratification- A SocioE-mail: captainobvious@rocketmail.com
The industrialization and technology of the world’s higher income nations has a negative effect on the plight of the world’s poorer nations. The high-income nations’ industrialization encourages child labor, poor living conditions in exchange for material ...
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McDonaldization Of SocietyIf you have ever had a meal in a restaurant (fast-food/formal dining), used an ATM in a bank, spent your vacation at an amusement park or simply browsed through a mall, you have been exposed to McDonaldization. McDonaldization is “the process by which the principles of the fast food restaurant ...
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Shop Online Or At The Malls?? Radiation, sore eyes, fatigue carpal tunnel syndrome and characteristics of a hermit. These are the common “sickness” people get when working with computers too long. Shopping is one of the largest industries in the world. For the people who decide to shop on the Internet, have to face many ...
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Internet In Our LivesA new day on Wall Street. The Internet is changing the way the brokerage industry does business. Today more and more investors are electing to trade via the Internet and avoid contact with a broker all together. Are the days of the large full service broker over or will there be a compromise ...
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Atlantis: We Will Never KnowFantasy is a tough sell in the twentieth century.
The world has been fully discovered and fully mapped. Popular media has
effectively minimized the legend and the fantastic rumor, though to make up for
this it has generated falsities not as lavish but just as interesting.
Satellites have mapped ...
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Global WarmingTemperatures rising, ocean waters going over their banks, glaciers melting, and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels continuing to rise. All of these horrific conditions are predicted to take place in the 21st Century, if is not stopped. Could we expect these types of conditions in the next few years or ...
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The Internet And Its Affect On The EconomyIn the last five years, the businesses on the Internet have more than doubled, as shown in figure 1. Soon, it will represent the fundamental source for purchasing products and advertising businesses, and it will be prominent among homes as the primary technique of relaxing. As the usage of the ...
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GIS And My Fields Of InterestI was introduced to GIS in the Fall of 1998. My Environmental Science Lab Instructor spent an afternoon giving us an overview of this "new" technology. Needless to say an afternoon was not enough to teach me everything I needed/wanted to know about GIS but it was enough of a teaser to get me ...
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Macbeth 3The world in 1999 has changed much from the way it was in 1900. Many would say that it has changed for the better.
In the early 1900s, for example, women were denied the right to vote and many other rights that men had. This made a women's life substantially harder than a man's because she did ...
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What I Would Place In A Time CapsuleAs the turn of the millennium approaches, the human race will
continue to develop new technology and new ways of thinking. It is always
enjoyable to take a visual journey back in time, to view what was
considered advanced and what thoughts of future times represented. A time
capsule stored with ...
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The FAAhas hindered the development of airline safety because of
its policy of safety, its regulation of the airline industry, and it needs
to be separate from the Department of Transportation.
has hindered the development of airline safety because of
its policy of safety. Part of its policy is the ...
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The Future Of The InternetIn Today's world of computers, the internet has become part of ones
regular vocabulary. The internet is everywhere, in the news, the newspaper,
magazines, and entire books are written on it regularly. Its growth rate is
incredible, increasing by about 10% every month (Dunkin 180). This rapid ...
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Instructional DesignThe ultimate goal of is to quickly and effectively teach people a new skill, or system of thinking. Elliot Masie, editor of TechLearn Trends, suggests ¡§all training is about behavioral stimulation that changes human beings on some level.¡¨ (Masie, 1998, p. 14) This is a tall order ¡§to change ...
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Atlantis: We Will Ever KnowFantasy is a tough sell in the twentieth century.
The world has been fully discovered and fully mapped. Popular media has
effectively minimized the legend and the fantastic rumor, though to make up for
this it has generated falsities not as lavish but just as interesting.
Satellites have mapped ...
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