...Building your Own Computer It is increasingly popular to build your own computer. In most cases, it saves money, and it guarantees you get what you want. It also assures you avoid proprietary designs many companies use to keep you coming to them for new parts. Best of all, having built the system yourself, you become very familiar with that system and with computers in general. People from all walks of life today build their own PCs. Executives, engineers, students, housewives, they all do it today. But, at the same time, pre-built PCs have come down in price quite a bit. Today, one is left to wonder whether it is best to build a PC yourself or to simply buy one off the shelf. I’ll address that here. If you are a real PC enthusiast, this question may be a non-issue. The answer may be as obvious as the color of the sky. This is predictable, of course. When one builds their own PC, they are able to not only understand their PC better because they built it, but they are able to choose each component that goes into their PC. There is really something to be said for choosing your own components, and I’ll go into that further below. There is also a certain sense of satisfaction with having built a PC. One spends a few hours (or less for those more familiar with the process) to put the thing together. Then comes the moment of truth when one hits the power switch for the first time. If it works on the first try, its beer time! But, besides the joy of it, is it worth it? Is it...
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...planning the new structure including location, size, services provided, and the types of rooms included in the building. The two options to create this facility are remodeling the current library, or rebuilding. The first option is to remodel the current library, which offers several advantages. The current location of the library is suitable because it is centralized and easily accessible from any area of the campus. Remodeling also offers the possibility of creating an addition or a second building on the north side of the library. An addition would be very beneficial for both students and faculty by adding more classrooms, computer labs, and quiet study areas. There are also disadvantages to remodeling the current library that must be considered. The current facility is an older building, which creates the possibility of structural problems or safety concerns. It could be very difficult to remodel the older building because unforeseen problems may arise that could be costly and take a large amount of time to repair. Some issues that need addressed are the electric work and the restroom. Completing any electric work could become very extensive and extend overall construction time. The restrooms in the building are also old and need renovations. Plumbing problems or mold may exist that could be very expensive to fix. Also due to the age of the building, changes need to be made to be compliant with the American’s with Disabilities Act...
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...it’s academic and cultural knowledge to the growing student population UMUC has recently purchased an building and is moving forward with the plan to utilize it as a computer education and lab facility. The building is named as “ Library and Communication Center”. Establishment of this facility will provide the current and future students and faculty members to gain and impart computer knowledge in an environment that is technologically proficient in meeting the demands of the ever-increasing computer skills. The purpose of this document is to identify the requirements, develop an overall design and specifications for the Library and Communication Center to be completely functional. Proposed Topology Select one or more topologies to use for this design. This section should be used to provide details of the selected infrastructure or equipment. Include the model, manufacturer, features, and cost. In order to develop a good network layout plan, we have to first understand the layout of the building. The Library and Communication Center is a 50-year-old building. The specifications of the building is as follows: Area | Measurements | Length | 240 ft | Width | 90 ft | Height | 30 ft | The layout of the building is designed to provide the optimum use of the facility in the following way: 1st Floor | 2nd Floor | | | Computer Lab (Room 1,2,4) | Computer Lab (Room 1,2,5) | Server Room (1 server room) | Server Room (1 server...
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...I. Computer Dynamics Computer Dynamics is a microcomputer software development company that has a 300-computer network. The company is located in three adjacent five-story buildings in an office park, with about 100 computers in each building. The current network is a poorly designed mix of Ethernet and token ring (Ethernet in two buildings and token ring in the other). The networks in all three buildings are heavily overloaded, and the company anticipates significant growth in network traffic. There is currently no network connection among the buildings, but this is one objective in building the new network. Describe the network you would recommend and how it would be configured with the goal of building a new network that will support the company’s needs for the next 3 years with few additional investments. Be sure to include the devices and type of network circuits you would use. You will need to make some assumptions, so be sure to document your assumptions and explain why you have designed the network in this way. Because we are considering the company present needs and over the next 3 years and not adding any addition investments, I would design the network using the traditional network design process. Computer Dynamics is centrally located in three adjacent five-story buildings, however there is no network connectivity amongst the buildings, which means we have to build a backbone to connect all three LANs. Before addressing the connectivity issues amongst the buildings...
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... Order Line. Order ID references Order. Order ID. Sales Manager (Sales Manager ID, Sales Manager Name) Product (Product No, Description, Unit Price, Manufacturer Name) Product. Manufacturer Name references Manufacturer. Manufacturer Name. Manufacturer (Manufacturer Name, Product No) Part 2 2B. Room (Building ID, Room No) Lab (Building ID, Room No) Lab. Building ID references Room. Building ID. Lab. Room No references Room. Room No. Computer (CType ID, Computer Type, Type Description, Processor) Lab-Computer (CType ID, Building ID, Room No) Lab-Computer. CType ID references Computer. CType ID. Lab-Computer. Building ID references Lab. Building ID. Lab-Computer. Room No references Lab. Room No. Classroom (Building ID, Room No, Board) Classroom. Building ID references Room. Building ID. Classroom. Room No references Room. Room No. Media (MType ID, Media Type, Type Description) Room-Media (Building ID, Room No, MType ID) Room-Media. MType ID references Media. MType ID. Room-Media. Building ID references Room. Building ID. Room-Media. Room No references Room. Room No. Instructor (Emp ID, Name, Rank, Office phone) Instructor-Media (Emp ID, MType ID) Instructor-Media. Emp ID references Instructor. Emp ID. Instructor-Media. MType ID references Media. MType ID. Time slot...
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... of Technology Introduction to Computer Networking Prof. Teodora Bakardjieva 1 1.0 Introduction The purpose of the networking guidelines are as follows: to assist students in understanding the benefits of networking to help students place in context their current stage of networking development in their school. to assist students in planning the next stage of network development in their school. to provide standard networking ‘models’ and best practice to students that will assist students in their network planning. This document includes information under the following main headings: Introduction to Networking Advantages of Networking Types of Networks Models of networking appropriate to students NCTE recommendation to students Some relevant terms. 1.1. Basic of Networking A computer network consists of a collection of computers, printers and other equipment that is connected together so that they can communicate with each other. Fig 1 gives an example of a network in a school comprising of a local area network or LAN connecting computers with each other, the internet, and various servers. 2 File and Print Server CD or Multimedia Servers Access to: Internet content & learning resources, Scoilnet etc Email communication Users computers Cache, Proxy, Filtering, Firewall Server Modem or Router School ‘Local Area Network’ (LAN) Other users, computers Fig 1: Representation of Network in...
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...effectively and need to be managed carefully. A physical resource includes the building, maintenance and security. Technological resources include the physical equipment and the design. Physical Resources. Physical resources are the resources that the business needs to maintain in order to carry out all the activities. These include the things like the building, facilities, plant and machinery. Management of physical resources involves planning the maintenance and refurbishment and includes organising the insurance and the security to keep the resource’s safe. Building and Facilities. Any business or any building will need to have premises from where they can operate. This could range from a person’s home; when business first start operating, to tower block offices all over the world. In business, a building is a very important part of the image. In the sixth form at Clacton Coastal Academy, they have a wide range of facilities. They have the main building. The main building is the main image of the school. In the main building you have all different facilities, you have science labs, canteen. The canteen is a very important part of the school. Everyone buys their food and drink from there. The school has the library; the library is also a public library. Another public use of the school is the field and the parking area. In the main building the 6th has its own common room. it has cooking rooms, computer rooms. All those rooms are used for a specific reason. The 6th has its...
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...IT 282 Week 7-Individua-Personal Computers on the Internetl Get Tutorial by Clicking on the link below or Copy Paste Link in Your Browser https://hwguiders.com/downloads/282-week-7-individua-personal-computers-internetl/ For More Courses and Exams use this form ( http://hwguiders.com/contact-us/ ) Feel Free to Search your Class through Our Product Categories or From Our Search Bar (http://hwguiders.com/ ) Personal Computers on the Internet A personal computer can be connected to LAN (Local Area Network) by using a router. This type of network is a private network that links computers at a single location, such as at a home or office building. A computer with the LAN connection is allowed to different network components like files, software and devices like printers and fax machines with in the private area. A computer can be connected to a router using Ethernet cable, or a router can communicate wirelessly using radio waves. The Internet is wider than the LAN, basically it is network of networks, and it connects the different networks (LANs and/or MANs) available worldwide and makes them public. The internet connection is called WAN (Wide Area Network) that connects millions of smaller networks with over a billion computers connected at any given time. The most basic difference between a LAN and the Internet then, is that a LAN is private and localized, while the Internet is public and worldwide. A LAN is connected to a router using Ethernet cable but the...
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...considered the financial center of the world and is home to numerous critical infrastructures that can be vulnerable to acts of domestic terrorism. One of the major critical infrastructures is the Empire State Building, which after an assessment is vulnerable to acts of domestic terrorism. Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 103 story high skyscraper located in the heart of Midtown, Manhattan. It is a privately owned commercial building located on 34th Street and 5th Avenue. Since 1931, the Empire State Building has been part of the New York City skyline and is now considered a landmark. There are numerous different business organizations and stores that rent out space and it is even home to local radio stations. The Empire State building is one of the main tourist attractions in New York City and its observation deck, located on the 86th floor, has been host to over 100 million tourists since it first opened its doors. The Empire State Building has been featured in famous films such as King Kong and Sleepless in Seattle to name a few. The building creates a lot of revenue for the City of New York as well as its owners. Any loss or damage to this critical infrastructure will hurt the financial stability of New York City. The owners of the Empire state Building must implement countermeasures to protect this infrastructure. “Critical infrastructures must be secure and able to withstand and rapidly recover from all hazards”. (www.dha.gov, 2014) Assessment ...
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...Apple Inc. is an American technology company headquartered in California. Apple designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, online services, and personal computers. Its best-known product line includes Mac line of computers, iPod media player, the iPhone smart phone, the iPad tablet computer, and the Apple Watch smart watch. Apple also has online services which include its online services include iCloud, the iTunes Store, and the App Store. Apple's consumer software includes the OSX and iOS working systems, the iTunes media browser, the Safari web browser. Apple was initiated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976, to develop and sell personal computers. Apple is the world's second-main information...
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...Researchers Building a Computer Chip Based on the Human Brain - U... http://news.boisestate.edu/update/2013/08/14/research-team-building-a-... Skip to Main Content (#main-content) UPDATE Update (http://news.boisestate.edu/update/) Your source for campus news Researchers Building a Computer Chip Based on the Human Brain (http://news.boisestate.edu/update/files/2013/08/Memritor620x320.jpg) Today’s computing chips are incredibly complex and contain billions of nano-scale transistors, allowing for fast, high-performance computers, pocket-sized smartphones that far outpace early desktop computers, and an explosion in handheld tablets. Despite their ability to perform thousands of tasks in the blink of an eye, none of these devices even come close to rivaling the computing capabilities of the human brain. At least not yet. But a Boise State University research team could soon change that. Electrical and computer engineering faculty Elisa Barney Smith, Kris Campbell and Vishal Saxena are joining forces on a project titled “CIF: Small: Realizing Chip-scale Bio-inspired Spiking Neural Networks with Monolithically Integrated Nano-scale Memristors.” (http://news.boisestate.edu/update/files 1 of 3 3/15/2014 12:37 PM Researchers Building a Computer Chip Based on the Human Brain - U... http://news.boisestate.edu/update/2013/08/14/research-team-building-a-... /2013/08/PCB_image.png) Team members are experts in machine learning (artificial intelligence), integrated circuit design and...
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...Chapter 12: Mini Case 1 Computer Dynamics Computer Dynamics is a microcomputer software development company that has a 300-computer network. The company is located in three adjacent five-story buildings in an office park, with about 100 computers in each building. The current network is a poorly designed mix of Ethernet and token ring (Ethernet in two buildings and token ring in the other). The networks in all three buildings are heavily overloaded, and the company anticipates significant growth in network traffic. There is currently no network connection among the buildings, but this is one objective in building the new network. Describe the network you would recommend and how it would be configured with the goal of building a new network that will support the company’s needs for the next 3 years with few additional investments. Be sure to include the devices and type of network circuits you would use. You will need to make some assumptions, so be sure to document your assumptions and explain why you have designed the network in this way. I would recommend creating a multi switch VLAN. VLANs offer two other major advantages compared to the other network architectures. The first lies in their ability to manage the flow of traffic on the LAN and backbone very precisely. VLANs make it much simpler to manage the broadcast traffic that has the potential to reduce performance and to allocate resources to different types of traffic more precisely. The bottom line is that VLANs...
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...Objectives Organization: Reference: Chapter 10 General Purpose: to inform Specific Purpose: to show my audience how to build a computer INTRODUCTION I. Attention Getter: a. How often do you need to buy a new computer due to your old computers inefficiency and/or death? b. Knowing how to build your own computer is a useful skill which allows you to replace any outdated parts. II. Orienting Information: c. I have built 4 computers in the past, it is a simple process that anyone can do. III. Central Idea/Preview: d. The computer building process can be divided in three main steps. The organizing of required parts, the actual building process, and the start-up. BODY I. Organizing the required components. a. Lay out the contents which will be put into the computer case. i. Motherboard ii. Cpu iii. Memory iv. Storage v. Video card vi. Case vii. Power supply viii. CD player ix. Operating system b. Set up a work space c. Wear the proper equipment. x. Anti-static wrist strap xi. Short sleeved shirt Bridge: After all the materials are accounted for we can begin Assembling. II. The assembling of the computer. d. The motherboard must be placed in the computer case e. Parts Attached to the motherboard xii. Cpu xiii. Memory xiv. Video card f. contiguous...
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...resources that deals with day to day challenges in the business. Physical resource includes building, machines materials Insurance Maintenance. Material Management- They use in the planning, directing, controlling and coordinating those activities which are concerned with materials and record requirements, from the point of their beginning to their introduction into the manufacturing process. It begins with the determination of materials quality and quantity and ends with its issuance to production to meet customer’s demand as per list and at the lowest cost. Building SDSL is based in huge store. They have many departments such as electrical, poster and mirror like big glasses. They also have warehouse and different area for different product. They have a different department staff. An example of physical resource that SDSL needs is adequate building and facilities, such as a small office space for the HR and financial department s to a large warehouse space to store all of SDSL products. When customers enter the building facilities need to be arranged for them, such as meeting rooms or front desks. SDSL, for example, often have desks or rooms where customers can talk to an adviser about financial products, such as jewellery displays seen in Goldsmiths, as well as a screened area from which money is given out or paid in.For some businesses, the attractiveness of the building is not as important as the inside because customers are never expected to see what goes on...
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...The career that I’m going into is computer science. It all started when I was 14 years old, I won an Jack Lease’s award that inspired my interested me in computers because I got an IBM desk top and an scholarships that’s why I love working with computers. Computer science is a growing career field with good pay and fun, but you need to go to college, now about programs, hardware and have plenty of time to put into computers. Computer science is a growing career field because every day there is some new programs, computer, cell phone, and tablets being made. Expiable “The Holy Grail of computer vision is to tell a story using an image or video, and have the computer understand on some level what it is seeing," that was one of mania reasons way computer science is a large going career field to get into. Also ever day the people of the world are looking for some sort of programs computers to make it easier to manage their everyday life. So in short with the pay (“Starting salary: $59,800 Mid-career salary: $102,000”) I will make and full that I’ll have at building or programming computers in my career in computer science is well worth my time to do. The education that I need for computer science is a bachelor degree. Which I’ll be taking up class that I feel fit for my career that I’m going into like programming class computer hardware classes and understanding computer consents. If I do have more time to use I’ll like to take up a couple over classes too...
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