Lan Local area network. This is connected to other devices through an Ethernet cable. This connects the computers within the area and you can share files with the other computers that are connected. Workstations can share peripheral devices such as printers. It is much cheaper than buying a printer for each workstation. The workstations do not really need their own hard disk or CD-ROM drives this makes them cheaper to buy. Security is needed to stop users from using programs and data that they
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Chad Nash Advantages and Disadvantages of Windows XP Windows XP was introduced as a significant upgrade to Windows 98 and Windows Millennium. After Microsoft brought out MS-DOS in the 1980's it developed its futuristic operating system - Windows. Newer versions of this OS were developed over the years, including the out bringing of Windows NT (New Technology) which was aimed at business users and computer servers. After numerous incarnations of the Windows operating system, including Windows 95
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research area of interest.” (Week 3 Podcast) In this paper we are going to discuss the different ways of collecting data, as well as how reliability and validity play a part in the research methods of criminal justice. We will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of certain survey distribution techniques, and how reliability and validity are important. Also in this paper, I will show you the importance of a police officer and their role in collecting data. There are many different ways that data
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ourselves without technological advances such as cars, microwaves, cell phones, computers, and televisions. However, technology won’t stop here, but develop further. As technology develops, there are not only advantages, but disadvantages from them. A few advantages of upgraded technology are that one can save time and money and life will be made easier as a result of not having to do all the hard labor. In contrast, the disadvantages of upgraded technology are that people will loose their jobs to machines
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M1 – Explain the advantages and potential disadvantages of installation or upgrade of new software For this task I will be explaining the advantages and the potential disadvantages of installing or upgrading a new software. Advantages * One of the advantages of installing or upgrading the new software will be that is will have a faster performance on the computer. So basically the computer will work faster and will respond faster to you so for example say that you are going to open an application
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something that no business, small or large, local or global, could afford to ignore. With the advent of web application, this way of doing business has been extended to a much larger audience and it’s now more important than ever to use this market to advantage and to embrace the technology help to grow business. Software is defined by a program or a group of programs that is design for a user’s. The software could easily be divided by two parts. One would be the system software and another is the application
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of needing to switching computers to print, scan or to search on the internet. Also for instance if a file is needed to be printed and it’s on one computers that is only connected to the scanner or the internet, it would take some time to print because the user would have to put it in a storage disc then transfer over to the computer connected to the internet, this would waste a lot of time. The cons about having a network with a file server is that if one of the computers have a virus, there is
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on India and the U.S. IV. Trade Based on Absolute Advantage A. Absolute Advantage ( PASSPORT: Football Games, Rats, and Economic Theory ( PASSPORT: Mercantilism ( Table 2.1 B. The Gains from Specialization and Trade with Absolute Advantage ( gains from trade — Table 2.2 ( the labor theory of value V. Trade Based on Comparative Advantage A. Comparative Advantage ( Table 2.3 ( David Ricardo
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Dependence of computers Nowadays, computer has become our daily electronic machine, which is vital to our work and life. Responding to the topic, dependence on computer, I think we can't tell exactly it is good or bad, as advantages and disadvantages are both involved. First of all, we must admit that computer helps us to save time. In the past decades, sending letter is a common way for people to contact others; it took a day or few days to receive the letters. In the modern world, people can
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Internet can also be an unsafe place if you are not careful. Limitations in ones personal life, temptations and virus threats are some of the dangers. In this text I will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Internet. It is no secret that the Internet is a helpful tool in people’s daily lives. The computer network has had an enormous increase in traffic and distribution and has more than 3 billion users. This allows people to easily get in touch with each other. Besides, people have access
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