Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.______________ GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY B. E. - SEMESTER – VII • EXAMINATION – WINTER 2012 Subject code: 170704 Subject Name: Advanced Computing Technology Time: 10.30 am - 01.00 pm Date: 27/12/2012 Total Marks: 70 Instructions: 1. Attempt any five questions. 2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary. 3. Figures to the right indicate full marks. Q.1 (a) Explain various parallel computer architectures in detail. (b) Explain
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Technology and Ethics Though there are many advantages to the fact that technology’s computing power doubles every 18 months‚ there also lie ethical issues. As technology advances‚ society becomes more dependent on and at risk to the unfathomable fast growing industry. Our culture is driven by the advancements in technology every day from our automobiles‚ means of communication‚ and banking just to name a few‚ which constantly puts the tasks of our daily lives in the hands of computers. But
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Information Technology and Law The use of the Internet for communication‚ marketing‚ and commerce necessitated government regulation through the establishment of various acts. As the Internet grew in use by people of all ages many people had begun to use it for the collection of private information. As e-mail grew commonplace in the 1990s‚ many unscrupulous users would collect e-mail addresses for mass marketing purposes. Credit card fraud began to rise so profusely that many credit card companies
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prototype in 1972‚ when he created the ball mouse that was the standard type of computer mouse until 1998. The Keyboard In computing‚ a keyboard is a typewriter-style device‚ which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys‚ to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches. 1. The qwerty layout was designed for manual typewriters initially by Christopher Sholes all the way back in 1872. 2. Most modern keyboards use the "qwerty" layout. This name comes from the first five
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right to make‚ use and sell a qualifying invention. This legal authority is considered a reward for the time and effort spent in creating the invention. In return‚ the invention must be defined in detail to the Patent Office‚ which publishes the information increasing the amount of technological knowledge available to the public. Since patent rights are exclusive‚ anyone making‚ using or selling the patented invention without the patent owner’s authorization is guilty of infringement. Penalties
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software - Use this kind of tool to compute number-intensive problems such as budgeting‚ forecasting‚ etc. A spreadsheet will plot nice graphs very easily. Database software - Use this software to store data such as address‚ membership and other text information. A database can be used to easily sort and organize records. Presentation software - Use this software to create multimedia stacks of cards/screens that can effectively present a lesson or a sales pitch. The user often clicks on buttons to advance
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The Information technology industry‚ where nothing is predictable and constant change has become a usual trend‚ is now on its new phase of its evolution stages. According to Richard L. Nolan‚ MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration: “Information Technology is no longer being used as just a tactical resource‚ it’s now fundamentally influencing business strategy and competition” (http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/1997/april/text/theory_text.html 04.02.06). This paper will examine and
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The advances in information technology resulted in new ethical issues that needed to addressed and necessitating the creation of The United States Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000 are to be addressed in this paper. The advancement in information technology such as the world wide web‚ search engines‚ YouTube‚ and virtual databases have made it easily accessible to obtain personal information‚ but also grant anyone access to age-inappropriate sites
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The Fair Work Act (Cth) was introduced by the Labor government in 2009 to replace the previous unpopular Work Choices legislation. The following is an assessment of the impact of this legislation on Australian workplace employees in two categories: the rights of employees and the protections afforded employees. For the purposes of this evaluation the most up to date Oxford Dictionary definitions have been used to define these categories. Through this‚ an employees rights afforded by the Fair Work
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