example to show how risky for staying close to customer is the hard disk drive industry which happened between 1976 and 1992. The company only developed only the technologies that the customers needed. As the first result‚ it was quite good‚ however‚ after a few years‚ the company was toppled by other new-coming companies that had out of their boundaries and didn’t follow the needs of customers. As a result‚ not one of the independent disk drives companies was survive today. From this kind of event
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first name‚ price‚ quantity ordered Information data which has been massaged into a useful form‚ like a complete mailing address What makes a computer powerful? Speed A computer can do billions of actions per second. Reliability Failures are usually due to human error‚ one way or another. (Blush for us all!) Storage A computer can keep huge amounts of data. The Parts a Computer The Monitor The Computer Monitor is the computer user’s window into the workings of the computer
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Citations: 1. Stair‚ Ralph M.‚ & Reynolds‚ George W. (2006). Fundamentals of Information Systems (3th ed.). Boston: Thomson Course Technology. 2. Wikipedia. (2007). Floppy Disk. Retrieved June 6‚ 2007‚ from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk 3. Wikipedia. (2007). Random Access Memory. Retrieved June 6‚ 2007‚ from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM 4. Wikipedia. (2007). USB Flash Drive. Retrieved June 6‚ 2007‚ from http://en
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1. TCO (4). A disk drive ____ controls the transfer of data from a motherboard to a disk drive and vice versa. (Points : 2) mapper regulator controller manager 2. TCO (4). ____ drives are small‚ portable drives that use flash memory or external hard drives to store data for backup or transfer between PCs. (Points : 2) USB Tape Optical Floppy 3. TCO (1). FireWire is a very fast digital input/output system‚ providing transfer rates of up to ____Mbps. (Points : 2) 100 400 480 750
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the physical components of your computer such as the system unit‚ mouse‚ keyboard‚ monitor etc. The software is the instructions that makes the computer work. Software is held either on your computers hard disk‚ CD-ROM‚ DVD or on a diskette (floppy disk) and is loaded (i.e. copied) from the disk into the computers RAM (Random Access Memory)‚ as and when required. Types of Computers Mini and Mainframe Computers Very powerful‚ used by large organisations such an banks to control the entire business
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technological change in the hard drive industry in 1992‚ was aimed to be reached according to Hewlard Packard (HP) by launching Kittyhawk- smallest hard disk ever. They realized that they had the strength of having the flexibility of entrepreneurs but financial support of a large high-tech company. The aim was to create a product that is not the same as competitors but instead revolutionary strategic insight was made by the commercial failure. Analysis 1.3-inch Hard Drive- Disruptive or Sustaining
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Introduction to Computers What is a computer? An electronic device for storing and processing data‚ typically in binary form‚ according to instructions given to it in a variable program.. Many people believe that knowing how to use a computer‚ is one of the basic skills needed to succeed in the workplace. In order to use the computer it is necessary to understand how the computer works. Hardware | Computer hardware is made up of the equipment used to make up you computer unit. These parts
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CPU. 8. Front Panel USB & Audio Connectors Connects to USB and audio ports at the front/top of a computer case. 9. Front Panel Connectors Connects to the power switch‚ reset switch‚ power LED and hard drive LED of a computer case. 10. IDE Connector Connects to older hard drive disks and optical drives for data transfer. Have been largely taken over by SATA connectors 11. CMOS Battery Supplies power to store BIOS settings and keep the real-time clock running. The CMOS battery found
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refers to the physical components of your computer such as the system unit‚ mouse‚ keyboard‚ monitor‚ etc. The software is the instruction that makes the computer work. Software is held either on your computer hard disk‚ CD-ROM‚ DVD or on a diskette (floppy disk) and is loaded from the disk into the computers RAM (Random Access Memory)‚ as and when required. Two Types of Computer 1. Mini and Mainframe Computers Very powerful‚ used by large organizations such as banks to control the
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the number 123456789? d. The binary equivalent of decimal 123456789 8. Which of the following is not a feature of a file system that might be used with a hard disk drive? a. An actuator arm 9. A student writes a report using a word processor‚ saving the report in a file called my report. The student stores the file on his laptop hard disk drive. Later‚ he posts the file on a file-sharing site for a classmate to review the report. Then‚ he copies an updated version of the file to a flash drive
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