Forman 28th March‚ 2012 ENG 102 IJC Effects of Computers on Society Discoveries and invention of devices are always welcomed till we‚ humans find a way to abuse its benefits and be adversely affected by it. Computers have influenced all sphere of modern society in a big way by the way people keep in touch with each other‚ the way people entertain themselves using computer and the way people buy and sell things. In todays present‚ although computers have changed in many different ways all activities
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Electronic media are media that use electronics or electromechanical energy for the end-user (audience) to access the content. This is in contrast to static media (mainly print media)‚ which today are most often created electronically‚ but don’t require electronics to be accessed by the end-user in the printed form. The primary electronic media sources familiar to the general public are better known asvideo recordings‚ audio recordings‚ multimedia presentations‚ slide presentations‚ CD-ROM and online content
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The computer was born not for entertainment or email but out of a need to solve a serious number-crunching crisis. By 1880 the U.S. population had grown so large that it took more than seven years to tabulate the U.S. Census results. The government sought a faster way to get the job done‚ giving rise to punch-card based computers that took up entire rooms. Today‚ we carry more computing power on our smartphones than was available in these early models. The following brief history of computing is
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Just a Matter of Time: Field Differences and the Shaping of Electronic Media in Supporting Scientific Communication Rob Kling & Geoffrey McKim April 27‚ 2000 Indiana University School of Library and Information Science 10th & Jordan‚ Bloomington‚ IN 47405 USA +1 812 855 5113 kling@indiana.edu‚ mckimg@indiana.edu Accepted for publication in: Journal of the American Society for Information Science Abstract The shift towards the use of electronic media in scholarly communication appears to be an inescapable
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Electronic Mall By the increase in the internet usage in different aspects of today’s life‚ the amount of creative and innovative ways to utilize the electronic world have eventually increased. It is easy and popular among the users to use search engines as a method to gain access to a specific product or service. However‚ while using the internet for their shopping‚ they may face difficulties regarding to lack of enough information about the product or service they are looking for‚ such as
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LG Electronics‚ a Korea electronics company headquartered in Seoul‚ South Korea. The company was established in 1958 by GoldStar Co.‚ producing radios‚ TVs and home appliances. LG was formed by the merger of two Korean companies‚ Lucky and GoldStar‚ which the name ‘LG’ was the short form of these two companies’ first alphabet. LG Corp. founder Koo In-Hwoi established Lak-Hui Chemical Industrial Corp. (now LG Chem) in 1947. The name Lak-Hui was then been pronounced as “Lucky” and in 1952 “Lucky”
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hobby while playing on the computer or surfing on the Internet is getting more and more popular. There are many reasons for stating that the most affected generation is the youth: children‚ especially teens are constantly online‚ they are connected to several social networks even at the school‚ where they use their smartphone to share information. However‚ they are not familiar with the content of compulsory readings and look down on those who read. The computer age has its own advantages‚ though
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power house of innovation‚ many aspects of the modern computer; the mouse‚ laser printers‚ Ethernet‚ and color graphics were all founded. In 1974 an employee of Xerox‚ Nicholas K. Sheridon invented the basis for modern electronic paper technology‚ the Gyricon. The Gyricon has many of the same properties as paper; it is flexible‚ contains an image‚ but it can also by erased and rewritten thousands of times. In the nineties‚ as the personal computer became more popular more paper was being consumed. This
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working as the Director of R&D for Fairchild Semiconductor published a paper titled “Cramming more components onto integrated circuits”. In his paper‚ he discusses the future of electronics and how these “integrated circuits will lead to such wonders as home computers—or at least terminals connected to a central computer—automatic controls for automobiles‚ and personal portable communications equipment”. He also discusses how the rate in which the number of transistors that could be put onto an
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Electronic Gadgets Like Apple iPod - A Boon or Bane It has become a necessity. But like everything in universe‚ electronic gadgets too have two sides to them. I am a house wife. I remember very clearly that evening when my husband came home‚ beaming from ear to ear. He had got a hefty refund on filing his income tax return. And my first reaction was - buy me a washing machine. And I was on cloud nine when my first ever washing machine was delivered. Because I must confess that I hate washing even
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