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Telecommunication
    Communication ties together the parts of a society just as the nervous system ties together the parts of an individual.

Computers
  Generally, a computer is any device that can perform numerical calculations—even an adding machine or a slide rule. Currently, however, the term usually refers to an electronic devi

Computer applications
  Modern computers have a myriad of applications in fields ranging from the arts to the sciences and from personal finance to enhanced communications. The use of supercomputers has be

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1. Прочитайте текст. Hardware /Part 2/   Most digital computers store data both internally, in what is called main memory, and externally,

Bill Gates
American computer programmer and entrepreneur who cofounded Microsoft Corporation, the world's largest personal-computer software company. Gates wrote his first software program at the

Software
  Two types of software instruct a computer to perform its tasks—systems software and applications software. Systems software is a permanent component of the computer that controls it

Programming
    Software is written by professionals known as computer programmers. Most programmers in large corporations work in team

Programming languages
There are two general types of languages—low-level and high-level. Low-level languages are similar to a computer's internal binary language, or machine language. They are difficult for humans to

The Internet
  A computer network is the interconnection of many individual computers, much as a road is the link between the homes and the buildings

The social impact of computers
Until the mid-1980s few people had direct contact with computers. Then people began to purchase PCs for use at home, and in the 1990s the Internet and the World Wide Web came to affect nearly ev

Computer crimes
  Computers, with all the benefits they offer, also unfortunately can enable cybercrime, or computer crime. Of course, the computers and their electronic components have always been t

Information technology
  The computer industry itself - the development and manufacturing of computer hardware and software - had a major impact on society in the late 20th century and has become one of the

The future of computers
  Research and development in the computer world moves simultaneously along two paths—in hardware and in software. Work in each area influences the other. Many hardware syste

Where to next?
More than half a century has passed since John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first digital computer. We've seen computers evolve from giant, air-conditioned beasts with their own staff of

Four common PC problems you can fix yourself
Computer problems may seem immensely complicated at first glance. But some are relatively easy to fix. That doesn't mean they will be cheap if someone else does the job. Replacing a hard d

Computer viruses
Types of virus From worms to macros, there's a whole host of viruses out there to catch... Worms These viruses spread via computer networks. The I

Man and machine
One place where artificial intelligence has found a natural home is in the development of computer games. AI (artificial intelligence) in computer games is becoming increasingly sophisticated as co

The digital decade
Now, we talk about this as the decade of Digital Lifestyles, the decade of Digital Workstyles. That means that all these tools are becoming mainstream. And it's not just one application that makes

Mac Pro: The ultimate in desktop computing
The new Mac Pro desktop is a thing of beauty. Inside and out this box looks like it is the ultimate desktop computer on the market today. With two, 64-bit, dual-core Intel Xeon “Woodcrest”

The hard disk that changed the world
August 7, 2006 issue - If there's a bottle of vintage champagne you've been saving, next month is the time to pop it open: it's the 50th anniversary of hard-disk storage. Don't laugh. On Sept. 13,

The unified communications revolution
Today, the Internet provides us with nearly unlimited access to information about markets, products and competitors. Productivity applications help us use that information to gain insight into a ra

Technology is the tool, people are the key
Technology is everywhere in the workplace - in laptop computers, personal digital assistants, "smart" wireless telephones, the Internet, and business servers. But people remain the core o

Console wars: Which is best?
As Microsoft unleashes its Xbox 360, gamers face a difficult decision - whether to buy the new machine or wait for the next gen consoles from Sony and Nintendo. Three game journalists present the c