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Steven Paul Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs , 1955-, American businessman, b. San Francisco. Working with Stephen Wozniak, Jobs helped launch the personal-computer revolution by introducing the first Apple computer in 1976. Jobs later successfully established Apple's line as a user-friendly, graphically oriented alternative... Read more |
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Cyberterrorism
Cyber Security ¦ BRIAN HOYLE Cyber security—measures taken to protect computers and computer networks from accidental or malicious harm—is an ongoing process. The security of a system is only as strong as its weakest link. When a fault is identified and corrected, the... Read more |
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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 Many years ago, no laws existed to regulate the speed of the revolutionary invention called the "automobile." Likewise, in the early days of computing, no laws existed to regulate the usage of computers. Laws are created to respond to social problems, but, at the... Read more |
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Computer Software Security
Computer Software Security ¦ BRIAN HOYLE Computer software security refers to the use of software to prevent damage to computer files, programs, and operating systems, as well as to monitor a personal computer (PC) or laptop for theft. Anti-virus software.A recommended... Read more |
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ASCII
ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, a few symbols, and control characters. Originally designed for teletype operations, it has found wide application in computers . A seven-digit (or seven-bit) binary number (see ... Read more |
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Workstation
Workstation The term "workstation" is used to describe many different things. The broadest definition of workstation is the entire area accessed by a worker when performing a specific task or job cycle. A somewhat more restrictive definition of "workstation," and one that has gained usage in the... Read more |
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Computer games
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Distributed computing
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IBM hops bandwagon, cuts personal computer prices
NEW YORK IBM Corp. on Monday cut prices on many of its personal computers. The move...Analysts say the price reductions by IBM and other...margins at computer makers ... |
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IBM's Personal Computer Division to Cut 150 Jobs in Raleigh, N.C., Area.
...News Jul. 11--IBM's personal computer division is restructuring...conditions for PCs, IBM is consolidating...desktop and laptop computers with its main...Ray Gorman, an IBM spokesman in RTP...support staff. The ... |
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At any price: IBM's personal-computer strategy.
...IBM's Personal Computer Company...has revamped IBM's entire range of personal computers. Its flagship...of personal computers, dubbed PS...intended to make IBM more ... |
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IBM's Personal Computer Unit Makes Turnaround.
...costs, IBM's personal computer division is back...And what makes IBM's news more...computing division. IBM's personal systems...to suggest that IBM divest the very...IBM. ... |
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IBM to Sell Personal Computers Solely on Internet.
...success in putting computers in offices and...Big Blue's Personal Systems Group...the Internet, IBM hopes to reduce...each machine. IBM has been increasingly...to compete on price with low-cost...sales of Dell Computer Corp. ... |
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IBM REDUCES PRICES ON SELECTED PERSONAL COMPUTERS.
...maintaining competitive prices, announcing price cuts of up to 22 percent on...brand management for the IBM Personal Computer Company. "We challenge them to compete with IBM quality at competitive ... |
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IBM Wants Businesses to Bypass Personal Computers, Opt for "Network...
...Sep. 6--IBM unveiled its first "network computer" Thursday...powerful desktop personal computers -- while slashing...and upgrading computer systems...believe we can cut the cost of...dubbed the IBM Network ... |
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IBM to Remove Aptiva Line of Personal Computers from Stores.
...pioneered the personal computer a generation...Starting Jan. 1, IBM will at least...them," said IBM spokeswoman Trink...able to buy the computers off IBM's Internet...that it would cut its 10,000...pressured ... |
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Analysis: IBM is selling a majority share of its personal computer division...
...others make the computer chips that powered...so many cheap computers being made in...makes sense for IBM to leave the market...with having to cut their prices, having to cut...introducing the PC, IBM helped ... |
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Competition Heats Up Again In Personal Computer Sales; Companies Cut Prices...
...January price cuts of up to 25 percent...computers, and price cuts were announced...reducing its prices by about 5 percent...up the bulk of personal computer sales in the...upstaged by newer ... |