Essays on Computer System

Introduction

Information technology involves a technique for the manipulation, assessment as well as the processing of data. Information technology involves the application of computer and telecommunication systems. Information in the current context means electronic data. There was an evolution in the information technology industry for quite a long period, with innovations taking place time after time. The information technology encompassed transistors and integrated circuits. The application of computer systems or servers in business in the contemporary era is rampant (Jones D, 2017). The servers interact with the client users as well as other servers that exist across business networks. The ...

Amazon is an online company which thrives on its ability to collaborate and work well with other technological innovations that can enhance its performance and popularity. The creation of cloud services after Amazon began to lease some of its capacity is proof of the company’s collaborative ability. After the holiday season when Amazon was left with less infrastructure capacity, the company would give some of its capacity to others. On flexible sharing terms of internet space, Amazon helped out other companies which were just beginning to thrive in the cyber world and thereby it revealed that the company ...

Additionally, put together a 500-750-word write-up of why you believe it is critical to know what hardware and software is any given machine. What can this information allow us to know about the user? Are there conclusions we can draw about the person(s) using the machine? It is very critical to understand about the hardware and software of the computer system. This is important because one can work in a better way and make the good use of the machine if he knows about the hardware and software in the computer system. Without knowing what is there in ...

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Networks and computer systems are imperative to establishments in the present age. They have managed to simplify sending and receiving of information and colossal data processing over very short time periods. However, they are always facing threats and attacks from hackers. Dangers to the computing environment, network, and the database comes from everywhere. In such a high stake facility, it is critical to ensure that the main threats are identified and mitigated. The major threats can come from three areas: the physical installation, the users, and malicious attacks. The five top threats to the new network will be the ...

Water, Inc. is a business based on Purchasing Agent Duties. The primary objective of the company is to develop a customer service fulfillment business. The company is planning to expand its firm by serving its major clients in India with better products. The preferred equipment is intended to apply to enhance the efficiency of Water, Inc. in the market. The performance recommendations that are expected to be allocated to productivity must be sustained by the helpful and resourceful approaches towards rewarding the objectives of Water, Inc. Efficiency will allow Water, Inc. to perform and capitulate to the levels that ...

The research aims to discover the impact that computers have had on individual learning. Currently, education is crossing into an age of information. This “new age” is expected to change the universe similar to industrial age. This new age is also going to require computers integration for information access. In order to maximize learning, the learning environment must provide learning resources in order to encourage problem solving and support teaching. Thus, it is important to understand the impact that computers have on learning in order to better apply them to learning. The findings from this research can help proper ...

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In most cases, scareware applications have limited or no advantage to the user and are forced through unethical marketing methods. The implementation of ransomware and rogue security software applications presents several implications on the unknowing user. In most cases, the user is manipulated into thinking that their computer system is infected with a virus. This perception may cause an innocent user to format his or her computer thereby losing sensitive data (Binsalleeh et al., 2010). Apart from the loss of data, the users are usually manipulated to think that they require a certain software application, which they end up ...

The world is rapidly changing and advancing in terms of science and technology. It has become extremely difficult to escape the presence of technology, either at the individual or organizational level. Some of the key technological changes include the internet, smart phones, and the use of computers. Many people and organization are now finding themselves in a situation where they cannot exist without technology, and the health organizations are not left behind, as they are rapidly adopting health care informatics into their systems. The essay, therefore, focuses on a case where a larger medical center is rapidly introducing computer ...

So far there have been three the most popular ways of getting education: to attend a public school, a private school or to study at home. All of them, for sure, have advantages and disadvantages. It is worth mentioning that none of it can suit children perfectly well. Among advantages of going to a public school, for instance, are social and cultural interaction of children with their classmates and teachers, opportunity to get involved in different tasks and getting the right idea of how to overcome them. The same is about a private school, however, an additional advantage is ...

Findings

Description of the Organization Purpose of the Firm Les Schwab is focused on assisting people in the communities they set up shop. Also, the organization strives to provide individuals with safe and quality products. Ever since the corporation enacted its first store, it has been earning the trust of people. Les Schwab aims to give its customers the best selection and quality services and products such as tires, various auto related parts, and services. The purpose of a corporation does not refer to what the firm does instead it reveals why the functions or operations are essential to the ...

In a bid to make their products more reliable, scalable and manageable, Microsoft protects its customers from the ever increasing cyber risks. The company has devised different methods that are specifically crafted to curb the known and unknown sources of cybercrimes and cyber security risks. This methods seek to protect customers’ information, hardware and software from attack by criminals and dangerous programs. The protective strategies are designed right from the development stages and are meant to be user friendly in order to be applicable by all customers and potential customers. The strategies include the User Account Control, System Updates, ...

I/O modules are normally the third most vital constituent of computer systems after the memory and the CPU. The requirements for computer systems are to have an efficient means for receiving inputs and delivering outputs. Computer systems have a variety of peripherals that deliver data at different speeds, in a wider variety of sizes and at different formats. External devices are generally not connected to the expansion or the systems bus structure of computer systems (Tarnoff 350). The problem arises in that I/O modules are slower than the RAM and the CPU, but a handful are actually faster. The ...

Executive summary

The ever increasing use of computer based information system and internet in the personal, professional and commercial segments is accompanied by relevant collateral issues relating to privacy, security, and ethics as regards use of the system. The privacy and security issues mainly stem from two elements; advancement in information technology that makes privacy and security of information vulnerable to breaches, and inability of the service providers to adequately protect information and data. During 1970s Walter Maner introduced the term ‘computer ethics’ in order to define ethical problems aggravated, transformed, and created by information technology (Joshi, 2015). This paper is ...

The document that seems to get the honor on googling “the paper that started the study of computer security” is the Rand Report of 1970 by the Department of Defense. It was the final report of Task Force on Computer Security. The paper was so important particularly to the US government’s Department of Defense mainly because of the problems of computer information or resource sharing systems such as interference and prohibited access to classified military information. Due to these problems inherent in the then existing computer systems, there was need for secure computer systems that would ensure that ...

Abstract

A Cybercrime is a crime performed through the use of or against digital technologies . The crimes are perpetrated using a computer, computer networks or other information communication technology. The target or victim of the crime is computers or network services. The victim may be random or specifically targets. Typically, the criminal is seeking to gain personal profit or financial gain, but may also be seeking to cause physical damage or make a statement as a form of protest. Cybercrimes began to arise with the introduction of computer systems and have grown and advanced with technology. The investigation of cybercrimes ...

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Eye movement tracking and analysis has gained popularity as a critical tool for evaluating interfaces and visual display. Existing tools and methods that are used in analyzing scan paths and eye movements are to a greater extent limited in the nature of tasks that they support. In particular, the tools used have been found ineffective in tracking large amounts of data that has high variations. Eye movement analysis has been used in psychology, medical research, advertising, and cognitive science. Today, using CCTV cameras, human eye gaze, and eye movement and blinking is relatively recorded with ease and with high ...

Susan Moisio, Metropolitan Sewer District manager is managing a team. The team is tasked with building a computer model for the County Sewer system worth $14 million. In her entire plan, she is trying to bring to control a river that is 3000 miles long and is running beneath the Hamilton County. Her attempts to control the entire river by tracking its ebbs and the entire flow on the computer screen. The river carries away waste products from homes and industries. The Metropolitan Sewer District is therefore tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that the content of the river ...

In "Cognitive Ergonomics: Understanding, Learning, and Designing Human-Computer Interaction" the authors discuss the applied aspect of cognitive science associated with the modeling of human cognitive activity that helps to solve practical problems in various areas. Chapter 1 "Human-computer interaction models and their roles in the design of interactive systems" shows the trends in the development of cognitive studies and emphasizes the relevance of applied aspects of cognitive science. Chapter 1 in "Cognitive Ergonomics: Understanding, Learning, and Designing Human-Computer Interaction" describes the conceptual framework of the application of cognitive research aimed at solving practical problems in various spheres of human ...

Internship Report

This report covers my internship period at Fastenal Distribution Center. In this organization, I was given the role of being an assistant manager. The time proved to be very informative both academically and professionally. I was able to learn a myriad of skills that could not be learned in the classroom settings. The period was a platform upon which I was able to know about my strengths as a future management professional while also shedding light on the aspects I should work on to be a better manager in the future.

As an assistant manager, I had a variety ...

Introduction

The question that comes to mind is what is Trojan horse? Trojan horse is stated to be a malicious program that looks harmless however, it is used to hack into people’s computers. The term Trojan horse is derived from Trojan War a Greek mythology (Christensson, 2006). The myth talks about the wooden horse that was pulled by the people from Troy. The legend claims that inside the horse there were Greek soldiers in it who emerged at night and seized the city. This fact can be observed from the program where a person installs the application unaware that ...

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Summary

Cyber laws are established to ensure safe, fair and responsible use of the internet by all the users whether they are common internet using citizens or law enforcement agencies. These laws have been designed and have been evolving ever since because of the ever expanding canvas of the ethical considerations involved in the use of the internet. The law is confined to logic and debate, and anything that has not been debated on or legislated cannot be made a law and is hence the responsibility of the user as their ethical and moral duty. The common internet ...

Incident Report Planning

Incident Response Planning Technological advancement can be beneficial to organizations, as it provides fast and easier way of dealing with every day operations. However, due to the same advancement of technologies, there are scenarios that can put the organization to circumstances that may breach essential information of the organization. Additionally, it can cause firewall breaches, malware, or virus outbreaks, and other internal cyber-attacks. These events call for the need of incident response (IR), as it is encompasses essential protocols that will address the occurrence of any security breach. The goal of this study is to present the significance of ...

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In the recent times, scientists in the discipline of artificial intelligence are confused which approach closely imitates the structure of a human brain. The best two approaches are bottom-up, or the top-down, and they comprise of both their advantages and disadvantages. The top-down approach has the capability to perform high-level tasks since it is programmed (Russell et.al 27). On the contrary, the bottom-up approach is capable of modeling the lower-level human functions such as motor control, image recognition, and learning capabilities. Each method operates perfectly where the other method is imperfect. Therefore, to establish the advantages and disadvantages of ...

An operating system in a computer language is system software that takes control of the computer hardware and manages the computer software resources. It more of provides a platform of operation for the computer programs. The operating software is often a key requirement and component of system software in a general computer system. Actually, the programs in a computer cannot function without an operating system. It is the key feature of a computer system which enables the computer hardware to perform various tasks fed into the system. The operating system allows a computer user to communicate with the machine ...

Management Case

The problem that has necessitated the analysis of data using control charts to determine whether the processes at the hotel are in control is the increasing number of complaints from the customers regarding the charges on their hotel bills (Reid and Nada 243). Some of the complaints included extra charges on the bill for services that were no rendered and meals that the customers did not order. Other complaints include the lack of charges on the hotel bill for services rendered and meals that were ordered. The need to sort the issues at the front desk caused delays for ...

The Life and Exploits of Kevin Mitnick.

Kevin Mitnick was born in 1963 and is famous for computer hacking. He started hacking when still very young. At the age of 12, he was avoiding to pay for bus rides in the Los Angeles area. He used unused transfer slips that he collected in rubbish bins which he punched with his own ticket punch. A friendly driver had told him where he could buy a ticket punch. At age 16, he gained unauthorized access to the first computer network he ever hacked into. He was part of a gang of computer hackers in Los Angeles. In 1979, he got ...

Introduction

Computer forensic also known as cyber forensic involves the acquisition of legal evidence which is found in computers and digital media storage. It involves using analytical and investigative techniques for the collection and examination of evidence. This technique is commonly used for criminal investigations or civil litigation. (Holley, 2000) There are several computer software which are used for this kind of investigation and analysis of evidence. They include: EnCase, The Sleuth Kit and Autopsy Browser among others. Using a single tool cannot produce substantial evidence to be used for prosecution. There is need to employ at least two of these ...

Introduction

Invading the privacy of businesses, institutions, and people, social engineering creates criminal acts using telephones, illegally accessing private information via computer accounts called "hacking", stealing bank account information, as well as eavesdropping are social engineering crimes. Two types of social engineering exist, including, human and technological based (Peltier, 2010). Social engineering uses deception, manipulating people into giving them personal information including social security and bank account numbers (Halles, 2008). Social engineers use tactics to extract private information including appealing to people's vanity, authority, look, over peoples' shoulders while entering pin numbers, and eaves drop. In his article, "Mitigating the ...

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Information Technology, IT is the technology that is used to acquire, store, organize, and process data which is provided by people in a computer systems to a form that can be used in specified applications, and disseminate the processed data. Thus, information is processed data based on which decisions can be taken and appropriate actions initiated while data is the raw material fed into the computer. Conclusively, information is processed data that improves our knowledge, enabling us to do work more efficiently. The main purpose of IT is to process the data through a series of instructions to give out the ...

Information Systems

There are various and diverse methods of data input into a computer from different media, each of which suits a given source of information. Printed papers such as questionnaires would best be entered into the computer system through optical data readers. This method is suitable because a person only uses pens and pencils to write, then the machine reader scans over the paper and automatically inputs the data into the computer. Telephone surveys are best entered into the computer system using the voice-recognition devices. This device recognizes human voice and records the data. It also saves people from making calls and asks ...

Introduction

The objective of computer programming is to develop electronic solutions for a particular company. In today’s world, most companies use software systems in order to run their processes efficiently. Companies store their source data details in the system and perform transactions on them through computers. The software users expect certain outputs and reports from a computer system.

Steps in the Programming Process

A company will contract a programmer from within or outside the company to design and implement a software system. The first step in programming is to identify the problem (Jeffries, Anderson & Hendrickson, 2001). The company could be currently performing their operations using a manual system ...

Introduction

Information Technology is a collection of hardware and software used for storing (saving), retrieving (opening) and manipulating (editing) of information in a computer system. Information in an IT environment refers to the results of processed data while data is the raw material fed into the computer. The main purpose of IT is to process the data and give out the results as information. Whereby the processing may involve; saving, editing and manipulation.[1] There has to be an interface for linking the different components of an IT system. This can be best described using the diagram below:

The arrows represent the ...

Introduction

Private clubs are essential components of the society since they provide a basis for creating social bonding amongst the society members. The Private Farming Wood Swim and Tennis Club is an example of such a club. The management of such clubs should be effective in meeting the expectations of the members. This gives the implication that the Human Resource departments in such clubs are some of the most important in the management of the clubs. Strategic management is hence crucial in managing these clubs to counter human errors that are quite common in the management of any club or organization. A ...