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is a standard modem considered to be a computer hardware
A modem is a piece of hardware. Mechanically installed in a computer to communicate with the internet or other computers. Software is a written program to operate within a computer.
PC104 is the computer standard as defined by its embedded computer standard and its stacking bus functions. The PC104 can manage large hardware and reduces time to market as well as minimizing the costs.
Yes. A modem, even a single chip modem, is a hardware device that modulates ("mo") and demodulates ("dem") analog signals for use in digital devices.
J2SE means Java 2 Platform Standard Edition when you are referring to computers and the hardware that is found on the computer. It is needed for everyday computer use.
An ACPI processor helps the computer recognized motherboard, hardware and drivers. It just replaces the old AMP standard.
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It sounds like it has a piece of hardware installed in place of a standard modem card, which is pre-programmed with the site in question. You would have to open the computer, locate the relevant hardware, replace it with a standard modem card and install the new hardware. HOWEVER - since this is apparently a computer belonging to your employer, performing the modification would certainly void your contract of employment, and they could fire you on the spot when your 'modification' is discovered !
Microsoft makes computer software, not computer hardware.
The USB interface standard connects external hardware to your computer- everything from webcams to external hard drives to your Ipod. Without it you would be unable to access many functions of cameras and other devices that allow you to upload things to the internet.
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Yes, any computer can be a server. Whether or not a computer is a server depends much more on the software than the hardware. While it is true that standard desktops, notebooks, etc. do not make the best servers, they can still be servers. If you are in an enterprise environment, or a large network, these types of devices just won't have the redundancy or capacity to make a reliable server. On the smaller scale, they will work just fine.>It may and may not depending on how will you use your server for. Remember that if you deal with multiple computer a low-en computer is not efficient to be a server. It may serve as server if you upgraded its hardware but you will spend for it and its costly.