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What is Stored program computer?
'Stored program' was the breakthrough that enabled computers to perform complex tasks in fractions of a second. Being able to do arithmetic and evaluate formulas fast would be useless if a person had to keep telling the computer what to do next. The trick was encoding the list of instructions into numbers that could coexist in the computer's memory along with data, and having a 'processor' built into the machine to decode and execute the instructions. Now the computer could do both, calculate and control the sequence of calculations, at electronic speed.
Many credit John von Neumann with devising the stored program concept, but probably several others were also involved.
A laptop stand provides a platform for a laptop to sit on top of. These stands are generally designed to increase the height or pitch of the laptop for ease of use.
Why does your laptop take so long to update?
The nature of laptops is that you usually shut them down when you want to move them, so you're more likely to notice a long update process because you have to sit there and wait for it. If you update a desktop computer, you can usually walk away from it and just let it take however long it takes to shut down.
So part of it is an observational artifact: it's not that it takes longer, it's that you notice it more.
Another part is that laptops are more likely to be on a wireless network, and those tend to be slower than hard-wired networks. This is coupled with the fact that laptops often have lower-power (slower) processors, so it's perfectly normal for a laptop to take longer to perform any given task.
Finally, laptops are often turned off when not in use (a lot of people leave desktops running all the time), and are usually set to update when not in use as well. This can allow a big backlog of updates to build up before you finally choose to perform the update. My wife's old laptop recently got repurposed and brought back into service; there were something like 70 updates pending since the last time it had been updated.
How do you make your hacking not traceable?
You can start by using an IP Hider, aka Anonymous VPN, Keep in mind that hacking, specifically sending key-loggers is a felony in the U.S.
What environment would be best suited for a two-firewall network design?
A large corporate environment
Who employs computer scientist?
Which ever company that needs a computer scientist EX: Microsoft, Apple
Does it matter if you leave out a screw when putting tha case back on the computer?
It will not typically harm the computer itself, if it is a case screw.
But it may cause the case to bend or fall off over time.
What is the first electronic digital computer?
The origin of the electronic digital computer is often traced to this machine built by John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry at Iowa State University in 1941. The digital logic and memory of the machine were derived from the vacuum tubes at the lower right and the capacitor-studded drum at the middle. Data was fed into the system via punched cards. Atanasoff stopped further research on the computer upon joining the World War II effort in 1942.
There is still considerable debate about who can claim the invention of the digital computer. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert were granted a patent for the 18,000-tube http://wiki.answers.com/eniac.html, which was completed in 1946. This was considered the first electronic digital computer for many years, but in 1974 a U.S. federal judge voided the patent after it was learned that Mauchly had spent several days studying the Atanasoff-Berry computer in 1941.
Another prominent digital computer was the Colossus which became operational at Bletchley Park near London in 1943. These machines (ten in all, each with 2000 vacuum tubes) were used to crack German Enigma codes during World War II. The Colossus can rightly claim the honor of being the first computer to perform practical work. The Colossus machines remained shrouded in secrecy for many years after the war.
In Germany during the war, Konrad Zuse developed the first program-controlled computer which operated from 2,600 second-hand telephone relays. Zuse tried to interest the German government in his invention, but (fortunately for the Allies) they showed no interest. After the war Zuse wrote the first high level computer language called Plankalkul, and started the Zuse AG computer company which was acquired by Siemens in 1969.
RCA was also involved with early computer development, most notably with their analog Typhoon computer developed for the Navy during World War II. RCA also developed ultra-reliable vacuum tubes for the ENIAC computer so the computer could be turned on and off and still work. The British had earlier found it necessary to leave their Colossus units on all the time, as the chances of at least one vacuum tube burning out when the computer was switched on were pretty high. RCA made a major mistake when the corporation failed to take over funding for the ENIAC from Mauchly and Eckert. Remington Rand Corp. ultimately brought out the two inventors, and went on to market the highly successful http://wiki.answers.com/univac-cronkite.htmlcomputer.
What do you do if a really bad error is on your computer?
Let your mom or dad fix it. it you are a childthe error may scare you to death.
What happens when machines become smarter than humans?
Machine become smater than human because we human we have alot in our body like food nd so on so those item would digest into d intestine but machine have nothing so they can work as we want
How do you program a RCA 4383?
How do I program a component using the Automatic Code Search method? To program a component using the Automatic Code Search method, perform the following steps: 1. Turn on the component you want the remote control to operate. 2. Press and release the component button that corresponds to the component you want the remote control to operate. 3. The illuminated ON-OFF button turns on and remains on. 4. Press and hold both the component and ON-OFF buttons. 5. The illuminated ON-OFF button turns off. 6. After the illuminated ON-OFF button turns back on, release both buttons. 7. The illuminated ON-OFF button remains on. 8. If you press an invalid button during Auto Code Search, the illuminated ON-OFF button blinks four times and turns off. The last programmed code under that component button is retained. 9. Press and release the PLAY button. 10. If, after five seconds, the component does not respond, continue to press the PLAY button every five seconds until the component turns off. 11. Each time the Play button is pressed, the illuminated ON-OFF button blinks ten times and a block of 10 codes is sent to your component. This process continues until all the codes in the Code Lists have been searched. If the component has not turned off after all codes have been searched, the illuminated ON-OFF button blinks four times, turns off, and the Auto Code Search Entry method is exited. 12. When the component turns off, press and release the REVERSE button, then wait two seconds to see if the component turns on again. 13. If the component does not respond, continue to press the REVERSE button every two seconds until the component turns on again. This will isolate the correct code in the last block of codes sent. Each time the REVERSE button is pressed, the illuminated ON-OFF button blinks. 14. If the REVERSE button is accidentally pressed after the component responds, press and release the FORWARD button. Wait two seconds to see if the component turns off again. 15. To save the new code, press and release the STOP button. 16. The illuminated ON-OFF button turns off. You must press the STOP button to save the code. 17. If some of the features of your component do not work, different codes in the list can be tried until you find the code that allows the remote to control the majority of your component's functions.
Why is my computer monitor displaying Auto adjust in progress?
I found a recent posting by someone else with the same problem, and what I do works for them as well. Click "turn off computer," but do not turn it off. Your wallpaper turns the typical "gray" colour in shut-down preparation. On your monitor, press the plus button (+). This executes an auto adjust. Repeat this a few times until that annoying, flashing message stops. Selein wrote: Just an FYI that I had the same problem, went through the diagnostic tests, which showed a successful "pass". Then I happened to notice that I'd left a Lexar memory stick in the USB drive, so I removed it, rebooted the computer and it started perfectly.
How many people are working for Microsoft?
Alot an average microsfer gets 100,000 anually ;) wow they also receive free soft drinks and free mcdonalds
What do you do when your ban expires but it says error when you try to log into club penguin?
i think you should contact club penguin or wait until the next day
lol i sumited that i found out try to log in and it will say your banned for???
and if it only says your banned than your banned FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER
How do you make an andministrator account without logging in?
In the sense you are looking for, this is not possible. This also seems abit absurd.
What specifically is your problem?
If by chance you are thinking of other means, without having to physically log in, an automated install could be your best bet, but it is complicated.
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