1. What kinds of applications are described here? What business functions do they support? How do they improve operational efficiency and decision making? – Web browsers, calendar, address book, telephone, camera, music or video player, e-mail and messaging application are some of the applications described here. Camera functions as barcode scanners, scanner, and photo messaging. …
1.0 The Digital divide The digital divide refers to a distinction between people who have access to information technology (IT) and those who do not. Many reasons are responsible for this divide- poverty, illiteracy, etc. 1.1 The digital divide as a major problem in the United States In the United States, there is a digital …
Imagine a world where connecting to the Internet was as simple as turning on your television. Where web pages pop up on the screen like we would all like for them to. We are all aware that WWW is an a acronym that stands for World Wide Web, however, it turns out to be World …
“As a precaution, every file entering TRANSLTR had to pass through what was known as Gauntlet- a series of powerful circuit-level gateways, packet filters, and disinfectant programs that scanned inbound files for computer viruses and potentially dangerous subroutines. ” Chapter 9 (Page 60) This passage confirms my previous prediction of the book having a technology …
The Digital Divide in US seems to be diminishing due to increase in the usage of cyberspace and consciousness about the benefits of the engineering. Furthermore the US authorities is supplying internet entree to hapless countries of the states. This can be asserted from the fact that there are 2 million new cyberspace users each …
Digital Broadcasting will have a fundamental effect on viewing patterns, popular culture and audience identity. This will be done firstly by looking at the history of the BBC and the original intention of Public Service Broadcasting. It will discuss how by John Reith s successful approach to broadcasting, the BBC became a National Institution creating …
Digital Subscriber Line new technology that takes advantage of standard copper telephone line to provide secure, reliable, high-speed Internet access. DSL refers to the family of digital subscriber line technologies, such as ADSL, HDSL, and RADSL. Connection speed for DSL ranges from 1.44 Mbps to 512 Kbps downstream and around 128 Kbps upstream. Unlike traditional …
Challenging Times The magazine industry is going through a tough phase in India just like in other countries. Newspapers have added supplements to their main issue and infringed on the content covered by magazines earlier. Television channels have launched in different genres that didn’t exist a few years back. And with the increased penetration and …
