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    George Orwell's Spying

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    an internet surveillance program that spies on people just like Orwell's society that used spying methods. The novel has a relevance toward our modern world through the eyes of the NSA who spy on people through social media, cell phone histories, computer histories, and webcams. Through this medium Orwell’s novel is able to correspond to the NSA based on the applicability of the confidentiality of a person. Orwell is able to use the

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    computer crimes oc/wcc Introduction Ever since computers and networks were invented there have been hackers and computer crimes have grown with the advancement of technology. As with the advancement of technology and computer crimes there have been many types of computer crimes that have evolved with technology. There have been laws in place to help reduce and regulate computers and computer crimes. History of computer crimes Computers and networks became increasingly known and used in

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    Essay on The Turing Test

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    is present in computer games, in the cruise control in our cars and the servers that route our email.” (BBC 1). Different goals have been set for the science of Artificial Intelligence, but according to Whitby the most mentioned idea about the goal of AI is provided by the Turing Test. This test is also called the

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    Women in Technology Computer science is, in comparison to most sciences, a relatively new field starting as early as the 1930’s for military based projects and eventually adapting in the early 1980’s to the personal computers we have today. If we were to look into a “brief history of computers starting with the 1950’s we would see huge series of cathode tubes and switches taking up entire rooms. These computers were designed for military intelligence and predominantly comprised of computing long

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    Computer Technology and the Effects on S Computer Technology and the Effect on Society Computer technology has had a great effect on society as a whole throughout history. It has modified our behavior greatly as we have become accustomed to the technological advancements of yesterday. We are so dependent sometimes we do not even have a concept of what life would be like without computers. When we are forced to live life without computers we are left hopeless and disillusioned and simple everyday

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    The Development of Personal Computers The history of the computer goes back hundreds of years. From the abacus through the modern era the evolution of computers has involved many innovative individuals. It was out of this desire to innovate many fascinating tabulating machines developed. The modern computer, therefore, evolved from an amalgamation of the genius of many individuals over a long period of history. Many people shaped the world by making the efforts to develop technology.

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    Joshua Carver Mrs. Galaviz 2/18/15 Senior Paper A Study of Computer Programming Although everyone uses it not many people know how computers and computer programming work. The people who first pioneered the technology are largely left out of our textbooks although they have had such a large impact on how people now live their lives, it is not just the recent advancements either, there have been many leaps forward in as many years. In addition to not knowing who invented these concepts people generally

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    worldwide demand for computers has skyrocketed. Computer scientists around the world are pushing the boundaries of what is considered possible in their field by making their creations more sophisticated and capable year-by-year. Artificial Intelligence (A.I) is the idea of a computer system that can display acts of intelligence and independent thought similar to humans. Many people approach the prospect of artificial intelligence with fear and caution but for intrepid computer scientists true artificial

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    Forensic Investigations

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    Class, One device that digital evidence can be found on is computer systems. Some evidence that a forensic examiner may look for on computer systems are browsing history, event history, image files, office documents, emails, chat logs, metadata, etc. A computer systems network configuration could also greatly benefit a forensic examiner. The configuration would potentially allow the examiner to identify connected nodes, routing schemes, router/modem equipment used, etc. One limitation or hurdle

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    Hidden Figures

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    become mathematical “computers” for NASA they start envisioning change. The three African American women consisted of Dorothy, Katherine, and Mary but they all had their own area of expertise so they weren’t always working together but after work they had birthday parties together and they even drank together. Dorothy was the wise one you could say that adapted quickly which helped her learn code for computers and become the first African American women supervisor in NASA history. She fought not only

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