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    or what kind of strings are used. The guitar amp is an instrument in itself just as a guitar, not all amps are created equally. An amplifier allows the guitarist to express his playing to the world. Some amplifiers are made using really simple vacuum tube circuits, and others are made from really complex solid state circuitry. Not any two similar guitars will sound alike, just as how any two similar people are not exactly identical. Amps are very similar in context; no two similar amps will sound

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    electrical on and off states and endless combinations of those to process any input. Moving on, the development of computer can be assessed from two perspectives. One perspective would be the invention of hardware components over time like vacuum tubes, transistors, integrated circuits and microprocessors that can be referred to as a generation of change. In the other hand, another perspective would be how user friendly were the computers over a period of time. In the 1950s the computers were

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    With the audion, however, De Forest had a solid success. De Forest has been labeled one of the fathers of the "electronic age," since the audion helped start the explosion of electronics earlier this century. American inventor of the Audion vacuum tube, which made live radio broadcasting possible and became the key component of all radio, telephone radar, television, and computer systems before the invention of the transistor in 1947. (Kraeuter, 79). Forest passed away on June 30, 1961 in Hollywood

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    How to bias a tube amp Since the beginning of instrument amplification in the early 1900’s, listeners and instrument players alike have always had preferences as to how their amplification sounds, weather it be from a guitar amp or a tube radio. Most modern amplification for consumer music consumption is solid state, which means that instead of having vacuum tubes there are transistors. Although you can bias these amps you will almost never need to unless you change the the transistors for some

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    5000 additions and 1000 multiplications per second” Using vacuum tubes to transfer information it took a whole team of engineers and specialist just to keep the thing working. Costing a whopping $500,000 and weighing 30 tons the ENIAC was a very bulky and awkward invention, but due to its success to complete calculations at a way 's faster rate then humans this lead a man named Bell Labs to invent the transistor , a replacement for the vacuums. Transistor allowed information to pass through at a faster

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    1) Just another hour, please! This is what most parents hear from their children/adolescent every time it is time to stop using an electronic device. Children and adolescents today spend “1 to 3 hours per day during the week and between 1 to 4 hours per day on the weekends” (Kappos, A.D. pg. 556) on computer games, viewing videos, watching television and internet surfing to name a few. The use of electronic devices has changed the life of children/adolescent and have exposed them to a volatile

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    computer waste

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    Abstract The development, implementation, and maintenance of ISs constitute a large and growing part of the cost of doing business; protecting these resources is a primary concern. Managers and users at all levels play a major role in helping organizations achieve the positive benefits of IS. These people must also take the lead in helping to minimize or eliminate the negative consequences of poorly designed and improperly utilized information systems. For managers and users to have such an influence

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    ABSTRACT Microfluidics biochips are revolutionary devices in the field of clinical diagnostics, DNA analysis and molecular biology. Biochips involve various fields of science and engineering i.e., physics, chemistry, biochemistry, nanotechnology, fabrication technology and computer science. It uses small volume fluids on scale of micro to nano liter for automatically carrying out the reactions needed for some biochemical assays. In this report I have covered basic overview of biochips, kinds of biochips

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    Television has greatly impacted our society in both negative and positive ways. There are compelling arguments on both sides from the way some see television as a rich source of information, education, and entertainment, while others blame it for society’s violence, obesity, and misinformation. It is an inevitable part of modern culture considering that we depend on TV to keep us updated and informed with news, weather, sports, entertainment, and information. Television has warped and revolutionized

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    In this era we are a technology advanced society, being only 22 years old I have seen many technological advances. Growing up I had access to T.V., when I was younger I remember going to my grandparents’ house and they had back and white T.V. When I hit middle school I given my first cell phone it was a flip phone that had no games on it. In my house we had the big box T.V. with a VCR box and the huge computer with the big monitor; we not call it the dinosaur computer because it’s so outdated. As

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