Help Keep the Computers on Earth Clean and Healthy

Written by Jesse S. Somer


“Aaaaaahhhhhh! I’ve been invaded by a virus!” Getting a virus means getting sick and no one in their right mind wants to be ill. Well, now that computers have become our close friends, it’s a shock to learn that foreign bodies too can invade them with malicious intent. No, your computer doesn’t get a runny nose or diarrhea. This is a sickness that stops your friend from functioning properly, sick in bed, incapacitated.

Well in Nature viruses occur from a power outside of our control. But, with computers it’s different, humans, mean or ignorant humans are creating these viruses. Why? Usually these are disgruntled people who want to wreak some havoc on others or companies that they feel have done wrong to them. In any case we have to be inrepparttar know and prepared to deal with these debilitating scourges.

There are many ways to approachrepparttar 107668 protection of your computer. First of all there’srepparttar 107669 step of awareness. Be aware of how viruses are transmitted. You can catch them from a disc but in most cases it is through your email system. Check your email carefully. Be very wary of anything that has an attachment. Check whom it’s from and look atrepparttar 107670 title ofrepparttar 107671 mail, is it something you were expecting? Even if it’s from someone you know, be careful as their computer could be infected andrepparttar 107672 virus being transmitted without their knowledge.

Next, readrepparttar 107673 cover message, you can’t catchrepparttar 107674 disease without actually openingrepparttar 107675 message. Look atrepparttar 107676 name ofrepparttar 107677 attachment; remember viruses are written to entice you. Beware of free offers and generally anything from people you don’t know, as well as messages that sound irrelevant to your contact’s usual style. Delete them straight away. Delete, delete, delete. This will ensure you of a lower risk of infection. You can even sendrepparttar 107678 message back torepparttar 107679 sender without opening it to make sure it is valid.

The Evolution of Technology - The History of Computers

Written by Rebecca Blain


By Rebecca Blain of http://www.build-your-own-computer-tips.com

While computers are now an important part ofrepparttar lives of human beings, there was a time where computers did not exist. Knowingrepparttar 107667 history of computers and how much progression has been made can help you understand just how complicated and innovativerepparttar 107668 creation of computers really is.

Unlike most devices,repparttar 107669 computer is one ofrepparttar 107670 few inventions that does not have one specific inventor. Throughoutrepparttar 107671 development ofrepparttar 107672 computer, many people have added their creations torepparttar 107673 list required to make a computer work. Some ofrepparttar 107674 inventions have been different types of computers, and some of them were parts required to allow computers to be developed further.

The Beginning

Perhapsrepparttar 107675 most significant date inrepparttar 107676 history of computers isrepparttar 107677 year 1936. It was in this year thatrepparttar 107678 first "computer" was developed. It was created by Konrad Zuse and dubbedrepparttar 107679 Z1 Computer. This computer stands asrepparttar 107680 first as it wasrepparttar 107681 first system to be fully programmable. There were devices prior to this, but none hadrepparttar 107682 computing power that sets it apart from other electronics.

It wasn't until 1942 that any business saw profit and opportunity in computers. This first company was called ABC computers, owned and operated by John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry. Two years later,repparttar 107683 Harvard Mark I computer was developed, furtheringrepparttar 107684 science of computing.

Overrepparttar 107685 course ofrepparttar 107686 next few years, inventors all overrepparttar 107687 world began to search more intorepparttar 107688 study of computers, and how to improve upon them. Those next ten years sayrepparttar 107689 introduction ofrepparttar 107690 transistor, which would become a vital part ofrepparttar 107691 inner workings ofrepparttar 107692 computer,repparttar 107693 ENIAC 1 computer, as well as many other types of systems. The ENIAC 1 is perhaps one ofrepparttar 107694 most interesting, as it required 20,000 vacuum tubes to operate. It was a massive machine, and startedrepparttar 107695 revolution to build smaller and faster computers.

The age of computers was forever altered byrepparttar 107696 introduction of International Business Machines, or IBM, intorepparttar 107697 computing industry in 1953. This company, overrepparttar 107698 course of computer history, has been a major player inrepparttar 107699 development of new systems and servers for public and private use. This introduction brought aboutrepparttar 107700 first real signs of competition within computing history, which helped to spur faster and better development of computers. Their first contribution wasrepparttar 107701 IBM 701 EDPM Computer.

A Programming Language Evolves

A year later,repparttar 107702 first successful high level programming language was created. This was a programming language not written in 'assembly' or binary, which are considered very low level languages. FORTRAN was written so that more people could begin to program computers easily.

The year 1955,repparttar 107703 Bank of America, coupled with Stanford Research Institute and General Electric, sawrepparttar 107704 creation ofrepparttar 107705 first computers for use in banks. The MICR, or Magnetic Ink Character Recognition, coupled withrepparttar 107706 actual computer,repparttar 107707 ERMA, was a breakthrough forrepparttar 107708 banking industry. It wasn't until 1959 thatrepparttar 107709 pair of systems were put into use in actual banks.

During 1958, one ofrepparttar 107710 most important breakthroughs in computer history occurred,repparttar 107711 creation ofrepparttar 107712 integrated circuit. This device, also known asrepparttar 107713 chip, is one ofrepparttar 107714 base requirements for modern computer systems. On every motherboard and card within a computer system, are many chips that contain information on whatrepparttar 107715 boards and cards do. Without these chips,repparttar 107716 systems as we know them today cannot function.

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