… today as being one of the oldest computer programming languages, FORTRAN, which stands for FORmula TRANslation, was developed and published in 1957 by John Backus and his team of professional computer programmers at International Business Machine Corpora…

… architectures <Tab/>How application layer functions are spread among computers to deliver service to users Thanks layering ability to separate function at different layers most application architecture can run over TCP/IP, IPX/SPX…

… including: *<Tab/>Hierarchical switch organization to reduce cost, *<Tab/>Single points of failure, *<Tab/>Workgroup versus core switches *<Tab/>Virtual local area networks and Ethernet physical…

… have to say that my answer to this question is a strong and resounding NO! The debate of whether or not Microsoft is a monopoly has been floating around for quite some time now. Personally, I do not believe Microsoft is attempting to monopolize the…

… issued on October 1984. The protocol suggests a simple method for workstations to access mail from a mailbox server. The protocol is dependent upon TCP (Transfer Control Protocol) and assumes that mail is posted by SMTP. POP in more detail, is a…

… and Hardware Hardware: the physical components of your computer: the 'box' and its contents (microprocessor, hard disk, graphics card, etc.), together with the monitor, keyboard and mouse. Hardware includes components called: *<Tab/>Per…

… are a number of people to whom the title 'Grandfather', 'Father', or even 'Godfather' of computing have been applied. One of these is 1.<Tab/>Charles Babbage: a Victorian engineer, mathematician and philosopher. Babbage designed: *&l…

… Sets the Trend 1.<Tab/>Gates and Allen took an existing product and adapted it to make it a Microsoft product. The same happened with DOS, and much of the Windows interface is borrowed from the Macintosh one. 2.<Tab/>BASIC…

… - Introduction Other than photocopiers, all the good ideas in computing currently in use can be traced back to PARC, including: *<Tab/>The graphical user interface: such as the Macintosh and Windows operating systems. *<Tab/&g…

… the PC - Introduction IBM - International Business Machines - (also referred to as 'Big Blue' because its corporate color is blue). IBM's Timeline: 1924<Tab/>It was founded 1950<Tab/>It began to sell large computers to…