Computer Backlash

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Computer Backlash

• What is it?

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Computer Anxiety

• Fear of what the effects computers have on lives
  and society in general.
• business managers - making mistakes (loss of
  information)
• loss of jobs - due to
• computerization

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Computer Anxiety (Cont.)

• Computer Jargon (bits, bytes, ROM, RAM, CPU,
  TCP/IP)
• High Tech Anxiety - people who have had limited
  contact with computers in general

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Computer Literacy

• Knowledge of basic programming techniques and the
  functions of various hardware components

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Office Automation

• Businesses know that automating office procedures
  is Efficient, Cost Effective, and Necessary in
  order to deal with the exploding information
  revolution.

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Office Automation Programs

• CAD (Computer Aided Design)
• allows the engineer to design, draft, and analyze
  a prospective product using computer graphics on
  a video terminal

• CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing)
• Now the engineer can analyze not only the product
  but also the manufacturing process

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Teleconferencing

• The method of two or more remote locations
  communicating via electronic and image-producing
  facilities.

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Audio Conferencing

• A conference call linking three or more people
• Ideal for impromptu
• conversation
• Limited to voice only

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Computer Conferencing

• Is well suited for ongoing meetings among a
  number of people
• Information is exchanged at the participants
  convenience using computer terminals
• Participants need not
• attend at the same time.

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Video Seminars

• Employ one-way, full motion video with two way
  audio
• Most common use is for formal presentations that
  involve a question and answer session such as a
  press conference

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Video Conferencing

• Employs a two-way, full motion video plus a
  two-way audio system
• Provides the most effective simulation of
  face-to-face communication

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New Technologies

• Cell Phones
• Digital Cameras
• Video Recorders
• iPOD/MP3
• IM
• Gaming
• Television

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Telecommuting

• Process by which employees commute to the office
  by computer rather than in cars

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Telecomputing

• Online information services from work that you
  can access at home
• Often more than one data bases

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Domain Name System

• DNS - people have a lot of trouble remembering
  numbers, so DNS was created. It allows those
  using the Internet to substitute names that are
  easier to remember

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Domain Name System Examples

• -.mil military domain
• -.edu educational domain
• -.com commercial domain
• -.org organizational domain
• -.gov governmental domain
• -.net network provider domain

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More Domains

• - .biz business domain
• - .info information domain
• - .name peoples names/nickname
• .us unique, memorable American
  Identities
• .tv television domain

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Internet

• TCP/IP - (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
  Protocol) Is like an address label on a package
  you send through the mail.
• An address is a number, like 158.91.6.2

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Internet (cont.)

• Network Administrators are computer technicians
  that manage local networks. They are responsible
  for assigning you an Internet username.

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Tools of the Internet

• Browsers - enable users to search the World Wide
  Web
• Gopher - (Named for the Golden Gophers of U.M.)
  Tool that allows you to burrow and tunnel through
  lists of computer menus, directories, and files
  until you find what you want

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Tools of the Internet

• FTP (File Transfer Protocol) - Transfers files
  from distant computers to your computer
• Commercial Tools - Chat software allows you to
  have interactive conversations with other people
  on-line.

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Safety Security

• Shopping Personal Information
  
• Gambling Additive, Always available
• Spy ware Whos watching you?
• Junk Email Purchases, Site Visitation

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Safety Security

• MySpace, Facebook Who gets to look?
• Chat Rooms Who are you talking to?
• Viruses How do you get them? Get rid of them?

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Types of Connections

• Before you can use the Internet tools, you have
  to be connected to the Internet in some way.
  When you are on-line, you will be operating
  several computers at one time.
• Connections are the links between these
  computers.
• Dial-In
• Base Band
• Broadband

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Dial-In Connections

• You link to the Internet with a modem. Your host
  computer must do most of the work, as the tools
  are located on the host. You will be able to use
  only the tools that the host provides.
• Measured in BPS.

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Base Band

• The transmission of digital pulses without any
  additional modulation.
• The term is typically used to refer to the pure
  digital side of a circuit when the other side is
  "broadband" or frequency based, which means that
  the signal is modulated.

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Broadband

• A high data-transmission rate internet
  connection. DSL and cable modem, both popular
  consumer broadband technologies
• Approximately nine times the speed of a modem
  using a standard digital telephone line.

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Networks

• Linking of CPUs and terminals by a communication
  system
• Local Area Network (LAN) - special type of
  network that operates within a well-defined area
  with the stations being linked by cable. It
  allows users to share information, storage
  devices, and peripherals