COMM 226 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Grid Computing, Microsoft Outlook, Customer Relationship Management
7 Feb 2015
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Q1: why do you need to know about information technology: knowing the basics about modern information technology (it) (including. Q2: where did all this information technology stuff come from: the first digital computing devices was made in 1940, first commercial computer 1950s, pc 1980. Internet and cellular phones come into wide use during the 1990"s. Early computers: eniac (electronic numerical integrator and computer), which was originally designed in 1946 to calculate, firing tables for ballistic missiles, was the first reprogrammable general-purpose computer. Microcomputers: 1975-present: by 1981, the microcomputer had developed enough to launch the personal computers. Invention of local area network: lan revolutionised business computing by providing shared access to data, printers and other peripheral devices, lan was followed up by wide area networks. Summary: price and performance advances: it is continuously evolving. Input devices: may be one of the two most visible or familiar parts of the computer.
