Real time inforamtion
Real time information Real time information provides up to date transportation arrival information for passengers waiting at airport, bus-stop or train station. They display the number of minutes that passengers can expect to wait before the arrival of their required transportation. On boarding into it the RTI unit displaces and announces its next station, or stop. How does RTI works? Real time information (RTI) unit works by sending a signal from one place of transportation services to RTI sign using satellite and radio communications. The signal from the vehicle is used to locate it along its route. A computer system uses this information to predict how long will the journey be. The data is dispatched every 30 seconds and the location of the vehicle and its estimated time of arrival are set accordingly. There are RTI signs currently located in the local bus services all around London. Countdown is an electronic information display system that gives people waiting at bus stops real-time information on bus arrival times. The increasing use of information technology and electronic communications has raised travellers' Expectations on the provision of transport information. Increasingly a printed timetable at a bus stop falls short of the mark, and passengers now expect relevant, accurate and timely information to allow them to make informed decisions on travel
One of the 15 largest law firms in the world, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, supports nearly 1400 lawyers in 15 cities around the world (Kirkland & Ellis, 2011). Hardware and software are used by most of the lawyers in the company and many more people who help su
Hardware and Software Dhaval Shah CIS205 July 4, 2011 Frances Wand Hardware and Software The hardware and software of a workplace is important to the support of personal, workgroup, and enterprise computing. Although each company operates different, hardware and software will be used in similar form. One of the 15 largest law firms in the world, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, supports nearly 1400 lawyers in 15 cities around the world (Kirkland & Ellis, 2011). Hardware and software are used by most of the lawyers in the company and many more people who help support lawyers. Having each office use the same hardware and software in every office makes supporting them easy for the company. Kirkland & Ellis LLP deploys standard set of hardware and software to each employee based on his or her position. Every employee uses either a Dell desktop and monitor or a Dell Laptop. These pieces of hardware allow the employee to connect to Kirkland & Ellis LLP's network and function as a corporation. The workstations use the Windows operating system, Windows XP. Windows XP, a Microsoft product, released its first edition in 2001 (Microsoft, 2011). While this operating system is no longer sold or supported, Kirkland & Ellis LLP decided to hold off on upgrading to Windows 7. Because of the compatibility issues Windows Vista, the operating system released after Windows XP, had, Kirkland & Ellis
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MOBILE PHONES
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MOBILE PHONES Mobile phones are used all over the world for different purposes. In this essay, we will be looking at the advantages and disadvantages of using mobile phones. Dr Martin Cooper is considered the inventor of the first portable handset and the first person to make a call on a portable cell phone, in April 1973. This portable phone had numerous features never seen before. It revolutionised communication throughout the world. Below is a picture of the first portable cell phone and its features: Name: Motorola Dyna-Tac Size: 9 x 5 x 1.75 inches Weight: 2.5 pounds Display: None Number of Circuit Boards: 30 Talk time: 35 minutes Recharge Time: 10 hours Features: Talk, listen, dial ADVANTAGES Mobile phones have many advantages. Some of these advantages include: * To call different services in case of an emergency. * To contact people who may not have access to a landline. * To keep in touch with people regardless of where they are. * To send text, picture and video messages for various purposes. * They are getting cheaper. Many people own mobile phones (see Fig.1) as they have so many advantages. Below is a graph showing the results of a survey in the U.K. The 100 people who took part in this survey were asked, "Do you own a mobile phone?" Figure 1 In many businesses today mobile phone communication can be vital for
Internet Risks and Reliability Issues
(P1) Internet Risks and Reliability Issues (P2) Introduction: This report was produced by undertaking research into several types of business activities on the internet. The report also identifies the risks and reliability issues associated with the type of activity. The report was produced by Haroon Sheikh for the Websters Supermarket. The report was compiled and submitted on 25th FBY 2008. Findings: One of the popular worries about e-commerce is the possible (and probably exaggerated) abuse of credit card numbers. But if you book a holiday over the Internet, shouldn't you also worry about a hacker getting hold of your home address and the dates of your holiday, and connecting it with your recent purchase and insurance of expensive Jewelry. Identity theft is a catch-all term for crimes involving illegal usage of another individual's identity. The most common form of identity theft is credit card fraud (theft and fraud committed using a credit card or any similar payment mechanism as a fraudulent source of funds in a transaction. The purpose may be to obtain goods without paying, or to obtain unauthorized funds from an account) While the term is relatively new, the practice of stealing money or getting other benefits by pretending to be a different person is thousands of years old. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Customers know when this happening because they are warned
The telephone one of the best.
The telephone one of the best. The telephone is one of the most used inventions ever invented. It is used world wide connecting people from one side of the world to the other side. They send speech over long distances by using electric currents, laser light or radio waves. The telephone was invented in 1876 by a Scottish engineer called Alexander Graham Bell who lived from 1847-1922. He had been working in the United States on improving the telegraph, which used Morse code which used dotes and dashes to send the messages to other users but it was limited, but so were the early phones. By 1880, the first public telephone system were in use, although they had hardly any subscribers. Early telephones were connected by wires to a telephone exchange, where operators would connect the two wires by hand which was very hard when the invention got bigger and more people were using it. The invention of automatic switches in the 1890s allowed the exchanges to connect calls without going though an operator, where there could be problems or mistakes which all lost time. Modern telephone systems change the varying electrical signal of older phones into a digital signal made up of electrical pulses that are handled by computerized exchanges, getting rid of the old fashioned mechanical ones of lots of people playing with wires. A telephone handset works with a mouthpiece and an earpiece,
Verbal and Non - verbal Communication
Introduction Communication is the study of the transfer of meaning (Eunson, 2005, p.2). This consists of verbal communication, which is the exchange of ideas through written or spoken words and non - verbal communication, which is conveying a message through cues such as facial expressions (a smile), head movements (shaking left to right), proxemics (closeness in proximity) and eye messages (a stare). It is virtually impossible to not communicate, as further proved by the axiom - "You cannot not communicate". There can also be considerable misunderstanding due to the noise factors that obstruct easy flow of communication, which can be dismissed if the misconceptions are understood and remedied. Verbal cues can be easily controlled; where as the non - verbal cues have little or no control as they are exhibited by the speaker more or less without his or her knowledge. These are more spontaneous and the individual has less control over them, thus making it more genuine and real. Consequently, at times when the verbal cues and the non - verbal cues are contradicting, it is the general practice for the listener to perceive the message displayed by the non - verbal cue. In a face to face conversation or verbal exchange, the words take only 7% of the effectiveness of delivering the proper message, where as the tone of voice and non - verbal communication consists of 38% and 55%
Discussing commerse - shopping, banking and auctions.
COMMERCE INTRODUCTION Shopping, banking and auctions has become easy to deal. Nowadays you can do your shopping's, banking and auctions in the internet. These have got lot of advantages and same time disadvantages. It depends on you, do you want to use internet to deal these. Some people might feel that online services are convenient and some people don't trust online services. SHOPPING Shopping is something what everyone has to do. Some people might find shopping annoying and some people love shopping. To people who don't like shopping, there is an easy way to make shopping. You can shop from your home. This is possible by internet. Shopping from internet is called online shopping. Almost every shop has its own website. The websites are updated and you can make your purchases from there. You can find all products which are available in the shop. You can buy anything you want from internet. Clothes, home electrical, groceries and so on. In some shops you have paying ways. Usually paying is made by credit card. Before giving your credit card details, you need to make sure that your card is secured. Advantages of online shopping: * Makes shopping much more easier. * Save lots of time. * You can compare prices. * Online shopping is helpful, if you are trying to look for an item, which is hard to find. You can search for it from one place. This means you don't need to go
There are 2 types of interfaces GUI (Graphic User Interface) and CLI (Command User Interface). More people used and still uses GUI this is because it is used at home, schools and also business.
You will also need to explain why one of these operating systems is better than the other one (M1) GUI vs. CLI There are 2 types of interfaces GUI (Graphic User Interface) and CLI (Command User Interface). More people used and still uses GUI this is because it is used at home, schools and also business. Although there are more people that uses GUI more experienced IT user e.g. computer technicians prefer CLI. Graphic User Interface: is icons that load your programs that show up on your desktop, colours that set the background colour for the window, the start menu and folders that you are enable to click and anything that you can click is classed as a form of GUI. Windows I would say is the best example of an operating system that uses GUI. This is because everything that you can visualize on windows is a GUI. GUI requires point and click which most of Computer users are used to apart from maybe disabled user because it hard to use without additional software. This is a screenshot of Windows that uses GUI Command User Interface: is interacting with the operating system and has been around well before GUI. This doesn't require the use of icons or the clicking the mouse for a chosen program or file to open. It uses commands that are created using symbols, text and also numbers. Long before the GUI was brought out in home computers, everyone used CLI. DOS is a good
William H. Gates.
William H. Gates Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Microsoft Corporation William (Bill) H. Gates III is co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation, the world's leading provider of software for personal computers. Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Mary Gates, their late mother, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent and chairwoman of United Way International. Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer software, programming computers at age 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft's president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair. BASIC was first developed by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz at Dartmouth College in the mid-1960s. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, they began
The Internet is an important part of our everyday lives however it is not perfect. There are many merits and pitfalls of having easy access to the vast amounts of media and information provided on the Internet.
The Internet has evolved over time. It all began in 1969 as ARPANET. ARPANET was a project of the United States Department of Defense to create a 'nuclear-proof' computer network. This meaning that the network would continue to function even if a part of the network was destroyed. Today, the Internet extends around the globe and includes numerous networks and computers connecting millions of people from all around the world. ( What is the Internet? ;2001) The Internet is a collection of computer networks that use a common software standard to exchange data with each other. Using satellite links and telephone wires, Internet users can share information in different ways. The Internet allows users to easily connect through local computers, exchange e-mails with colleagues, friends and family around the world, post information for others to see, connect with friends and family through social networking sites such as 'Facebook' and 'Myspace', research information and online banking, to name just a few. (What is the Internet?; 2001) The Internet is an important part of our everyday lives however it is not perfect. There are many merits and pitfalls of having easy access to the vast amounts of media and information provided on the Internet. The Internet provides a quick, easy and simple method of searching for information. The Internet has become one large cyber library with
