Week 4: Clear

This week covered a variety information about application software and multi-media. From software licensing to the lifecycle of software, there was something new and information which i could take away from all of the different information. One of the most interesting topics that i was able to take away from this weeks information, was on the subject about legal software. Whats exactly is legal software? Well legal soft ware is a computer application that can provide contracts and legal documents for small businesses, but also for personal use, which means myself or any individuals can take advantage of this. There is a wide spread of very important documents that are provided and offered by it which includes wills, living wills, health care power of attorneys and power of attorneys. It alo extends as far as providing real estate documents for landlords, tools for employers and you would not believe this one but divorce documents as well. You can get this software from multiple retails outlets and online websites which distribute them. This is something I'm extremely happy to learn because I know I will use it.

Week 3: Clear

The internet is filled with countless of different websites where you can find information which may or may not be true according the the type of websites and the context it holds. Many websites on the internet are used for business to promote, sell some type of good, while others are used to get information, which can according the type of website the information can factual or non-factual. There are the opinion based websites such as blog spots where people openly state their opinions. There is also those factual based websites such as encyclopedia websites or dictionary based website. There are also websites for entertainment purposes where you can entertain yourself with various things such as online video games. For many of the different variations of websites available on the internet, there are some where which provides the best quality content that the internet surfer is looking for, while there are other with poor quality content which might not be up to par of the web surfers expectations. Usually the internet websites with the most accurate and best quality content are those that are well established,has a names for it self, and has some type of credence to back them up. Usually those websites that are personal based sites usually consist of many opinions and might not be the most dependable website in regards to actual facts. Next time when browsing the web, always try and go with those already established website to not run into any problems in regards to factual or quality information.

week 2: clear

This week, we went into talking about how important and beneficial computers are for us today and in the future. Today 5 year old children are able to use computer while 30 years ago scientist were the only one able to use these complicated machines. This is basically being Computer literate, where an individual has the basic knowledge and understanding of computers and their uses. Computer fluency, however, is more in depth than just having basic computer knowledge. The main two and most important part of a computer is the hardware and software. What exactly is the Hardware? This part of the computer is composed of the electronic and mechanical aspects of a computer which includes printers, scanners, monitors, and speakers. The software and the other hand is like the brain and processing areas of a computer which involves running  programs and the instructing the computer how to do different things and hot to run properly. Some software example includes utilities, operating systems, and applications. Compared to long ago when computers were rally big machines today you can find computer in many different smaller forms. There are the home personal computer, laptops, hand held phones, and so on. The computer fist came around in 1964 when it was first used as a multiplying machine.  As time continues it became more and more advance to where its at today. Can you imagine that the computer started of as a calculator?  The next addition to the computer was the first arithmetic calculator in 1820. Skipping some the computer really started to take it toll in a period called the Dark ages of the computer world. These were period in the early and mid 1950s where first computer had many wires, used vacuum tubes, were very power and space hungry, very heavy, and got very hot. IBM was the leading manufacture of computer during this era. Then there were the middle ages of the computer world. Here marked when more programming languages came and smaller. Now, computer chips were beginning to show up everywhere, including watches, cars, and microwaves.  This era last until early 1990, which was then after became to be the Present age of computers, which need not explanation and can be see in our everyday world and is a necessity in our lives. Through so many changes of computer we can se how far this great machine have come, can't imagine what computers will be doing for us in the near future.

week 1: clear

During this week's information, all the information provided was very clear and understanding to me.  The internet to was a like an online library where information seems to be an endless resource, and of course one of my favorite place to find information was at Google.com. When searched for something on google, millions and millions I needed to find anything, I went straight to google.com and typed what I was looking for in the of URLs will show up thought the many pages available (page 1,2,3...60), which all had some relative to what my search was. With google being my favorite, I'm still familiar with those other search engine such ass Yahoo, Ask.com, aol.com, bing, there many other which I have not too in dept. There are search engines you can use like Hulu, where you can find information that more specific and critical. Search also varies by categories since there are search engines strictly for books, some strictly for movies, and some strictly for videos and some strictly for even clothing/shopping. Next time you plan of using a search engine, think of one other than google to get exactly what you are looking for In this weeks information is also talked about Netiquette, which are the set of rules that govern behavior on the Internet. We have all heard about proper etiquette, which is having good manners, being polite and professional in some cases, but Netiquette is something that most of us have properly never heard about. From taking different class at UF such as Management and entrepreneurship, I came across this word netiquette, which teaches you how to be polite when it. comes to using the web as a form of communication. Netiquettes is most needed for communication on the web because, sometime words can be read and taking different since there is not sound and body actions to help it out. Some of the most important things about netiquettes are not using all upper case most which is always taken as being yelled at. When using the computer to communicate next time just remember to use the proper netiquettes. One last this that was very interest the week was the information provides about the Copyright laws. The Disney video, had to be one of the most creative ways of providing information about copyright, and we all know that they are one of the biggest companies which people still their work with out the proper authorizations. There many different things you can get copyrights for which includes, music, movies, photos, an idea, books, theory, words and the list goes on. Using some else work with out their permission will be breaking the copyrights law and this can have serious repercussion such as jail time. Being a student surprisingly has is perks because many things that are copyrighted is considered "Fair Use" for students, since universities are granted permission to use many different works from people.