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1、HowardYeend10April2005nc207@lamp.ac.ukTheDevelopmentoftheInformationTechnologyoftheLastDecadeHowardYeendTheDevelopmentoftheInformationTechnologyoftheLastDecade1MIS0610IntroductiontoComputersAssignmentOneFAO:HuanJinWordCount(sections1to5,excl.titlesandfootnotes):2715.Due:18April,2005Submitted:18Apr
2、il,2005Page1of13HowardYeend10April2005nc207@lamp.ac.ukTheDevelopmentoftheInformationTechnologyoftheLastDecadeTableofContents1Introduction32Hardware42.i.Overview(4)2.ii.MainDiscussion(4)3OperatingSystems63.i.Overview(6)3.ii.MainDiscussion(6)4NetworkingandCommunications84.i.Overview(8)4.ii.MainDiscu
3、ssion(8)5Conclusion106Errata116.i.ListofAbbreviations(11)6.ii.References(12)6.iii.Bibliography(13)Page2of13HowardYeend10April2005nc207@lamp.ac.ukTheDevelopmentoftheInformationTechnologyoftheLastDecade1.IntroductionInformationTechnologypermeatesourlives.Almosteveryaspectofourexistenceinvolvesatsome
4、stagedigitaltechnology,beitthestockorderingsystematourlocalsupermarket,thetrafficlightcontrolprogramaswedrivethere,orthealarmsystemthatprotectsourhouses.1AsRowenotes,“informationtechnologycanbeappliedtovirtuallyeveryhumanfield”.ThescaletowhichwehavebeenaffectedbyIT,mostnoticeablyinthewesternworld,
5、butalsoglobally,cannotbeunderestimated;asearlyas1993,DordickandWangnotedthat“almosthalfoftheworkersintheindustrializedworldareemployedbytherapidlygrowinginformation2industries”Thisreportwilldetailsomeofthekeychangesanddevelopmentsthathavebeenseenfrom1995untilnow;chartingthesteadyprogressionfromWin
6、dows95toXP,200Mhzprocessorsto3theNEC'EarthSimulator',currentlyrunningat35.6Teraflops,from28.8kpbsmodemsto9.8GbpsbackboneconnectionsandfromthefirstwebpagetotheInternetArchive,nowstoring4'overtenbillionwebpages'.Thecentralthemesexaminedwillbe;speed,sizeandcapability.Eachoftheseareascanbeappliedtoall
7、aspectsofIT,encompassingbothhardwareandsoftware.Speedandsizeareimportantfactorsastheyarequantifiable,thusmakingcomparisonsacrosstimebotheasiertoperformandeasiertounderstand.Capabilitycoversavastrangeofdifferentpe
