In some ways, smartphones and tablet computers are picking up where network computers left off.
But the virus has resisted multiple efforts to remove it from Creech's computers, network security specialists say.
It is in this room, at this table, cluttered with laptop computers, network cables and files, where spirited discussion and debate about each individual candidate for admission to the academy takes place.
You can network computers via Bluetooth, but why bother when Wi-Fi is cheaper, faster and simpler?
In 1997, "network computers" were the hot new trend and Sun came out with the Java Station.
Each time this application is run, the virus tries to move to other computers in the network.
Crew hired EDS in February 2001 to run its computers and telecom network.
Some PoE equipment uses spare wires in cables that link computers back to network hubs and pump power down these.
In particular, they will let software programs run on all manner of machines, from almost-dumb network computers to powerful servers.
Widespread private ownership of cheap computers and the network to allow them to communicate with each other would come much later.
Crew hired EDS last February to run its computers and telecom network.
Today, however, network computers are making a comeback as "thin clients, " and are currying favor with corporate customers worried about the escalating cost of maintaining large PC pools.
Botnet attackers commandeer personal computers as part of a large network of "zombie" computers that, on command, target companies for spam attacks to cripple IT capabilities.
The authorities closed in on Mr Avanesov after they took and dismantled the network of computers he controlled.
For the network, computers and software, it has relied on western firms like Netscape, Oracle and Sun Microsystems.
Two computers linked by a network connection are required to power the experience.
They first appeared in 2009 and are closely linked to the global network of computers which supports the currency and its users.
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Ethernet is a democratic type of network: computers communicate peer to peer with no central control, and the technical standard became open, managed by the IEEE.
Typically this means owning the management layer, through virtualization, though of course companies like Cisco make a case for the network among computers as the critical part.
Bitcoins, and the global network of computers that supports them, first appeared in 2009 and since then it has become a very widely used alternative payments system.
Consumer companies are exploring smart vending machines that have tiny computers on a wireless network which leverage information like usage data and weather forecasts to determine replenishment schedules.
This is a real product, HomeCloud DHM (a consumer network appliance that facilitates sharing and synchronization of data among home devices such as computers, phones, tablets, network-compatible TVs, etc.) and WSTL should begin earning real money in mid-2011.
Now that planet-wide network of interlinked computers became a court of the people - virtual Athenian democracy.
Large companies invariably have in their data-centres both Sun's fancy network-server computers and also cheaper machines running Windows.
That data can then be amplified by 1, 000 or if those original enquiries are made through a botnet, or network of infected computers.
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The pair checked NASD regulations and discovered that there were no rules preventing this, so they created software and a network of personal computers that would simulate a giant electronic limit order book.
UN's own plans for bridge-building include a corps of volunteers to teach people in developing countries how to use computers, and a health network to provide hospitals and clinics with up-to-date medical information.
All told, Kaspersky Lab said that a total of 30, 749, 066 vulnerable programs and files were detected on computers using the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), with an average of 8 different vulnerabilities detected on each affected computer.
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