... can pass savings to you, the customer. There are also disadvantages to shopping on-line. The main two disadvantages are the fact that you can't physically touch are try the item on and some people worry about security. Not being able to see the item before you purchase it is not a disadvantage with some items, such as a ... CD, but if you were to buy clothes on-line you wouldn't be able to try them on so if were to get the wrong size and it didn't fit you would have to go through the hassle of sending it back. You couldn't just walk into a store and exchange it for another size, style ....

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... same network. UTP cables have100 meter as their limit and therefore, glass fibre is used when exceeding these limits. Another situation in which glass fibre can be used is when two buildings have to be connected with each other. While the UTP cable is very sensitive towards factors from outside such as lightening, glass fibre can handle these factors and the ... Netherlands regarding ICT and technology and therefore, it is often used as an experimental area for new technologies or products. At the moment, more local governments of big cities, such as Amsterdam and Den Hague, are negotia...

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... area network connects LANs that are typically separated by great distances. The best-known example of a WAN is the Internet itself. A smaller-scale example is a network that connects a company's corporate headquarters with branch offices in other cities. What the Internets greatest achievements for me is; being able to communicate with people from all over the world, share knowledge and to have escapism from ... great 1 & 2 Mb services being offered by companies like BT, Blueyonder and NTL at very competitive prices. 2) Switching Circuit switching, as opposed to packet switching, sets u...

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... prediction that by the year 2000, Mainland China's annual PC production would reach 7.6 million, making it the third-largest in the world after the US and Japan. (1) • Chinese cities are very modern, with excellent highway systems and reliable airports. This is beneficial for the industry in that these transportation innovations make shipping products to the consumer more efficient. PC ... manufacturers are able to receive shipments from suppliers with ease. • Telecommunications network provides over 1,000 telephone lines to the newly created China customer center, a new 135,000 squ...

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... was designed like the ENIAC. UNIVAC's much higher design speed allowed it to add two ten-digit numbers at a rate of almost 100,000 additions per second. Internally, the UNIVAC operated at a clock frequency of 2.25 MHz; it too used vacuum tube circuits like the ENIAC. The UNIVAC ... to many new inventions in technology. It was just the beginning of an ever-growing series of ideas, inventions and theories. Without building and inventing these computer systems, we would not be able to have the amazing things of today like cordless telephone, microwave, remote control, fiber optics, life .....

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... buy it and know what they want Weaknesses Unfamiliarity with target audience, generation/cultural gap May be viewed negatively by gamers as corporate/commercialization May not be able to keep up with the pace of gaming news/technology turnover Ordering components from overseas distributors means shipment time is lengthy/unreliable Opportunities Niche market, breaking into this market strongly will establish this site ... narrow the traditional advertising down to our specific target market, radio and television advertising will only be chosen where specific gaming or computing related co...

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