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Download full textSenn, Gary J.; Smyth, Thomas J. C. – 1995
Because of the graphical interface and "openness" of the operating system, Macintosh computers are susceptible to undesirable changes by the user. This presentation discusses the advantages and disadvantages of software packages that offer protection for the Macintosh system. The two basic forms of software security packages include a…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Security, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer System Design
Thibeault, Nancy E. – 1997
This paper evaluates four tools for creating World Wide Web pages that interface with Microsoft Access databases: DB Gateway, Internet Database Assistant (IDBA), Microsoft Internet Database Connector (IDC), and Cold Fusion. The system requirements and features of each tool are discussed. A sample application, "The Virtual Help Desk"…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Computer System Design, Databases, Design Requirements
Moldoff, David K. – 1997
The purpose of this paper is to project present trends in application development into the next decades. The revolution in information technology has reduced the cost of computer hardware as well as communications. Networks will consist of three kinds of specialized components: clients, servers, and processors. Standardization of component…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer System Design, Costs
Ezekiel, Aaron B. – 1995
At the University of New Mexico, stakeholders from the Computer and Information Resources and Technology (CIRT) department, Financial Systems, the Health Sciences Center, and the General Libraries, were involved in deciding on the goals of a project to replace Telnet with a suite of network middleware and productivity software on campus computer…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Centers, Computer Interfaces, Computer Networks
Greenfield, Rich – 1997
The author argues that traditional library cataloging (MARC) and the online public access catalog (OPAC) are in collision with the world of the Internet because items in electronic formats undergo MARC cataloging only on a very selective basis. Also the library profession initially isolated itself from World Wide Web development by predicting no…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Authority Control (Information), Automatic Indexing, Bibliographic Records
Cimikowski, Linda; Cook, Joan – 1996
Foundations of Instructional Computing is a required one-semester, two credit course in the Education Department of Montana State University (Bozeman). The major objective of the course is to help preservice teachers develop use of computer technology that is confident, thoughtful, and integrated into their individual teaching philosophy and…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
Laufer, Carlos; Fuks, Hugo; de Lucena, Carlos J. P. – 1998
This paper presents the results of an experiment using videoconferencing in a distance graduate course in the Computer Science Department at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The purpose of the experiment was to test two videoconference technologies that are widely used on the Internet, Cu-SeeMe and Real technology, and to assess…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software Evaluation
