... Chapter 1. History of computers . ... Blocks of computer . ... Operation system . ... File system . ... Operations with files (NC) . ... File editor (NE) . ... Computer viruses . ... Windows 95/98 system . ... Computer documents (Word) . ... Answers to the questions . Appendix A. Windows 3.1 system . Appendix B. About the book for parents . ... On this page you will find the first chapter and introductions and control questions from several other chapters. ...

... Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe . ... The Early Universe . ... NEAR to an Asteroid . ... Excitement mounts as NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft nears launch - currently scheduled for 3:53 ET on February 16. NEAR's mission is to become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with and orbit an asteroid, the asteroid designated 433 Eros. ... Cold, distant, Pluto is the only planet in our Solar System which has not been visited by a spacecraft from Earth. ... The First Explorer . ...

. An operating system is the program that controls all the other parts of a computer system - both the hardware and the software. Most importantly, it allows you to make use of the facilities provided by the system. Every computer has an operating system. The UNIX operating system has three important features; a kernel, the shell and a filesystem. The Kernel . The Shell . UNIX file system . More about the UNIX operating system .

There is "CONPAS" mailing list which you can join to discuss issues of problem solving and to be automatically notified of important dates and decisions with respect to the coming sessions of the workshop "Computer Networks: Problems Solutions" . ... This list is not a moderated one, and is absolutely free to subscription for the participants of the workshop, as well as for any other person. The discussion list has the same name, as the workshop, working language is, preferable, English. ...

... We have developed an integrated system that performs astronomical observations in Near Infrared bands operating two-dimensional instruments at the Italian National Infrared Facility's ARNICA and LONGSP . ... The user interface is organized as widget-based X11 client. ... 1993; Di Giacomo et al. 1993). ... Moreover, if the interprocess communication interface includes support for networking, the software immediately becomes network distributed software. ... DESQview/X User Guide 1993, Quarterdeck . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Cosmic Adventures . ... Cosmic evolution in a computer . ... V irgo Consortium astrophysicists used a 25-terabyte databank to create a computer simulation showing cosmic structure's evolution. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com...

Symbolic circuit-matrix processor and evaluator . ... This software is reliable over the range of benchmark circuit complexity (both *.CIR and *.MAT file). ... SYMBOL is a symbolic-algebra package which in contrast to REDUCE, MACSYMA, MAPLE, MATHEMATICA, MathLAB, MathCAD and other known multi-purpose systems is especially intended for analysis of any lumped, linear, time-invariant circuit. ... pure ASCII text . ... CIRSYM - SYMbolic CIRcuit processor used to format ASCII text file *.out for CALCSYM. ...

... Hence it is required that you get an e-mail account on gladstone. ... Learning how to effectively use the computer network is an important part of this class. There are several networked computer labs on campus. ... In addition, a facility located in 112 Willamette hall was built specifically to serve as a network access point for students taking web based courses. ... It is recommended that you use Netscape from that facility as it will be tied directly to your gladstone account. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Bruce McCandless II (Captain, USN, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 14 mission and was backup pilot for the first manned Skylab mission (SL-1/SL-2). ... A veteran of two space flights, McCandless has logged over 312 hours in space, including 4 hours of MMU flight time. ... With the completion of this flight McCandless logged 191 hours in space (including 4 hours of MMU flight time). ...

A computer controlled low light photometer for nightglow observations. Hardware units of portable photometer for low light measurements, especially night glow emission is described. ... Interface card contain three channels of 24 bit counter, 4 channels of 12 bit ADC and the buffer bus for the controlled motors of the altazimuthal fork mounting and filters wheel, the position encoders. ... Where N( ) is output signal photometer generated input light flux F( l ) . ... PMT # . 599 . ...

... Another significant contribution to the crystal energy of metals is the electron-ion interaction or the electron bandstructure energy (E BS ) which is defined by the interaction of valence electrons and the Brillouin zone (BZ) planes. ... The program BRIZ has been developed for 3D visualization of Brillouin zone configurations and intersections of BZ planes with a Fermi sphere[4]. ... 1.75 (electrons/atom). ... 4] Degtyareva V.F., Smirnova I.S.: BRIZ: a vizualization program for Brillouin zone ? ...

... To get access to the software you must be registered at the ASC RadioAstron Server "ra.asc.rssi.ru" ------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT: At present the software "FAKERAT" runs only under 32 bit Linux workstation in X windows with C shell script. ... All procedure runs under C shell. ... Copy all files from the given directory to your computer. ... Then, copy txt-file representing the current version of orbit to the "orbit" subdirectory located in "fakerat_07041020". ...

... The tracking system works in micro-step regime with a computer step of correction = 0.003 arcsec per second of time and a maximum speed of correction up to 4.6 arcsec per second of time. ... The APD module was constructed for performing experiments of receiving of 2 Mbps signals from “ARTEMIS” using the Cassegrain focus of 0.7m telescope. ... GaAs PIN photo diode. ... Laser module with thermoelectric stabilisation of laser diode. ... Electronic module for turbulence compensation system . ...

... Observatory . ... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science and Technical Meetings > Conferences 2002 > vo2002 . ... ESO Data . ... Virtual Observatory Tools . ... A virtual observatory (VO) is a collection of interoperating data archives and software tools which utilize the internet to form a scientific research environment in which astronomical research programs can be conducted. ... Firstly, there is an explosion in the size of astronomical data sets delivered by new large facilities. ...

... Registration form . ... Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences invites you to participate in the all-Russian scientific conference "Asteroid-Comet Hazard-2005" which will be held 3-7 October 2005 in St. Petersburg. ... Batrakov Yu.V. Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS, St.Petersburg . ... Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS . ... Finkelstein A.M. Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS, St.Petersburg . ... Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS, St.Petersburg . ...

... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Town of Baikonur residential area of the Cosmodrome . ... For receipt, temporary storage and standalone processing of payloads (including, if necessary, filling with propellant and compressed gases), as well as for preparation, integration and encapsulation of the Space Head Module (SHM), ISC Kosmotras offers an Assembly, Integration and Test Building (AITB), Fueling Station and office premises located at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. ...

... Since January 2000 our English translation (Astronomy Letters) is available on-line !!! . see Note on printing of the on-line papers) . Scanned copies of Astronomy Letters for 1975-2000 can be found on-line in free access in ADS . ... 1995 , 1996 - the Grand prize (full story) , 1997 (full story) , 1998 (full story) , . 1999 , 2001 (full story) , 2003 , 2004 (full story) , and 2005 . ... LANL / ITEPh astrophysics preprints . ... E-mail: pazh@hea.iki.rssi.ru . ...

... Cost­E#ective System Management Skip Schaller Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 Abstract. Quality system management of computer workstations for as­ tronomy can be achieved with relatively small manpower requirements, if the right cost­e#ective administrative design decisions are made. ... The system is designed so that one doesn't depend on four or more hosts, (such as a software server, cpu server, data file server, font server, etc.) to get work done. ...

... Russian Space Science Internet (RSSI) . ... RSSI Acceptable Use Policy . ... The RSSI's mission is to provide a computer communications network designed to support Russian Science flight mission, discipline research programs, research and .education institutes and non-profit organizations. ... All user requests for the Russian Space Science lnternet connectivity must be validated and supported by Network Coordination Center at the Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). ...

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