TAILIEUCHUNG - Ebook How computers work (8th edition): Part 2
How computers work (8th edition) is a must-have for anyone interested in the inner-workings of computers. The full-color, detailed illustrations will take you deep inside your PC and show you just how intricate it is. | Games and Multimedia H A p T E R s Ii PHR 2 HOW MULTIMEDIA SOUND WORKS 268 2 HOW MULTIMEDIA VIDEO WORKS 280 HOW GAMES PUT YOU IN THE ACTION 286 264 GAMES AND MULTIMEDIA If you could do whatever you wanted, it wouldn't be agame. -Clive Thompson First video game Developed at MIT, Spacewar made its debut in 1962. Here is the classic CBS Opening. The ships-one wedge-shaped and the other with a needle-nose-turn slightly away from the I star and fire a short rocket blast (note the needle-ship's exhaust) to get into a comet-type orbit, and then rotate the other way to try shooting torpedoes at the opponent. The original IBM PC, compared to today's personal computers, was a poor, introverted little thing. It didn't speak, sing, or play the guitar. It didn't even display graphics well or show more than four colors at a time. Not only is today's multimedia revolution changing the ways we use PCs, it also is changing our use of information itself. Where information formerly was defined as columns of numbers or pages of text, we're communicating both to and from our PCs, using our voices, our ears, and our eyes, not simply to read, but to see pure visuals. Today the distinctions among computers, movies, television, radio, CD players, DVD players, TiVo, and game consoles have all but disappeared. They are losing their individual identities to be co-opted, Borg-like, into one allencompassing, networked system that serves up entertainment, information, and communication throughout the home and the work place. Add the cell phone, which is rapidly morphing into an extension of this computer/entertainment/communication personal conglomerate, and the boundaries of the home and office dissolve, too. We are headed quickly toward the utopian idea of pervasive computing. Expect other devices to join the party. Sensors in the walls, in your bed, or in your cereal will be able to monitor your blood pressure, cholesterol, diet, and provide your doctor with a video view
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