However, traditional workstations and PCs continue to drop in price, which tends to undercut the market for products of this type.

In 2000 TRO changed their name to PLATO Learning and continue to sell and service PLATO courseware running on PCs.

), and introduced it for use on desktop PCs as well.

A few years later, in 1981, IBM introduced the first DOS based IBM PC, and due to the overwhelming popularity of PCs and their clones, DOS soon became the operating system on which the majority of BBS programs were run.

On early keyboards without a key ( before the introduction of 101-key keyboards ) the Pause function was assigned to, and the Break function to ; these key-combinations still work with most programs, even on modern PCs with modern keyboards.

It separated the Commodore and Amiga operations into separate divisions and quickly started using the brand name on a line of PCs sold in Europe.

By reducing the number of tracks used ( and thus the capacity ), Commodore could further reduce cost-in contrast to the double-density drives used e. g. in IBM PCs of the day which saved 180 KB on one side ( by using a 40-track format ).

Though the combination of both companies ' PC manufacturing capacity initially made it the number one, it soon lost the lead and further market share to Dell which squeezed HP on low end PCs.

Most Compaq products have been re-branded with the HP nameplate, such as the company's market leading ProLiant server line, while the Compaq brand remains on only some consumer-oriented and budget products, notably Compaq Presario PCs.

The game's extensive rules – which cover diverse subjects such as social interactions, magic use, combat, and the effect of the environment on PCs – help the DM to make these decisions.

This OS and the computers it ran on were nearly obsolete by the time PCs became common, with various descendants and other replacements.

: The best known family of operating systems named " DOS " is that running on IBM PCs type hardware using Intel x86 CPUs or their compatible cousins from other makers.

Also a growing number of DSP applications are now being implemented on Embedded Systems using powerful PCs with a Multi-core processor.

Creation required a Mac ; playback was possible on Macs, PCs, and Sun Sparcstations.

In 1986, a new expert system generator for PCs appeared on the market, derived from the French academic research: Intelligence Service, sold by GSI-TECSI software company.

For example, in 1980, a company called " Don't Ask Software ", founded by Randy Simon, created a version called " Abuse " for the Apple II, Atari, and Commodore PCs, which verbally abused the user based on the user's input.

The gamemaster prepares the game session for the players and the characters they play ( known as player characters or PCs ), describes the events taking place and decides on the outcomes of players ' decisions.

As the 1980s began, hard disk drives were a rare and very expensive additional feature on personal computers ( PCs ); however by the late ' 80s, their cost had been reduced to the point where they were standard on all but the cheapest PC.

For example, the six button layout of the arcade games Street Fighter II or Mortal Kombat cannot be comfortably emulated on a console joypad, so licensed home arcade sticks for these games have been manufactured for home consoles and PCs.

Texture filtering became ubiquitous on PCs after the introduction of 3Dfx's Voodoo GPU, and on game consoles following the Nintendo 64's debut.

But the ensuing uproar in Parliament had a lasting impression on the electorate, and was a decisive factor in the Liberal government's defeat at the hands of the PCs, led by John Diefenbaker, in the 1957 election.

By the time of Windows 3. 0's 1990 release, PCs had caught up in processing power and had acquired a graphical interface, and software titles began to see release on multiple platforms.

A new dimension to internet connectivity has been introduced with hundreds of thousands of people now accessing the internet on their WAP-enabled mobile phones, smartphones and on their PCs using their phones as a modem.

OS / 2 failed to develop much penetration in the consumer and stand-alone desktop PC segments ; there were reports that it could not be installed properly on IBM's own Aptiva series of home PCs.

This capability enables the users to move recorded programs to PCs using third-party programs.

Only LAN networks are supported, but online play is possible with the use of PCs and third-party networking software.

Some devices connected via PCs ' DB-25 parallel port, or through the joystick port found in many PC sound cards.

A system was then designed to enable common computing devices, such as server PCs, to make routing decisions.

Similarly, the Play To feature once enabled for remote PCs, by turning on remote control of the player, allows compliant devices and computers to be discovered and controlled remotely from a computer running Windows Media Player 12 ( Digital Media Controller role ).

Modern desktop computers, video game consoles, laptops, tablet PCs, and many types of handheld devices, including mobile phones, pocket calculators, and industrial embedded systems, may all be considered examples of microcomputers according to the definition given above.

Devices without an integrated phone are called Windows Mobile Classic devices instead of Pocket PCs.

With Mobile 6 also came Microsoft's new naming conventions and devices were no longer called Pocket PCs: devices with no phone abilities were named Windows Mobile Classic, and devices with phone abilities were named Windows Mobile Professional.

As a result, Windows Mobile 5. 0 Pocket PCs generally had more flash memory, and less RAM, compared to earlier devices.

Pocket PCs with built-in telephony differ from Windows Mobile Smartphone Edition devices in several respects, including the lack of a touchscreen on the latter.

Each has been released across a variety of gaming platforms, such as the Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, personal computers ( PCs ), and mobile devices.

This high-speed wireless network, capable of a transfer rate of up to 11 megabits per second, enables NTU staff and students equipped with mobile devices such as notebooks, PCs and PDAs to access all networked services from practically anywhere on the campus without the need of a hardwired network connection.

ArcGIS technology can be deployed on a range of mobile systems from lightweight devices to PDAs, laptops, and Tablet PCs.

For that reason, most broadband modems today ( cable as well as DSL ) are external devices with either Ethernet connections for single PCs or routers, or built-in routers of their own ; these interfaces require a full-hardware implementation.

The Universal Serial Bus ( USB ) connects peripheral devices, such as keyboards and mice, to PCs.

# Desktop systems are add-ons ( hardware boards, usually ) to normal PCs, transforming them into videoconferencing devices.

The virtual reality and signal processing lab ( which is also part of the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology ) has high-end graphics PCs, head-mounted displays, 3-D trackers, force feedback devices, spatialized audio devices, and software for producing high-end animations and graphics.

The company develops and markets products like peripheral devices for PCs, including keyboards, mice, microphones, game controllers and webcams.

Such devices include many tablet PCs and some smartphones and digital cameras.

Romaji input is more common on PCs and other full-size keyboards ( although direct input is also widely supported ), whereas direct kana input is typically used on mobile phones and similar devices – each of the 10 digits ( 1 – 9, 0 ) corresponds to one of the 10 columns in the gojūon table of kana, and multiple presses select the row.

* Software DIGIPASS on mobile telephones, portable devices or PCs.

While early legal action by media companies forced ReplayTV to remove many features such as automatic commercial skip and the sharing of recordings over the Internet, newer devices have steadily regained these functions while adding complementary abilities, such as recording onto DVDs and programming and remote control facilities using PDAs, networked PCs, and Web browsers.

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