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Monday, November 16, 2009

EVOLUTION OF COMPUTER

A SHORT HISTORY

1833: Charles Babbage professor of mathematics at the Cambridge University with the assistance of Lady Augusta Ada Lovelace developed a machine that could store information, calculate numbers and solve algebraic expression.

1930: Howard Aikens and Grace Hooper developed an electrically operated machine which could calculate , store data, read characters and also special symbols. It was named
Harvard Mark 1

1945 : First electronic general purpose calculator ,ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator ) built in U.S ,weighs 33 tons consumes 150 kw and averages 5000 operations per ssecond

1947
: Transistor, essential storage device for computers invented by American engineers William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Bartain .

1948 :First stored program computer, Manchester Mark 1 , built in UK. Using valves , it can perform about 500 operations per second and has the first RAM . It fills a room the size of a small office

1958:Integrated Circuit (microchip) produced by American engineer Jack Kilby. His circuit is made of a single piece of semiconductor

1965: First commercially successful microcomputer,
DEC PDP-8 is produced in US. It sits on a desktop.

1971: First microprocessor chip , the Intel 4004, produced in US. It performs 60000 operations per second.

1975: Microsoft founded by American businessmen Bill Gates and Paul Allen. They developed DOS which later becomes the dominant operating system for computers

1977: Mass produced personal computer, Commodore PET appears

1981: First portable computer, Osborne 1, produced. At the size and weight of a sewing machine, however, it is much less convenient than current portable computers.

1981: IBM launches IBM PC on the personal computer market. IBM makes the first massive sales in the personal computer market.

1984: Apple Macintosh computer becomes first successful personal computer with a mouse and easy to use Graphic User Interface (GUI).

1985: Microsoft launches Windows for PC . Windows is a GUI similar to Mac’s, making personal computer much easier to use.


1990 : IBM Pentium PC produced. It is designed using a system called VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration).
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Resume

AHMAD
1. Career Objective
To pursue a career in an organization of repute having potential for creativity and innovation where merit is the base, a position where one faces a challenging working environment to bring out the best of one’s capabilities.
2. Work Experience
• Two year experience as an administrator officer in al Rehmat.
3. Academic Record

DEGREE INSTITUTION YEAR %age
B.B.A University of Peshawar 2007-2011 In progress
F.S.C B.I.S.E, Mardan 2005-2007 51
S.S.C B.I.S.E, Mardan 2003-2004 58

4. LANGUAGES
Other languages and skill level Read Write Speak Understand
English High Good Good Better
Urdu High High High High
Pashto High Good High High

5. COMPUTER SKILLS
□ MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
□ Windows XP, 2000 and win98.
□ Adobe Photoshop
□ Smash
□ Internet Browsing

6. HOBBIES:
□ Cricket, Traveling, poetry

7. PERSONAL DATA
Present Address
Cell No
Date of Birth
Place of Domicile
NIC. No.
Father’s Name
Marital Status
E-mail Street -----------------------------------
0334-8921321
08-02-1988
Mardan NWFP, Pakistan.
UnMarried
Ahmad_aeasthatic@yahoo.com
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

What is Ecommerce?

Ecommerce involves buying and selling of products or services through the Internet. Ecommerce is the best voted option for online selling considering the fact that it is a billion dollar industry with endless online store owners and online buyers. Various reasons can be attributed to it. People have easy access to the Internet. They can very conveniently do comparative study of products they intend to buy without going anywhere. Moreover when they buy online they get great bargains.

Ecommerce or online stores allow you to see something that is put up for sale even at the opposite end of the world. What makes Ecommerce a better sales option is that you don't need to step out of your home especially considering the busy lifestyle everyone has these days.

Ecommerce benefits the sellers too in a great way. The main benefit of having an ecommerce store for online selling is that amount of investment it takes is quite less as compared to a brick and mortar store. When you set up a shop, you need to invest in the interior design, rent, staff, electricity, water, and other things.

Again marketing your online store on the Internet is also cost-effective. Moreover there are many methods for marketing online, such as direct mails, online advertisements, social networking sites, banner advertisements, PPC marketing and more. In this process, it is possible to reach your consumers, update them about latest offers and increase profits considerably.

Ecommerce can be opted for any type of sales or business. It can be for the virtual or physical items. Ecommerce can be business to business (B2B) or business to consumer (B2C). In B2B, the exchange usually is of commodities between companies or business groups and in B2C, the business is dealt with individual customers.

The retailers who sell online are known as e-tailers. The sale can pertain to the day to day commodities, services, knowledge transfer, etc. One can shop almost everything available online with the advancement of Ecommerce. Emailing, instant messaging, online banking, online shopping, teleconferencing, and electronic tickets are all examples of the use of Ecommerce in our daily lives. However, there are some government regulations on the Ecommerce activities. In US, FTC regulates these activities. This body monitors the online advertising, commercial emails being sent, and the privacy of the consumer.

Setting up an Ecommerce Store is now very easy with software programs that come with ready to use Ecommerce store coding, designs and all functionalities. They are instant, very cost-effective and very convenient way to have your own web store.
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Ecommerce Solutions, Including a Complete Shopping Cart

The changing market trends and ever increasing competition has taken the sales war on to the online arena. Ecommerce has registered its success thanks to the growing popularity of the internet and is definitely here to stay. More and more people are transacting online and taking advantage of the many e commerce platforms available today. Organizations want to have an e commerce platform in place to cash in on the phenomenon of e commerce. There are companies providing customized e commerce solutions such as shopping carts to fit in to the exact requirements of their clients.

Ecommerce solutions like shopping cart are very much in demand. 'Shopping Cart' is nothing but software designed to make up for a great online shopping experience. An online shopping cart lets an internet user get a real-world shopping experience like picking products and creating a shopping basket. The software then calculates the total order price and with the help of a payment gateway processes the order.

Fitting in an online Shopping cart can be a technical nightmare for website owners because of the many nitty-gritty's involved in this particular e commerce solution. However, the decision to go for a shopping cart can be quite lucrative in the long-run as it opens up a new channel from which an organization can expand its business operations apart from the traditional methods like selling through a physical store.

If the benefits are evident and are easily there for the taking it becomes that much necessary to take professional expertise and launch your very own shopping carts. Ecommerce solutions such as a payment integration gateway and a search engine friendly online shopping carts are best left to be handled by experts on this domain. Stop pondering over and reach out for your e commerce solution needs without further ado.

About the Author - Gaurav Kumar is internet marketing professional, Presently working with Ebizon NetInfo, one of the leading Web development company offering expert SEO Services, US web development services, Shopping cart and ecommerce solutions over the globe.
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