Life to Computers

By: Michaelwho Hart
Submitted: 2007-01-17 16:02:46
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This writing is simply my observations of analogies in computers and life. My observations can possibly be un-intelligent or incorrect. If you seriously want to learn about computers or life, seek the appropriate manual.

Chapter 1 -Psychical Similarities-

A computer is made up of many different hardware components that make it function as a computer, such things as the video, sound, network, or modem card. And also the mouse, keyboard and monitor (and possibly a joystick if desired). The human body is much the same way using many different components to make a complete human body. Such things as the brain, heart, lungs, stomach, etc. And the external components such as eyes, ears, hands, arms, legs, etc. Now just like changing a cord in your computer a body part may be transplanted. But just like a computer you must make sure the parts are compatible. You can't put a network card for a Macintosh computer into a PC, just like you can't transplant a kidney for an A blood type to a B blood type. So computers are our bodies to a certain degree, have generic changeable parts (but I don't recommend getting your parts changed, it is generally not a good thing).

Now for in depth on external features. The devices that I just spoke about are inside or cased where you cannot see them, they also work in ways that you do not understand (unless you're a hardware engineer, then you'd understand the computer parts, or if you're a really smart doctor then you'd might know how the body parts work). But external parts are the things you interact with everyday, you understand what is going on through them, you also communicate through them. In computers most external devices can be considered an 'input' device or an 'output' device. Input is where you tell the computer to do something through that device. Such as typing, using the mouse to click, or recording something with a computer mic. These are all examples of input, since you 'put' something 'in' the computer. When you hear the speakers, or look at the screen you are using output devices because they communicate 'out' to you what is going on in the computer. So if you understand input and output then you would surely notice the human input and output device. To soak in information we use our ear to get audible information, our eyes for visible information, and our skin to get physical information. These are all input devices because they are how everything outside of our body communicates to us.

Now the cool thing about out bodies is the input devices also work as output devices. Every external port of the body can communicate and therefore acts like an output device like on a computer. But the main output device is our vocal speaking, along with our body language and tone of voice. Now an important difference that I must make clear is that what a computer puts out is based exactly on what is put in. It is programmed to do certain things when certain input is given, it can do nothing more and nothing less. A human on the other hand can do many things on a certain input or stimulus that the person receives. We can decide a course of action whereas a computer cannot.

Chapter 2 -Operating System and the Self-

Every computer has an Operating System or OS (say each letter please, don't say “Auz” use the same rule that you would for FBI or CIA). Just in case you are not aware, Windows is an OS, and in case you are wondering, windows is not the only OS, there is also Linux (there are many distributions of this one), Free BSD, OS/2 (IBM's), SunOS (I've never seen this one) and all the versions of Mac OS with their latest and coolest Mac OS X. The Operating System takes what you've told the system and converts the commands to the hardware. The kernal of the Operating System is the software that actually talks to the hardware. The Graphical user interface or GUI (you can call this one gooey). The GUI talks to the kernal, but it also communicates with you or the user, as well So you talk to the GUI, the GUI talks to the Kernal and then the Kernal talks to the hardware in your computer.

We are a lot like an OS, we have a kernal, or inner person that has thoughts and ideas so complex that we can't always express fully. The hardware our kernal talks to is the body or the brain. Our personality towards others would be our GUI. Sometimes you're very 'user friendly' and sometimes you're not. And just like on Windows XP you can adjust to allow certain people to know private information or you can completely deny them.

Chapter 3 -Family and Networks-

Now I am using network concepts that I have learned in CNA (Certified Network Administrator), that is a Novell program so sorry Microsoft. Take the basic structure of a small network:

Root:

Container:

Leaf Object1

Leaf Obeject2

Leaf Object 3

Now the family structure:

Parents:

House:

Child1:

Child2:

Child3:

This concludes this article, more about social networks and conditioned reactions will be written in the next article "Life to Computers Part II" Michael Hart www.hartdevelopments.com/joomla

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