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Senin, 15 November 2010

Definition Gadget

Gadget
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gadget is a small technological object (such as a device or an appliance) that has a particular function, but is often thought of as a novelty. Gadgets are invariably considered to be more unusually or cleverly designed than normal technological objects at the time of their invention. Gadgets are sometimes also referred to as gizmos
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History
The origins of the word "gadget" trace back to the 19th century. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, there is anecdotal evidence for the use of "gadget" as a placeholder name for a technical item whose precise name one can't remember since the 1850s; with Robert Brown's 1886 book Spunyarn and Spindrift, A sailor boy’s log of a voyage out and home in a China tea-clipper containing the earliest known usage in print. The etymology of the word is disputed. A widely circulated story holds that the word gadget was "invented" when Gaget, Gauthier & Cie, the company behind the repoussé construction of the Statue of Liberty (1886), made a small-scale version of the monument and named it after their firm; however this contradicts the evidence that the word was already used before in nautical circles, and the fact that it did not become popular, at least in the USA, until after World War I.[2] Other sources cite a derivation from the French gâchette which has been applied to various pieces of a firing mechanism, or the French gagée, a small tool or accessory.[2]
The October 1918 issue of Notes and Queries contains a multi-article entry on the word "gadget" (12 S. iv. 187). H. Tapley-Soper of The City Library, Exeter, writes:
A discussion arose at the Plymouth meeting of the Devonshire Association in 1916 when it was suggested that this word should be recorded in the list of local verbal provincialisms. Several members dissented from its inclusion on the ground that it is in common use throughout the country; and a naval officer who was present said that it has for years been a popular expression in the service for a tool or implement, the exact name of which is unknown or has for the moment been forgotten. I have also frequently heard it applied by motor-cycle friends to the collection of fitments to be seen on motor cycles. 'His handle-bars are smothered in gadgets' refers to such things as speedometers, mirrors, levers, badges, mascots, &c., attached to the steering handles. The 'jigger' or short-rest used in billiards is also often called a 'gadget'; and the name has been applied by local platelayers to the 'gauge' used to test the accuracy of their work. In fact, to borrow from present-day Army slang, 'gadget' is applied to 'any old thing.'[3]
The usage of the term in military parlance extended beyond the navy. In the book "Above the Battle" by Vivian Drake, published in 1918 by D. Appleton & Co., of New York and London, being the memoirs of a pilot in the British Royal Flying Corps, there is the following passage: "Our ennui was occasionally relieved by new gadgets -- "gadget" is the Flying Corps slang for invention! Some gadgets were good, some comic and some extraordinary."[4]
By the second half of the twentieth century, the term "gadget" had taken on the connotations of compactness and mobility. In the 1965 essay "The Great Gizmo" (a term used interchangeably with "gadget" throughout the essay), the architectural and design critic Reyner Banham defines the item as:


A characteristic class of US products––perhaps the most characteristic––is a small self-contained unit of high performance in relation to its size and cost, whose function is to transform some undifferentiated set of circumstances to a condition nearer human desires. The minimum of skills is required in its installation and use, and it is independent of any physical or social infrastructure beyond that by which it may be ordered from catalogue and delivered to its prospective user. A class of servants to human needs, these clip-on devices, these portable gadgets, have coloured American thought and action far more deeply––I suspect––than is commonly understood.
Today, the term has gained widespread currency in a variety of industries and activities. It can refer to tools and toys as diverse as "smartphones"GPS navigation deviceskey finders,USB toys, and radio controlled cars.

Application gadgets
In the software industry, "gadget" refers to computer programs that provide services without needing an independent application to be launched for each one, but instead run in an environment that manages multiple gadgets. There are several implementations based on existing software development techniques, like JavaScript, form input, and various image formats.
The earliest[citation needed] documented use of the term gadget in context of software engineering was in 1985 by the developers of AmigaOS, the operating system of the Amigacomputers (intuition.library and also later gadtools.library). It denotes what other technological traditions call GUI widget—a control element in graphical user interface. This naming convention remains in continuing use (as of 2008) since then.
It is not known whether other software companies are explicitly drawing on that inspiration when featuring the word in names of their technologies or simply referring to the generic meaning. The word widget is older in this context.[citation needed]
 

Minggu, 14 November 2010

Have fun with IPAD

IPAD is a tablet computer products made by Apple Inc. (AI). IPAD has a form view that is almost similar to the iPod Touch and iPhone, only it was bigger than both of these products and have additional functions such as the one on the operating system Mac OS X.

HistoryIPAD was first introduced by Steve Jobs, CEO (which stands for Chief Executive Officer) of Apple Inc. in Apple Special Event which took place at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA, on 27 January 2010. This product is designed as a digital device that is between the smart phone (smartphone) and a portable computer (laptop). Apple Inc. iPad plans to start marketing in the United States (U.S.) from 3 April 2010, with price range starting from 499 dollars the United States (USD) up to 829 USD. But U.S. citizens are able to order these products began on March 12, 2010 through the Apple Online Store.


SpecificationSo far Apple has already announced two types of models iPad. Model Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n with 680 grams of weight which will be marketed 3 April 2010 and Wi-Fi 3G model that allows users to use the HSDPA network weighing 730 grams, which will be marketed in late April 2010. This product has multi-touch screen design with a 9.56x7.47 inch wide screen 9.7 inches, or about 25 centimeters (cm), which is equipped with LED backlight technology, IPS (an abbreviation of In-Plane Switching), a resolution of 1024x768 pixels, flash drive memory capacity starting from the range of 16 gigabytes (GB) to 64 Gb, processor 1 gigahertz (GHz) Apple A4, lithium-polymer battery that can last up to 10 hours of use, supports playback of AAC audio format, MP3, VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV, and supports up to 720p H.264 video format,. m4v,. mp4,. mov, and MPEG-4. There are also Bluetooth 2.1, digital compass, GPS, Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), dock connector, built-in speaker, microphone, 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack and use the same operating system with system iPhone operating.


ApplicationsInside the iPad, in addition to common features such as the home screen, contacts (contacts), calendar and notes there are also numerous applications such as:


1. Safari: a web browser that can be used to access various Internet sites, like Google, Yahoo, Myspace, Flickr, Apple or social networking sites like Friendster, Twitter, Facebook and Plurk.


2. Mail: an application that allows users to view electronic mail (email) and this feature can work with almost all leading providers such as Yahoo Mail, Gmail, or Windows Live Hotmail.


3. iTunes: an application that can be used to browse and download music, television, video and podcasts via the iTunes Store. ITunes application that is in the IPAD can be synchronized with iTunes on the MacBook or the user's computer.


4. iPod: an application that is able to organize and play music, the same as found in other Apple products like the iPod or iPhone.


5. Photo: an application that can be used to store, organize and view photos. Users not only can see the photos by date and the event, but also based on the face or the place where the photo was taken. Users can also synchronize photos into iPad from Mac or PC via iTunes or transfer photos from digital cameras to iPad iPad via camera connection kit.


6. Video: The application used to watch various types of videos, ranging from film to High Definition (HD), podcasts, TV shows to music videos on the go while users are on the plane though.


7. App Store: used to download the application that the number reached nearly 150,000. App Store provides applications for Apple products with a variety of categories, ranging from games, lifestyle, education and so forth. Applications contained in the App Store can be downloaded for free by users but some are charged a fee

.8. Youtube: this application can be used to allow users to see different types that exist in a YouTube video without the need to access the site.

9. iBooks: an application that is used not only to read only, but also browse and purchase books using digital format (e-books) from iBookstore. This application can be downloaded on the App Store for free, but unfortunately this new application available in the U.S. alone.


10. iWork: there are also applications on the Mac, which consists of Keynote, Pages and Numbers. This application can help users create presentations, documents, or spreadsheets.


11. Maps: applications that can be used to view the map from above with high resolution through satellite imagery. In addition to viewing the map, users can also find the location of a place or a route from one place to another.


Additional AccessoriesApple also provides a variety of additional accessories can be purchased separately by the user to complete Ipad. Additional accessories for the iPad available starting from a keyboard dock, iPad case, IPAD camera connection kit, iPad dock, USB power adapter 10W iPad, IPAD dock connector to VGA adapter, Apple wireless keyboard, headphones, earphones to composite and component AV cable.