Computing and Social Science Topics

The On-Topic Netowork

Computing and Social Science > Column

The following information is about Column.

Column Defined

In a data file, a single vertical column each being one byte in length. Fixed format data files are traditionally described as being arranged in lines and columns. In a fixed format file, column locations describe the locations of variables.

This definition is in context to Computing and Social Science. See more contextual defintions for Column.


Navigation: [ 1 2 3 4 5 Next ]

Times editorial board here to help with voter education before Aug. 18 primary

Published July 4, 2009, 2:04 am, Seattle Times

Washington's summers have become more political with the early primary, which falls on Aug. 18 this year, writes Times Editorial Page Editor Ryan Blethen. He explains the Times' process of endorsements as a means to better inform citizens when they vote.

Full Story


The joy of remote input for TV and computer

Published July 4, 2009, 12:12 am, Seattle Times

When you plug your computer's video output into a television, the last thing you want is to string a mouse and keyboard. Unfortunately, that's often the...

Full Story


Phillips: Keep youth safe on the Internet

Published July 3, 2009, 9:10 pm, Chattanooga Times Free Press

According to a recent Pew Internet study, 40 percent of 8-12 year-olds own cell phones and 93 percent of all youth are online users. Even though school kids love "lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer" (as do teachers), parents must, unfortunately, remain vigilant. AT&T's Cathy Lewandowski recently sent me several helpful pointers for out-of-school technology precautions and advises us to:

Full Story


Local congressmen split on controversial energy bill

Published July 3, 2009, 5:57 pm, The Athens News

Last Friday the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 by a vote of 219 to 212, with this area’s two Democratic congressmen voting the opposite way on the issue. U.S. Rep. Zack Space, D-Dover, voted in favor of the legislation while U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, D-St. Clairsville, was one of 44 Democrats voting against it. Wilson said that he ...

Full Story


PowerBuilder 11.5 Top Feature Picks

Published July 3, 2009, 3:00 pm, Linux

PowerBuilder 11.5 was released in the third quarter of 2008 and by early 2009 had made its way into many IT development shops. The draw is a significant set of enhancements that move the development experience closer to the nirvana anticipated in the PowerBuilder 12.0 release. PB 12.0 will complete Sybase’s initial four-phase long range plan for PowerBuilder that was laid out in late 2003. read ...

Full Story


BlackBerry vs. iPhone 3.0: Smackdown Revisited

Published July 3, 2009, 1:53 pm, PC World

After pitting RIM's BlackBerry Bold against Apple's iPhone in May, it's time for a rematch — iPhone 3G takes on BlackBerry 9000 Bold. Place your bets now.

Full Story


Dr. Drake, PTC medical pioneer

Published July 3, 2009, 1:08 pm, The Fayette Citizen

This column was first published Jan. 27, 1999. Henry C. Drake, M.D., was Peachtree City’s first doctor, and long after he opened his office here in 1971, the only physician practicing in the county besides Helen and Ferrol Sams.

Full Story


How the PTC fire department came to be

Published July 3, 2009, 1:08 pm, The Fayette Citizen

[This column was published Jan. 24, 2001.] When the officers of Peachtree City Fire Department asked me to speak at the department’s awards banquet earlier this month, they said they wanted the newer members to hear how things used to be, to give them an idea of our beginnings.

Full Story


Remembering Stanley Neely

Published July 3, 2009, 1:07 pm, The Fayette Citizen

[This column was published April 5, 2008.] Less than a week ago, a couple of us were forming plans to “do” one more lunch together, as sister and brothers in a unique family. We’ve tried to do this annually, but this time we waited too long.

Full Story


Mayor's Office Questions Group's Ties To TV Station

Published July 3, 2009, 1:06 pm, WDSU New Orleans

A representative of Mayor Ray Nagin said Friday she was not aware the group looking into email practices at City Hall has a relationship with the TV station that sued to gain access to those electronic files.

Full Story


Navigation: [ 1 2 3 4 5 Next ]

Are you looking for additional Computing and Social Science > Column news? Try our new "Column News Focus" area.

Off-site Column Links, User Submitted

The following links have been collected through user bookmark submission in the Column category. Please note, because these resources are off-site we cannot guarantee the accuracy or quality of any information.

Sat Jul 4

Fri Jul 3

If you would like to find additional social bookmark based links on the topic of we recommend the Open Tag Directory > Column. If you would like to find related tags we recommend Tag Patterns > Column

Off-site Column Research Links

If you still need additional information on Column then we suggest the following off-site resources. Please note, because these resources are off-site we cannot guarantee the accuracy or quality of any information.

Computing and Social Science

If you know the Computing and Social Science Term Name use the links below to quickly jump to your desired focus.



Bookmark Us

The On Topic Network

This website is part of The On Topic Network.

Thank You

Computing-and-Social-Science.On-Topic.net was developed by Odin Metatech, Inc and runs on the Odin Assemble platform.

License

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under Creative Commons.


Your Ad Here
Your Ad Here

Powered by Odin Assemble 2.5a