WD 142 Word Chapter

Creating a Research Paper

Lab 3: Composing a Research Paper from Notes Problem:You have drafted the notes shown in Figure 2-85. Your assignment is to prepare research paper from these notes.

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Home neturork: Home users connect muftiple ccmputers and devices together in a home networkHome networking saves money and provides conveniences' Approximately 39 million homes have more than one computer' and Many vendors offer home networking packages that include all the necessary hardware software to network a home using wired or wireless techniques'

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phoneline (source: "wired vs. Three types of wired home networks: Ethernet, powerline cable, and A' wireless Networks," an article on pa ges 24-29in March 2008 issue of Modern Networking by Mark
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Traditional Ethernet networks require that each computer have buift-in netnork capabilities or contain a networkcard,which connects to a central network hub or similar device with a physical cable, This may involve running cable throuEh walls, ceilings, and floors in the house. The hardware and software of an Ethernet network can be difficult to eonfigure for the average published at current home user (source: a book called lgl0gletwolkitg by Frank A. Deakins,
Press in New York in 2OA8l. A phoneline n etwarkis an easy-to-install and inexpensive network that uses existing telephone lines in the home. A home powerline cable network is a network that uses the same lines that bring electricitv into

the house. This network requires no additional wiring.

Two types of wireless home networks: HomeRF and Wi-Fi (source: a Web site titled "Wired and Wireless Network" by 6ary B. shelly and Thomas J. cashman of course Technology, viewed on April 23,2008. Web address is www.scsite.com/wd2O07 / pr2/wc.html. Wireless networks have the disadvantage of inlerference, because walls, ceilings, and other electrical devicessuch as cordless telephones dnd microwave ovens can disrupt wireless

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communications. A HomeRF (radio frequency) network uses radio waves, instead of cables, to transmit data, A Wi-Fi network sends signals over a wider distance than the Home RF network, which can be up to 1,500 feet in some configurations.

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Instructilns: Perform the following tasks: 1. Review the nores in Figure 2-85 and then rearrange and reword them. Embellish the paper as you deem necessary. Piesent the paper according t" q_g MLA documentation style- Create an AutoCorrect enrryrhar automatiially corrects the spelling of the misspelled word, wird, to the correct spelling, wired. Add a footnote that refers the reader to the Web for more information. Enter citations and their sources as shown. Create the works cited page (bibliography) from the

listed sources.

2. Check the spelling and grammar of the paper. Save the document on a USB flash drive using Lab 2-3 Home Networks Paper as the file name. 3. Use the Research task pane to look up a definition of a word in the paper. 6oP_y and insert the definition into the document as a fooinote. Be sure to quote the definition and cite the source. 4. Print the research paper. Handwrite the number of words, including the footnotes, in the resea paper above the title of the printed research paper.