{"id":75,"date":"2009-08-03T18:11:03","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T22:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2024-07-09T09:43:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:43:10","slug":"computer-labs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/computer-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong>\u00a0Students, Faculty, Researchers, Staff, Departments, IT Professionals<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:\u00a0<\/strong>In most cases there is no charge for use.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See\u00a0<a href=\"#GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/a>, below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>IS&amp;T designed and maintains a number of computer labs, both physical and virtual, including the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/computer-labs\/common\/\">BU Common<\/a> and the <a title=\"Linux Virtual Lab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/computer-labs\/linux\/\">Linux Virtual Lab<\/a>. Many schools and colleges also provide local computing resources designed to meet specific needs.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>Labs provide convenient access to reliable computing resources and common software applications. They may offer access to applications required in certain areas of study or packages that you might need occasionally but not often enough to justify their purchase. Labs also provide an opportunity to learn about applications you might otherwise never have a chance to try.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Convenient locations, most with printing, some with scanning resources<\/li>\n<li>Support staff to answer questions<\/li>\n<li>A variety of standard and specialized software<\/li>\n<li>Specialized departmental labs in some schools and colleges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p>Hours of availability vary by location. Please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/computer-labs\/common\/locations\/\">BU Common &#8211; Locations<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/computer-labs\/departmental-labs\/\">departmental labs<\/a>\u00a0pages.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Current BU login name and Kerberos password<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"GettingStarted\"><\/a>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/computer-labs\/commonmugar\/\">BU Common<\/a> page to learn more about the University\u2019s primary virtual computer offering, available on and off campus<\/li>\n<li>Discover IS&amp;T\u2019s <a title=\"Linux Virtual Lab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/computer-labs\/linux\/\">Linux Virtual Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/computer-labs\/departmental-labs\/\">departmental labs<\/a> page for links to the labs in various departments and College<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> for more information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IS&amp;T computer labs, including the<a href=\"\/tech\/services\/support\/desktop\/computer-labs\/commonmugar\/\"> BU Common @ Mugar<\/a> lab and the <a href=\"\/tech\/services\/support\/desktop\/computer-labs\/unix\/\">Linux Virtual Lab<\/a>, offer many common and specialized applications, printing resources, and staff to answer questions. Many schools and colleges provide local computing resources designed to meet specific needs&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":12745,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"service.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153186,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions\/153186"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}