bills & payroll applications. Direct Access Method – This is also known as random access‚ it means the computer can go directly to the location where the data is stored that the user wants. The most common direct access devices are magnetic disc & optical disc. In these devices‚ the data is stored as sequentially numbered blocks. Thus one can access block 12‚ then block 78‚ then block 5 & so on. This method is ideal for applications like airline reservation system or computer –based directory assistance
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captured on a CCD sensor. One of the main developers of Holographic storage was InPhase technologies‚ which produced the first commercial holographic drive and media. However‚ far from the data cube idea‚ InPhase’s Tapestry system used an optical disc system‚ which looks similar to a DVD‚ held inside a caddy
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Which movie rental service is right for you? We all love movies‚ and the best way to see all the films you want is to rent them. There was a time when we all used brick and mortar stores to get our hands on a movie to watch. Nowadays‚ there are more options available for the film lover. The internet has changed things drastically‚ and many physical rental stores are disappearing. Hollywood Video is long gone‚ and most "Mom and Pop" stores were crushed under Blockbuster ’s boot back in the 90 ’s
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Case Study ‘Blu-ray versus HD-DVD: A Standards Battle in High-Definition Video’ Discussion Questions 1. What factors do you think influenced whether (1) consumers‚ (2) retailers or (3) movie producers supported Blu-ray versus HD-DVD? Every party in this standards battle had its own reasons for chosing one standard over the other. For instance‚ the motives for movie producers to choose Blu-ray were completely different from the motives for consumers to choose Blu-ray. In our opinion‚ the main factors
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Injury or strain‚ Osteoarthritis‚ Ruptured discs‚ Spinal stenosis‚ Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and Ankylosing spondylitis (4). I will define these back problems for you in the following sentences. Injuries or strains can be brought on from being overworked or deconditioned. Osteoarthritis is excess wear and tear on the spinal discs caused by aging. Ruptured discs are created when wear and tear on the spine causes the intervertebral disc to bulge out. Spinal stenosis is the narrowing
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Introduction: This course work is to evaluate the different factors affecting the international business. Such as political‚ social‚ economical‚ and technological. You will see all these factors to be discussed in a chosen company and it also contains supply chain with logistic process of the chosen company. International business is the process of integration and interaction among the people. it is the process of boosting the interdependence and connectivity of the world markets and businesses
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Planned obsolescence is the industrial tactic of designing‚ manufacturing‚ and distributing a product with an inadequate lifespan‚ as so it will become obsolete specifically to force the consumers to buy the latest generation of said product. These products are put into practice before the next generation is even fully functional; companies like Apple are most famous for doing this. Planned obsolescence has been in use since the beginning of the Great Depression and for the past eighty years the
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68% between 2007 and 2011 rising to about $3.2 billion. Sales of movies on discs have been undercut by the rise of low-cost rental options‚ such as Coinstar Inc’s kiosk chain Redbox‚ which rents DVDs for $1 a day and online subscription‚ services such as Netflix Inc. "Those two sectors of rental have really been growing‚ and causing people to hesitate about how many discs they’re going to buy‚" Adams said. Movie disc rentals in 2009 grew to $8.15 billion from $8.11 billion in 2008.This shows no
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Playstation 3 vs. Xbox 360 There are few professional sports rivalries that compare to that of the Yankees and the Red Sox or the Flyers and the Penguins. Well since the year 2006 when Playstation 3 was released there has been a much heated rivalry between the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. It has been a nonstop war for the development of the superior gaming system. There are many reasons one could say that one console is better than the other. In saying this‚ the users are correct. Each console
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recently (2011) bought by Wal-mart to expand its service based offering in the video-streaming content category. It offers 20‚000 titles that can be viewed on multiple devices with Internet access (Computers‚ TV‚ Sony’s PlayStation3 and other Blu-Ray disc players). The biggest selling point for Vudu is that ‘it claims to offer movies the same day they come out on DVD’. These movies are available to rent for a price ranging from $1 to $5.99 or to purchase for $4.99 onwards. VUDU has a competitive advantage
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