CIE INTERNATIONAL GCSE COMPUTER STUDIES GLOSSARY Actuator – It is a device that can be operated by signals from a computer or control system causing physical movement. (E.g. devices for opening windows in a computer controlled ventilation system) Algorithm – It is a sequence of instructions designed to perform a particular task and it is independent of any programming language. It includes precise details about the operations to be performed and in what order. (E.g. pseudo-code or program flow chart)
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You could see him on the street: an ordinary man‚ but what he hid behind his coat were his accomplishments that would make an impact so big on the world that you would of wished you said hello. This was Alan Turing. He was an ordinary man who made tremendous accomplishments during his lifetime that contributed towards computer science. He has been interested in science ever since he was young‚ which influenced him throughout his life. His incredible thinking during World War II led to his success
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at Schindler India (A) – A Case Analysis ____________________________________________________________ __________________ CASE ANALYSIS – SCHINDLER INDIA Schindler Holding Ltd‚ a respected Swiss elevator company‚ was established in 1874 by Robert Schindler and the first Schindler elevator was installed in India in 1925. After technical and sales collaborations with Indian companies‚ ECE and Bharat Bijlee Ltd.(BBL) in 1958 and 1985‚ Schindler Ltd decided to setup a wholly owned company in
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Questions: X Evaluate the logic of Silvio Napoli ’s strategy for selling standardized elevators in India. X What should Silvio do about the order for non-standard elevators? To understand Silvio Napoli ’s strategy for selling standardized elevators in India‚ let us first take a look at the Indian markets using the CAGE framework: Culture Economic - Sensitivity of Indian employees to organizational power and relationships - Different management styles of Indian managers ¡V "friendly
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Gian Carlo De Leon Torres O0A February 3‚ 2010 Programming Languages The Role of Programming in Information Technology I certainly most agree to the perspective of the author from RIT‚ where the role of programming in Information Technology is subsequently different to Computer Science‚ Software Engineering and Computer Engineering. Though one of the most common applications and commodities of IT now is that integration in doing business systems in the growing era of information-through-anetwork
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design its user interface. 3. Make a list of the controls needed. 4. Define the values of each control’s properties. 5. Make a list of methods needed for each control. 6. Create a flowchart or pseudo code version of each method. Algorithm 1. Display message:”Please enter customers name” 2. Enter customers name 3. Store customers name as a variable. 4. Enter customers maximum amount of credit‚ m. 5. Store max amount in memory. 6. Enter the amount of credit
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CS115 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING Programming assignment #1 Mean and Standard Deviation INTRODUCTION In this programming assignment you are required to understand the problem definition given below‚ solve the problem‚ program your solution in the C++ programming language‚ and document your solution. PROBLEM The mean (average) and standard deviation calculator allows the user to enter the name of a class and 10 scores. The calculator then displays a message as follows: SummerCS115test1:
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more people went to the cities than to open land * There was not enough land though in cities to hold everyone‚ most people were homeless or lived in small apartments or rented houses * In 1889 the Otis Elevator company made the first electric elevator. * The area of cities increased with the introduction of speedy transportation such as cable cars. * The Allure and problems of the Cities * Too many people to residency in the cities
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Summary of the case Otis Elevator was founded by Elisha Graves Otis‚ the inventor of the safety-brake elevator‚ in 1853. The main business of Otis was to design‚ manufacture‚ install and provide service for elevators and relevant products such as moving walkways and escalators. The market was very competitive in the elevator industry‚ and Otis investigated that customer cancelled maintenance agreements due to dissatisfaction for service quality rather than product quality. In order to increase
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Massimiliano Picone Born on December 25‚ 1985 in Rome‚ Italy Singularity University‚ NASA Ames - MS 20-1! Moffett Field‚ California Skype‚ Twitter: maxscience max@science.cx Education Education Singularity University‚ Graduate Studies Program - NASA Ames‚ California ! 2013! Online courses from Caltech‚ Stanford‚ MIT‚ Udacity‚ Coursera‚ edX‚ iTunes U! 2012-2013! M.Sc. in Computer Engineering‚ Summa cum laude - University of Rome “Sapienza”! 2011-2013! EU scholarship winner for the Erasmus Mundus
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