first commercial installation in December 1977 at Chase Manhattan in New York. Standards evolution The development and proliferation of personal computers using the CP/M operating system in the late 1970s‚ and later DOS-based system starting in 1981‚ meant that many sites grew to dozens or even hundreds of computers. The initial driving force for networking was generally to share storage and printers‚ which were both expensive at the time. There was much enthusiasm for the concept and for several
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Important British military leaders and civilians/heroes * George Washington – led colonists during the war. He was a colonel. Made a name for him and the experience of this war helped in the American Revolution. Both civil and military because he led a group of Militia. * General Edward Braddock – He led a group of two thousand men to capture Fort Duquesne. His group was ambushed and he died in the battle. * Earl of Loundoun – He was appointed commander and chief in 1756 of the British
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Why Psychology is Important Psychology is the study of the human mind and any of its functions. It also includes the behavior resulting from any changes in our environment. Psychology is very important to mankind in that it is important in understanding the world we live in. Psychology helps us and allows us to better understand the emotional and behavioral effects of our surroundings. According to Taylor (1988)‚ many prominent researchers believe a healthy mental outlook on the world and what
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and ever more efficient means of mass communication‚ how can we preserve the integrity and reassert the value of the human individual?” (Huxley 251). Huxley’s approach to answering the question begins by stating how one of the world’s most powerful leaders controlled millions of people. Huxley recounts Hitler’s methods of commanding the masses to prove that lack of individuality leads to people who are susceptible to
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Why is it important to vote? You can ’t win if you don ’t play. Election outcomes are determined by those who participate. Elected officials make important (often life and death) decisions about how our society will expend its collective resources and the restraints it will place on individual behavior. The drinking age‚ the age at which you can get a driver ’s license‚ and the amount of money your teachers receive are some of the decisions made by elected officials. In making those decisions‚ elected
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Networking Why use a Network? Quite simply explained we use networks for communication between computers‚ sharing of data and peripherals. In the business world we use networks for ease of administration and to cut costs. Sharing data example imagine an office with 5 secretaries working on 5 different computers‚ one requires a file from another computer in a non networked office this file would have to be written to a portable media then loaded onto the computer. In a networked office the file could
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The characteristics that are wanted by followers in their leaders could vary in different jobs for the most part they are the same. It is very important for a leader to possess these four characteristics‚ which are: Honesty‚ Forward-thinking‚ Inspiring‚ and Competence. With these four‚ leaders will be able to keep followers on the right path and receive the most production out of them. Honesty with followers is the most important; this allows a trust and a bond with the followers that the correct
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A carer in nursing will allow me to develop my skills and gain more experience in providing the best quality of care to patient and their families. Not only will the course give me the knowledge necessary to pursue a possible career in the Health and Social care Sector it will also allow me to develop academic discipline and analytical skills. I am always interested in challenging myself‚ learning new skills to offer reassurance and make a difference to people lives to assist them and their family
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POSTION PAPER ON FOLLOWERSHIP IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN LEADERSHIP 1. Throughout history there has been a dispute over which is more important: leadership or followership. This article will advocate why followership is more important than leadership‚ and the supporting rationale behind this synopsis. This paper will discuss the strengths of followership‚ the weaknesses of followership‚ and why followership is more important than leadership. Lastly‚ it will conclude with how followership directly corresponds
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Worldviews is how we see and perceive the world and what we believe is important and useless There are hundreds of worldviews in the world‚ but their are three which are the most important. Beliefs are how we believe the world works‚ they can include holidays and what happens when you die. Values is what we consider the most crucial aspects about life like family and food. Finally is our Knowledge about earth and the rest of the universe‚ if we didn’t have knowledge most of our modern technologies
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