UNIT-I INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER The term “Computer” is derived from the Latin word “Computare” which means “to compute” or “to calculate”‚ so it is considered to be calculating device. In fact‚ the main objective of inventing the computer was to create a fast calculating machine. But now-a-days more than 75% of non-mathematical or non-numerical work is carried out by the computers. Today‚ computer technology has spread to every sphere of existence of modern man‚ from railway
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BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM Since the late 1980s‚ Business School marketing professor Itamar Simonson has looked for ways to understand how consumers make choices. Much of his work debunks the accepted theory that giving consumers what they want and making a profit are the most basic principles of marketing. Customers may not know what they want‚ and second-guessing them can be expensive‚ says the professor who teaches MBA and PhD marketing and consumer decision-making courses. In Simonson’s words
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Ekanayake IS022 3/20/2014 Access Methods of Secondary Storage Devices Secondary Storage Device is storage medium which is used to store large amount of data permanently until it is changed by user. Though it stores information‚ it cannot be accessed directly by the CPU. The data stored in Secondary Storage Device can be accessed depending upon how it is stored on the device. Mainly there are two methods of accessing data from the Secondary Storage Device. 1) Sequential Access Method 2) Direct Access
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Over the years‚ a number of web servers have been written. Apache is one of the oldest‚ most widely used web servers in use today .It was implemented with a scaling mechanism that works‚ but is relatively inefficient in some ways. Since that time some newer web servers have come out that attempt to address some of the shortcomings of Apache. The most prominent among those are Sun‚ Nginx and Google. This web servers are examine the relative performance of each web server to see how they compare head-to-head
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Carter on Contract/Part IV -- Parties to the Contract/Chapter 16 Capacity/3. MENTALLY DISABLED AND INTOXICATED PERSONS 3. MENTALLY DISABLED AND INTOXICATED PERSONS General principles: (1) A contract is voidable on the basis of mental incompetence arising from unsoundness of mind or intoxication if: (a) the defendant lacked capacity to contract; and (b) the plaintiff knew of the unsoundness of mind or intoxication. Lack of capacity to contract in relation to a transaction due to unsoundness of mind
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What is a computer: A computer is an electronic device that executes the instructions in a program. A device that accepts data‚ processes the data in accordance with the stored program‚ generates results and usually consists of input‚ output‚ storage‚ Airthmatic logic and control units. A computer has four functions: a. accepts data Input: Data or information written into the computer by user The Information Processing Cycle b.processes data Processing: The calculations performed according
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Cummins Six Sigma Project Results in a Smoother Ride for Dodge Ram Pickup At a Glance . . . • During an executive test drive just months before product launch‚ Daimler Chrysler officials declared a no-launch decision because of excessive vehicle vibration for the company’s newly designed Dodge Ram Mega Cab 4x4 pickup. • Cummins Inc.‚ manufacturer of the truck’s diesel engine‚ immediately chartered a Six Sigma team and employed the DMAIC problem-solving process to diagnose and correct the factors
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Return of the Rams: The Rams will make their long anticipated return to Los Angeles Table of Contents Introduction Page: 1 Why St. Louis? Why not expand? Page: 1‚ 2 Can Los Angeles Support a team Page: 3‚ 4 Farmers Field Page: 4‚ 5 Summary Page: 5 Introduction The NFL and AEG Financial Services have come to terms of an agreement to move the St. Louis Rams back to the city of Los Angeles. With the Rams recent stadium
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of the military and industry in the development of electronics‚ computers‚ and information theory. After the 1940s‚ the military remained the major source of research and development funding for the expansion of automation to replace manpower with machine power. Since the 1950s‚ four generations of computers have evolved. Each generation reflected a change to hardware of decreased size but increased capabilities to control computer operations. The first generation used vacuum tubes‚ the second used
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Unit 1 assignment 1: computer basic review Chapter Review Activitiess Use the features in this section to study and review the topics from this chapter. Answer The Questions 1. Which of the following terms is the closest synonym to the term computer networking? A. Telecom b. Protocol c. Datacom d. Stuff 2. Ann uses her email address‚ me@here.com‚ to send an email to Bob‚ whose email address is you@there.com. The message contains a few paragraphs of text. Which of the
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