Community Development (CD) is a broad term applied to the practices and academic disciplines of civic leaders‚ activists‚ involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of local communities. Community development seeks to empower individuals and groups of people by providing them with the skills they need to effect change in their own communities. These skills are often created through the formation of large social groups working for a common agenda. Community developers must understand
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Introduction A country’s level of development is influenced by a number of interrelated factors. While it is difficult to separate these factors‚ they can be broken down into five major categories: historical‚ political‚ economic‚ social and environmental. Most developing nations of the world face development challenges as a result of a combination of these factors. Some environmental factors which contribute to a country’s level of development‚ such as natural disasters‚ are beyond human control
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Radio and Development Radio plays significant role in supporting social development issues in developing nations. In most Third world nations Radio is still the dominant mass-medium. When compared with Television and other mass media‚ radio has the widest geographical reach and the highest number of audiences in developing countries. Most of the development issues of the developing nations such as infrastructure development‚ housing‚ health‚ agriculture‚ education etc… are mainly run by government
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System Development Information technology (IT) is defined as “any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and support the information and information-processing needs of an organization” (Haag‚ Cummings‚ 2013). An IT department has become a crucial aspect for businesses in today’s societies because it is not only they’re to help a business continue to develop new technology‚ but it is also there to help employees when needed. The use of software’s and databases has become more
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The world’s biggest software maker felt that it had been robbed‚ so much so that they posted a high-level summary of 235 patents that were allegedly violated by Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)‚ including the Linux Kernel‚ Samba‚ OpenOffice.org‚ and others .Microsoft does not play when it comes to patent infringement‚ but did they have a case?”… So if Microsoft ever sued Linux distributor Red Hat for patent infringement‚ for instance‚ OIN might sue Microsoft in retaliation‚ trying to enjoin distribution
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organization of Boeing’s size‚ business process complexity‚ global reach‚ and technological focus employs a wide range of computer software. In making its software choices‚ Boeing has focused first and foremost on its information management needs and related business process and worker performance enhancement‚ and secondarily on the total cost of ownership (TCO) with regards to software procurement‚ installation‚ and maintenance. Given the nature of Boeing’s business‚ the firm maintains a number of data
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Open Source Software and Copyright Law ‘What is worth copying is prima facie worth protecting’1is the genesis of intellectual property rights. These rights refer to the property that is a creation of the mind: inventions‚ literary and artistic works‚ symbols‚ names‚ images‚ and designs used in commerce. The computer software industry has developed in the recent due to which the “open source software” or “free software” is gaining widespread attention. There has been an increased use and acceptance
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Assignment Week 6 Free and Open Source Software has been around for quite some time. Free software has always been a controversy. This time someone is trying to take a stance against it. More than just someone but a major software company namely Microsoft. The whole issue is coming against software patents. Patents are there to protect the make‚ use‚ and selling of an invention but in this case would deal with software. Microsoft is not keen on the idea of software being readily available especially
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Professor Davidoff CGS 1060C 6 January 2015 1. What is the difference between a software application and an operating system? A computers operating system (OS) is the core of the computer and is more than just software. The OS controls the computer’s memory and processes as well as its hardware and software. It is the brain of the computer. Software applications on the other hand perform a certain task. Ex. Google Chrome provides internet and Adobe allows PDF files
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Game development is the software development process by which a video game is developed. It is used to create games in any platform like personal computer and video game consoles even in mobile. Several game development tools are used to facilitate the game to be develop like Unity 3D‚ 3ds Max‚ and Maya. Developing a game has a lot of things to consider first the kind of game to be develop‚ the flow of the story‚ algorithm to be used‚ the design of the game includes (models‚ UI‚ and animation) lastly
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