Where Did UNIX Come From and Why Are There Different Versions Of UNIX? The first efforts at developing a multi-user‚ multi-tasking operating system were begun in the 1960’s in a development project called MULTICS. While working for Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1969 and 1970‚ Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie began to develop their own single-user‚ multi-tasking small operating system and they chose the name UNIX. Their initial goal was simply to operate their DEC PDP machines more effectively.
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How do you explain why some people can achieve things that seem impossible? Or better yet‚ how do you explain how people can successfully move out of home for the first time? Moving out of home for the first time is an impossible feat that young people such as yourselves find remarkably difficult to achieve daily. Why is that? There are many reasons to move out – maybe it’s your decision‚ maybe it is someone else’s‚ maybe it is necessity‚ maybe it is just time. No matter why you’re moving on think
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------------------------------------------------- Divine Word University Department of PNG Studies & International Relations PO Box 483‚ Madang‚ Madang Province‚ Papua New Guinea PG 253- Cultural Anthropology A research and discussion on the Question‚ “Why is the definition of culture controversial?” ------------------------------------------------- By: Fithbert Nivani Department: PNG Studies and International Relations ------------------------------------------------- Year level: Second year (2) -------------------------------------------------
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On Different Values of Individualism in Chinese and American Cultures 1. Introduction Everyone‚ every social class and every country have their own unique values. It is the fact that value is the core of cross-culture communication and the differences of culture among countries depend on different values. Value exerts great influence on everyone’s daily life. Scores of people rely on value to obtain knowledge‚ master the basic skills and foster correct world outlook. China and America are two
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Hickman Mr. Sandstrom American History Manifest Destiny and Division Manifest Destiny was the rationalization for the Americans to satiate their hunger for greater power and control over the land from coast to coast. As America grew the differences in things such as economy‚ views of slavery‚ and overall ways of life between the North and South also grew and created division within the nation. John O’Sullivan was the first person to use the term Manifest Destiny‚ the first time was to argue about
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Shakedown Read the case and think of 3-4 ways the case relates to things we’ve talked about in class. Second half has to offer a detailed solution to the problem. How do you fix this…what would you do… Class overview: Why do ethics matter? Ethics breaks down trusts. How people have and reach moral standards? Feelings/conscious/ might have been influenced by evolution Responsibility and
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In this pre-cal 11 class‚ some students are facing a tremendous difficulty because they don’t give this course their best try‚ and the reason for that may be they don’t understand how important this course is. For a while‚ I keep receiving some very ’basic’ type of questions from few students‚ which kind of confused me because those questions are not challenging and Ms.Wagner has certainly go over it. My first thought was that they don’t understand the teacher’s interpretation; however‚ after few
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the mistreatment and oppression of American Indians from the US government‚ citizens‚ and businesses. This mistreatment caused the decline of the American Indian population and culture in American society while the United States’ power and economy boomed. One of the driving forces for western settlement by the United States was the introduction and popularization of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was an idea that emerged in American culture during the early 19th century but was taken to a whole
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motor fibers that conduct nerve impulses from the CNS to skeletal muscles B) sensory neurons that convey information from somatic receptors in the head‚ body wall‚ and limbs and from receptors from the special senses of vision‚ hearing‚ taste‚ and smell to the CNS C) motor fibers that conduct nerve impulses from the CNS to smooth muscle‚ cardiac muscle‚ and glands D) sensory and motor neurons that supply the digestive tract 5) 6) An impulse from one nerve cell is communicated to another
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movie and book have some similarities‚ and there are a lot of differences. The movie in the book have some details that are the same but some are also different. In both the movie and the book there is a character named Robert Neville. The character in the book is white and the character
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