QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ~ COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 1. Using Porter’s five-forces framework‚ discuss why profitability in the European textile industry is lower than that in book publishing. Porter’s five-forces model of competitive industry structure proposes that the determinants of industry attractiveness and long-run profitability are the threat of new entrants‚ the threat of substitutes‚ the bargaining power of buyers and suppliers‚ and the rivalry between existing competitors. Using these
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erUNIT 1 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS Structure 1.1 1.2 1.3 Introduction Objectives Introduction to Computers Why Computer? Evolution of Computers 1.3.1 The First Computer 1.3.2 Some Well Known Early Computers 1.3.3 Computer Generations 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Components of a Computer Hardware vs Software System vs Applications Software Bits and Bytes Input and Output Devices RAM/ROM 1.10 Secondary Storage Devices 1.11 Summary 1.12 Answers to SAQs 1.1 INTRODUCTION This unit aims
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the websites‚ which have the explicit content. The advantages are: information‚ communication and creation. For example‚ there is a vast amount of info on the Internet which can be used both by children and adults alike. Everyone uses the Internet for e-mail or blog. And everyday lots of new creations such as websites and forums are created and people use them in accordance to the values of the other 2 advantages. The disadvantages are: people can become addicted to the Internet
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computing | Hardware | * Hardware before 1960 * Hardware 1960s to present * Hardware in Soviet Bloc countries | Computer science | * Artificial intelligence * Compiler construction * Computer science * Operating systems * Programming languages * Software engineering | Modern concepts | * Graphical user interface * Internet * Personal computers * Laptops * Video games * World Wide Web | Timeline of computing | * 2400 BC–1949 * 1950–1979 * 1980–1989
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Supercomputer Supercomputer is a broad term for one of the fastest computers currently available. Supercomputers are very expensive and are employed for specialized applications that require immense amounts of mathematical calculations (number crunching). For example‚ weather forecasting requires a supercomputer. Other uses of supercomputers scientific simulations‚ (animated) graphics‚ fluid dynamic calculations‚ nuclear energy research‚ electronic design‚ and analysis of geological data (e.g.
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EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Computer Architecture and Organization Lecture Notes-EC53 SUJATHA.K & JASMINE MARY.S TEXTBOOKS: 1. John P. Hayes‚ ‘Computer architecture and Organisation’‚ Tata McGraw-Hill‚ Third edition‚ 1998. 2. V. Carl Hamacher‚ Zvonko G. Varanesic and Safat G. Zaky‚ “ Computer Organisation“‚ V edition‚ McGraw-Hill Inc‚ 1996. Einstein College of Engineering UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION FUNCTIONAL UNITS OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM Digital computer systems consist of three distinct
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Topic 1: Advantage of using ICT as tool for teaching and learning process in higher education institution.. What is ICT?According to Oxford Dictionary ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology as is defined for “the study of the use of computers‚internet‚video and other technology ” (Mclntosh & Turnbull‚ 2005). ICT originally is applied to serve as a means of improving efficiency in the educational process (Jones and Knezek‚1993) as cited in The Turkish Online Journal of Educational
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22/10/2007 11:28 Page 320 CASE EXAMPLE Lenovo computers: East meets West In May 2005‚ the world’s thirteenth largest personal computer company‚ Lenovo‚ took over the world’s third largest personal computer business‚ IBM’s PC division. Lenovo‚ at that time based wholly in China‚ was paying $1.75bn (A1.4bn‚ £1bn) to control a business that operated all over the world and had effectively invented the personal computer industry back in 1981. Michael Dell‚ the creator of the world’s
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2 Fundamentals of Computer Systems You need to be able to: (a) define a computer system (b) describe the importance of computer systems in the modern world (c) explain the need for reliability in computer systems (d) explain the need for adherence to suitable professional standards in the development‚ use and maintenance of computer systems (e) explain the importance of ethical‚ environmental and legal considerations when creating computer systems. What is a computer system? At its very basic
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What is Internet? According to the definition provided by Oxford dictionary‚ the Internet is an arrangement of connected computers‚ which lets the computer users all over the globe exchange data. At the present time‚ approximately 33% of the world population has accessibility to the Internet. The Internet is an extraordinary entertainment and learning tool that may be utilized in a number of modes to increase the ability of a user to collect information. The principal components of the Internet
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