Green Computing & Green IT What is Green Computing or Green IT? Bill Gates predicted many years ago of a PC in every home. He was widely considered to be simply promoting an unlikely scenario with the aim of boosting Microsoft’s profits. However‚ how right he truly was. Not just at home but also virtually every commercial organisation of any size is heavily reliant upon IT. At home there is little we can do regarding our use of IT‚ other than not leaving our PC’s switched on uneccessarily
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[pic] Cloud Computing: Web-Based Applications That Change the Way You Work and Collaborate Online Table of Contents Copyright ..................................................................................................... 1 About the Author ........................................................................................ 3 Acknowledgments ....................................................................................... 3 We Want to Hear from You! ........................
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Grid Designing Abstract: In an increasing number of scientific disciplines‚ large data collections are emerging as important community resources. Grid computing has emerged as an important new field‚ distinguished from conventional distributed computing by its focus on large-scale resource sharing‚ innovative applications‚ and‚ in some cases‚ high performance orientation. The foundation of a grid solution design is typically built upon an existing infrastructure investment. However‚ a grid
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Intelligence In the traditional view of China‚ people think intelligence is a person with high IQ and could get high score at the intelligence test. However‚ this should be the biggest misunderstanding at all. A person who can get high grade at the test may just be good at the test‚ and it can never prove the person is intelligence in every field of life. Intelligence is a word to describe a person who is wise. According to my understanding‚ intelligence includes much more
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Apart from testing intelligence‚ researchers were also interested in the question of what intelligence actually is. Today’s theories about intelligence are based on four approaches: 1) Psychometric theories try to answer the questions what forms intelligence takes and what its parts are. Important examples of such theories‚ mostly based on data collected from paper-and-pencil tests are: the Standford-Binet and the Wechsler Intelligence Scales (both for adults and children). Using data from such
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Introduction A computer can be defined as any electronic device that can accept data inform o f input‚ processes the data and gives out the processed data inform of output. It can also be defined as any electronic device which‚ under the control of a stored program‚ can accept data in a prescribed form‚ processes the data and supply the results as information in a specified form. There are three points to note in the second definition. 1. Computer is an electronic device: It is made up of electronic
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information‚ concepts‚ and abstract symbols. Intelligence is a process of cognition. "Cognition refers to how we acquire‚ store‚ retrieve‚ and use knowledge" (Matlin‚ 1996). It involves the ability to think(cognitive tasks)‚ solve problems‚analyse situations and learn from experience Intelligence is an abstract concept-It cannot be observed but can be estimated only through individual’s performance on tests and real life situations INTELLIGENCE TESTING It is the estimation of a student’s current
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Mountaineering (TM)‚ which is based out of a small town in Wyoming. In the process of doing so‚ TM has acquired various types of assets. Below is a list of assets acquired during 2010: Asset Cost Date Place in Service Office equipment $10‚000 02/03/2010 Machinery $560‚000 07/22/2010 Used delivery truck* $15‚000 08/17/2010 *Not considered a luxury automobile‚ thus not subject to the luxury automobile limitations During 2010‚ TM had huge success (and had no §179 limitations and Steve acquired more assets the
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Mobile Computing: Past‚ Present‚ and Future Imagine a world without the Internet‚ online shopping‚ gaming‚ social networking‚ or up to the second news updates. All of these things could not have happened without the advent of mobile computing and the technology that has expanded over time. Just think‚ thirty years ago‚ we did not have any of these things‚ but they were starting to take shape. This paper will show you how mobile computing got its start and some of the technologies that are
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Measuring Intelligence Individual differences Discuss the main issues involved in defining and measuring intelligence Since the end of the nineteenth century psychologists were studding intelligence and they were trying to find the answer what is the intelligence and how it can be measure? Psychologists have /made a huge progress in the development of measuring intelligence but a little progress in defining intelligence. I will first outline the main issue involved in defining intelligence. I
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