1. | What is an operating system? | | An operating system is a program that acts as an intermediary between the user and the computer hardware. The purpose of an OS is to provide a convenient environment in which user can execute programs in a convenient and efficient manner. It is a resource allocator responsible for allocating system resources and a control program which controls the operation of the computer hardware. | 2. | Why paging is used? | | Paging is solution to external
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Trojan War‚ in Greek legend‚ famous war waged by the Greeks against the city of Troy. The tradition is believed to reflect a real war between the Greeks of the late Mycenaean period and the inhabitants of the Troad‚ or Troas‚ in Anatolia‚ part of present-day Turkey. Modern archaeological excavations have shown that Troy was destroyed by fire sometime between 1230 bc and 1180 bc‚ and that the war may have resulted from the desire either to plunder the wealthy city or to put an end to Troy’s commercial
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Name: Pratik Patel R.A. 3: The Electoral College 1. What is the minimum number of states that a candidate needs to win in order to win the election? What are those states? 11 states are sufficient to win the Electoral College which requires a simple majority of 270 votes. The states you need are: States # Electoral College California 55 Texas 38 New York 29 Florida 29 Illinois 20 Pennsylvania 20 Ohio 18 Michigan 16 Georgia 16 New Jersey
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company employs a multi-channel strategy‚ an important question is what pricing strategy should be adopted so that the company can optimize its profit. In our research we focus on the pressing question of a multi-channel pricing strategy under different market structures. We use a game theory model to specifically study the following questions: Under the Bertrand‚ Stackelberg and channel integration market structures‚ what is the optimal pricing strategy that the multi-channel company should adopt?
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1) Candide learns that while being optimistic is a useful trait‚ it will not help you in being successful. He learns that in order to have the “best of all possible worlds” he must work hard‚ because it will not just come to him. Candide has rejected Pangloss’ philosophy in exchange for hard‚ practical work. 2) Voltaire is correct in his theory that optimism blinds a person from the real life obstacles one must face. Life is not perfect because a person says it is; a person must experience life
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1. What abilities made it possible for Katniss to survive the Hunger Games? The abilities Katniss had to survive the hunger games were been able to hunt for her food with her archery skills. Knowledge from her father teaching her about the good and bad plants to eat. Knowing how to climb trees for hiding/sleep protection. She had good strategy’s with been alert to what was actually going on around her and a logical thinker for ways to get her opponents out the game without actually having to kill
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2. What is the molecular weight of Cl-? 35.45 3. Which MWCO dialysis membranes allowed both of these ions through? 50‚ 100‚ and 200 4. Which materials diffused from the left beaker to the right beaker? Urea‚ NaCl and glucose diffused 5. Which did not? Why? Albumin‚ because the molecular weight exceeded the highest MWCO membrane‚ thus being to large to pass through Activity 2: Simulating Dialysis 1. What happens to the urea concentration in the left beaker (the patient)
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Abstract The history of digital image compositing—other than simple digital implementation of known film art—is essentially the history of the alpha channel. Distinctions are drawn between digital printing and digital compositing‚ between matte creation and matte usage‚ and between (binary) masking and (subtle) matting. The history of the integral alpha channel and premultiplied alpha ideas are presented and their importance in the development of digital compositing in its current modern form is made clear
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Case study: Cost of quality in order entry department Precision Systems‚ Inc. Q. 2 Flow diagram of activities Q. 3: Internal failure 1. Incomplete information on purchase order 2. Transposition of prices on purchase order 5. Freight terms missing on purchase order 10. Customer number terminated on database 8. Credit approval missing 12. Part number mismatch on purchase order External failure on the order acknowledgement Q 4 * How to identify Internal and External Failures
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MG420-Labor Relations April 2012 Research Assignment Table of Contents 1. Define and discuss the term "collective bargaining." Include and discuss [showing relevance or applicability] at least one reference found in our text‚ along with a current web-based news item/magazine article about a real life example of a collective bargaining action. Write a succinct and complete summary on the contents of the article you ’ve provided along with your critical comments about that article. Support
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