MICROSOFT WINDOWS I. Introduction Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical interface operating systems developed‚ marketed‚ and sold by Microsoft. Windows was introduced in 1985 as a graphical operating environment for MS-DOS regarding to the growing number of users interest in graphical user interfaces (GUI). As a result‚ the world’s personal computer market is gradually dominated by Microsoft Windows with over 90% market share‚ surpassing Mac OS‚ which had been introduced in 1984. In September
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Open season on pregnant women Being pregnant for the first time has made me aware of a phenomenon that I am convinced only a pregnant woman can truly understand. I call it “the open-season-on-pregnant-women syndrome‚” for lack of a better name. Early in my pregnancy‚ my older sister warned me that having a baby is not the private affair I had always assumed it would be. Despite millions of years of babies‚ the idea of a new life is still fascinating enough to make even strangers want to share in
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Open adoption has become increasingly common over time. Open adoption allows the birth and adoptive family to have some form of communication with one another. Communication can happen through emails‚ letters‚ telephone calls‚ social media exchange‚ or visits. Contact between the families may change as the child ages. Over the years‚ adoption has always been kept a secret. The lack of openness leaves children and birth parents with many unanswered questions. Open adoption gives children the ability
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don’t doubt yourself because the life you dream of maybe easier is than what you think. In Song of the Open Road‚ by Walt Whitman and Into the Wild‚ by John Krakauer‚ both show that you should go for what makes you happy even if that means leaving everything behind. The poem‚ Song of the Open Road connects with the quote that I have chosen by Throe. “A foot and light –hearted I take to the open road‚ healthy‚ free‚ the world before me‚ The Long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.”
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In March 1982‚ criminologists named George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson developed a theory called “Broken Windows Theory”. This theory suggests that crime is most likely to occur within a part of a city that is neglected‚ “if a window in a building is left broken and is left unrepaired‚ all the rest of the windows will soon be broken” (Kelling‚ Wilson‚ 1982). The name suggests that windows should be fixed immediately‚ most likely linking to stopping crimes no matter how minor. The article goes into
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he or she is a suitable person to be licensed with the weapon. “Alabama is a traditional open carry state. The only thing preventing it from being one of our "Gold Star"open carry states is their prohibition against carrying openly in a vehicle without a permit.” However in the state of California open carry of a firearm is generally prohibited except in unincorporated areas where the county has not made open carry illegal or where the discharge of firearms is not prohibited. I believe it is inappropriate
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An open economy is an economy in which people‚ including businesses‚ can trade in goods and services with other people and businesses in the international community at large. This contrasts with a closed economy in which international trade cannot take place. The act of selling goods or services to a foreign country is called exporting. The act of buying goods or services from a foreign country is called importing. Together exporting and importing are collectively called international trade.
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Research Paper Free Open Source Software also known as FOSS has fared pretty good since the Microsoft posted a high-level summary of 235 patents that were allegedly violated in 2006. Since this scenario happen FOSS has grown and partner up with big name companies. In an interview that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that ”We live in a world where we honor‚ and support the honoring of‚ intellectual property‚ FOSS patrons are going to have to play by the same rules as the rest of the business. What
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OPEN SYSTEM: A system that allows third parties to make products that plug into or interoperate with it. For years‚ the term "open systems" (plural) referred to the Unix world because Unix ran in more types of computer hardware than any other operating system OR Open systems are computer systems that provide some combination of interoperability‚ portability‚ and open software standards. It can also mean specific installations that are configured to allow unrestricted access by people and/or
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opinion‚ we must listen with open minds. While this may be a seemingly trivial and obvious position to take‚ the implications of it carry great weight. Listening with an open mind is essential in fully benefitting and learning from those around us‚ as well as maintaining relationships that will allow us to voice our opinions. Before we can even begin to explore the “open-mind”‚ it is necessary to understand the responsibility we have to listen to others with an open mind. As humans‚ we all carry
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