A Brief History of the Evolution of Graphics Processing Units A graphics processing unit (GPU) is usually a dedicated processor whose main purpose is to do vast amounts of computations in order to build images to be displayed. In order to render the 3D graphics one sees in modern day games‚ the GPU must perform countless floating-point calculations. GPUs can be found on virtually all commonly used electronics today such as phones‚ computers‚ video game consoles‚ etc. The term “GPU” didn’t actually
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L3- HSC Technical Certificate unit worksheet Unit 204 – Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care The numbers in the bracket after each question relate to the assessment criteria in the standards 1. Define the following types of abuse: (1.1.1) a. physical abuse- any abuse involving the use of force. b. sexual abuse- sexual activity is abusive when informed consent is not freely given. c. emotional/psychological abuse- any situation which means that an individual
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Social Impact of Technology Technology can be defined in two ways; the social definition – ‘Technology is defined as specific information and know-how related to development or production that is used to improve efficiency and communication’. Also UNESCO’s 1985 definition of technology – ‘Technology as ‘the know-how and creative processes that may assist people to utilise tools‚ resources and systems to solve problems and to enhance control over the natural and man-made environment in an endeavour
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What is the difference between Serial transmission and parallel transmission? Answer: Digital data transmission can occur in two basic modes: serial or parallel. Data within a computer system is transmitted via parallel mode on buses with the width of the parallel bus matched to the word size of the computer system. Data between computer systems is usually transmitted in bit serial mode . Consequently‚ it is necessary to make a parallel-to-serial conversion at a computer interface when sending
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They Don’t Call Them Killer Whales For Nothing Have you ever been to an amusement park? One popular park is Seaworld‚ and that is a place you can go and see marine animals in a show. Killer whales are held captive for the different events that Seaworld produces. Killer whales are dangerous to the people because of serious problems that they face when they live in a smaller place than they are supposed to. Many people may think that the entertainment that the killer whales produce for the audience
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Running Head: PNEUMONIA: THE SILENT KILLER Exploring Pneumonia: A Silent Killer Abstract This paper explores Pneumonia and the respiratory disease process associated with bacterial and viral pathogens most commonly located in the lung. The paper examines the process‚ symptoms and treatments most commonly viewed in patient cases of Pneumonia. My goal is to educate the reader and to warn of the Exploring Pneumonia: A Silent Killer Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. Many
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Serial Communication between Arduino and MATLAB ByAman Mangal IIT Bombay June 6‚ 2012 Aman Mangal‚ IIT Bombay Serial Communication between Arduino and MATLAB 1/36 Prerequisite Serial data transfer in Arduino. Follow the link to learn more1 2 http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/serial http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/lesson4.html http://users.ece.gatech.edu/bonnie/book/TUTORIAL/ tut_1.html http://www.mathworks.in/help/techdoc/matlab_ product_page.html MATLAB programming. To learn more‚ go
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Cancer-The Silent Killer Kimberly Hansen COM/156 12/15/2012 Holly Overturf This year alone‚ approximately 1 million people will die from cancer. It is one of the leading causes of death in the world‚ second only to heart disease. According to the American Cancer Society (2012) states that 1 out of 2 men and 1 out of 3 women will get cancer. In a world as medically advanced as ours‚ one would think that we would
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Sahar Ali Mansour Mobile: 002-010-9489595 Home: 002-02-25100947 sahar_yasser@hotmail.com SUMMARY Profile: Female‚ 34 Nationality: Egypt Current Location: Egypt Current position:
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The Killer Angels Michael Shaara In The Killer Angels‚ one of the ideas and themes that Michael Shaara expresses is that no matter how loyal you are to the cause of what you’re fighting for and the war that you are struggling through‚ you always have a much more stronger loyalistic feeling and connection toward the people that you love the most. An example of this is when Chamberlain uses his brother‚ Tom‚ to plug a gap in the brigade line during a particular moment of battle. After subconsciously
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