released in the late 1960’s. UNIX was the first operating system that would run on different models of computers‚ and used a common communications protocol called TCP/IP to talk between the different machines. TCP/IP stands for "Transmission Control Protocol / Internetworking Protocol" and the word "Internet" came from that. What was the first name of Internet before it was called Internet? The name of the web platform that was first developed as a research network was called: ARPANET (Advanced Research
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of the Peloponnesian War‚ Athens was the strongest city-state in Greece. Thucydides claimed that Spartans initially engaged in war in 431 BC as a result of Sparta’s fear of Athenian’s further growth of power (Cartwright‚ 2013). Fought between Athens and Sparta along with their respective allies‚ the Peloponnesian War resulted in the weakening of Greek city-states‚ which created vulnerability to foreign invasions (Cartwright‚ 2013). Following the war‚ Athens was reduced to a state of near complete
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The American Revolution was an important part of world history. There was a conflict between the patriots and loyalists. The patriots wanted independence from Great Britain; however‚ loyalists wanted to remain loyal to the British government. The American Revolution was revolutionary because the patriots fought for independence from Great Britain and they succeeded. Also‚ the Declaration of Independence was written. Many leaders helped make the fight for independence possible and helped shape the
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Causes of Accident Challenger’s STS-51L mission was scheduled for Launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral‚ Fla. “After several technical and weather-related delays‚ Challenger launched at 11:38 a.m. EST on Jan. 28‚ 1986” (Chow‚ 2011). The ship exploded 73 seconds after liftoff (Howell‚ 2012). The (mechanical) cause of the accident points to pressure seals (O-rings) but more importantly points to the serious problems that NASA had with its communication channels and safety information
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What was the impact of World War II on Belfast. Northern Ireland was very important to the war effort. During World War 2‚ Northern Ireland was controlled by unionists and therefore was still a part of Britain. Belfast was a very important city in N. Ireland. Many things were manufactured in Belfast such as ships‚ planes‚ uniforms and soldiers . In the early years of the war‚ there were restrictions in place like there was in Britain. These included rationing‚ censorship and travel restrictions
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Timur‚ or Tamerlane‚ was the last great nomadic nomadic conqueror of Asia‚ and founder of the Timurid Empire and Dynasty. During his zenith‚ he commanded an empire which stretched from modern-day Turkey to Nepal. Most of Timur’s life was spent in military conquest. His military expansions often involved the wholsale slaughter and genocide of the conquered peoples‚ leaving dead hundreds of thousands of enemy soldiers and civilians. The life and analysis of Timur’s reign can be divided into three
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is saying that Fortunato had insulted him and he feels the need to take revenge because of it. He then constructs a plan while the staff and Fortunato was out at the festival. Montresor then tricks Fortunato to go into the cellar and plays along as the friend until he buries Fortunato alive behind a brick wall. Fortunato makes himself an easy target because his doesn’t see what’s coming and the way he acts around Montresor he believes he hasn’t done anything wrong. Fortunato is very ignorant and
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The American Revolution was the revolt of the English colonies in North America that occurred between 1775 and 1783‚ which resulted in the establishment of the United States. The Independence of the United States is considered the first American Revolution (the second was the Civil War). It was a landmark in the Old Regime crisis because it broke the unity of the colonial system. The thirteen American colonies were formed from the seventeenth century. In the late eighteenth century‚ there were 680
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Appeasement was the policy followed by the British‚ and later by the French‚ of avoiding war with aggressive powers such as Japan‚ Italy and Germany‚ by giving way to their demands‚ provided they were not too unreasonable. My opinion is that the whole appeasement policy was wrong because it was applied to a wrong person. It might have worked with some German government‚ but with Hitler it was doomed to failure. During the period of the appeasement policy‚ Hitler was still exploring the terrain
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Hitler’s final solution was to eliminate millions of Jews from Germany. It took place within Germany. After the British‚ Russian‚ and American troop invaded Germany during the final parts of WWII. Resulting in the freeing of the remaining Jews in the camps. After these horrific events‚ Jews were greatly affected by “Hitler’s Final Solution”. Hitler’s final solution was a horrific event that Jews had to go through. Jews Were basically treated like animals. Nazis would put a star on their clothing
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