...The history of Britain in Brief Little is known about people inhabiting the British Isles in the pre-Celtic period (before 800 BC) Some monuments built by them have been preserved such as Stonehenge, erected some time before 1000 BC or Newgarange monument – it is the tomb. The first Celtic tribes, the Goidels or Gales are believed to have come to the British isles between 800 & 700 BC. Two centuries later they were followed by the Brythons or ancient Britons after whom the country was called Britain. The first Roman invasion was led by Julius Caesar in 55 BC. But Britain was not conquered until some 90 years later, under Emperor Claudius, in 43 AD. (anno Domini) Although the Roman occupation of Britain lasted nearly 400 years, it’s effects were few. (malý) The people did not adopt the Latin language & so Latin did not displace (vytlačit) Celtic. In the middle of the 5th century, three Germanic tribes – The Angles, Saxons and Jute’s invaded Britain from the continent. From the 8th century the Anglo-Saxons had to face Scandinavian invaders – the Danes and the Norsemen sometimes refereed to as Vikings –who occupied parts of Britain & made some permanent settlements. The Scandinavian invasions continued till the 11th century. The Anglo Saxon period can be characterised as a period of transition from a tribal (kmenový) to feudal organisation of society. The period of feudalism started around 1066 and lasted to the 15th century. In this period the modern English nation...
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...EVS Test Plan Document e - Voting System ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Test Plan Document< E-Voting System >Project Code: BSSE-08-KS-5056Internal Advisor: Ma’m Sadia MunawarExternal Advisor: Sir M. IlyasProject Manager: XyzProject Team: BSE-F08-50, BSE-F08-56Submission Date: 04th April’2012 * * _____________________ Project Manager’s Signature | Document Information Category | Information | Customer | Election Commission Pakistan | Project | E-voting System | Document | Test Plan | Document Version | 1.0 | Identifier | PGBH01-2003-TP | Status | Draft | Author(s) | BSE-F08-050,BSE-F08-56 | Approver(s) | PM | Issue Date | March 04, 2012 | Document Location | | Distribution | 1. Advisor 2. PM 3. Project Office | Definition of Terms, Acronyms and Abbreviations This section should provide the definitions of all terms, acronyms, and abbreviations required to interpret the terms used in the document properly. Term | Description | EVS | E- Voting System | TP | Test Plan | AOB | Any Other Business | PP | Political party | BB | Ballot box | CA | Constituency Area | | | | | * ------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents * * 1. Introduction 5 1.1 Purpose of Document 5 1.2...
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...information that will prepare you to understand and complete each of the milestones of this case study. This information includes a history of the business, a description of the business’s current facilities, and the descriptions of the problems that triggered the project. Case Background Coastline Systems Consulting is a provider of managed computer networks and web services located in Destin, Florida. The staff of seven IT technicians, web designers, and systems integrators provides a range of networking, computer hardware, and software solutions to area businesses. Coastline works with clients to analyze their business needs. They then provide a packaged solution that often combines web services, networking and computer hardware, purchased software, and custom programming. In addition to the seven technicians, Coastline has one receptionist/bookkeeper. As a small organization, Coastline is an informal, "shirt-sleeve" environment. Everyone is on a first-name basis, even with Peter Charles, the president. Organization Structure Coastline Systems Consulting [pic] Information Systems Facilities PCs Each technician works uses a Dell notebook: o Pentium M class machines with 512 MB RAM, 30-50 GB hard drives The bookkeeper/receptionist has a Dell Optiplex desktop running a Pentium 4, 256 MB RAM, and an 80 GB hard drive: Operating systems - MS Windows Windows XP Professional Tools - MS Office 2003 suite plus other software depending...
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...The Price of RAM And Hard Drive Storage Over The Past 30 Years The price and capacities of RAM and hard drive storage have come a long way in the past 30 years. Take for instance, in 1981 an 18MB hard drive cost $2500, today a 1TB hard drive costs $150. In 1990 RAM costs were $50 per MB and today one can purchase 2GB RAM for approximately $50. Observe the following table pertaining to hard drive cost vs GB capacity from 1980-2009: Table Source: iStockAnalyst Observe that there is a strong exponential correlation in the capacity vs cost ratio, where r=0.9916. During the last 30 years the capacity per unit cost ratio has nearly doubled approximately every 14 months. The regression equation is given by: Many TB+ drives have become available which recently broken the $0.10/GB boundary, whilst the next milestone being $0.01/GB or $10/TB. If historical trends continue, then 10 years from now the cost per GB of hard drive capacity will become $0.0000351 per GB or $0.0351 per TB. For $100, one could purchase a 2,849TB drive 10 years from now, based on the analysis of historical trends. Although 120 PB drives are currently available in the server and super computing market, consumer grade hard drives aren’t available in these sizes, as the physical size and cost per PB is too great for the marketability in the consumer market. Based on historical trends, one could forecast the availability of a consumer level 100TB hard drive in the next five years. It must be noted all figures...
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...Lecture 1 «The history and culture of Great Britain» Great Britain is located to the north-west (на северо западе) of the continental Europe, on the British Isles. The Island of GB and the Island of Ireland are the largest. The islands of Great Britain consist of: -England, the state`s historical proper -Wales, conquered by England under the reign of Edward 1 in the 13th century - Scotland attached to England be Treaty of Union in 1707 The Island of Ireland is shared by: - Northern Ireland- a part of the UK - the republic of Ireland, founded in 1632 GEOGRAPHY Britain is relatively small (half of the size of France); 20 % smaller than Italy. Twice the size of New York. It’s less than 1000km from the southern coast of England to the extreme north of the Scottish mainland and under 500km. The British Isles are separated from continental Europe by the English Channel with the Strait of Dover, in the east- by the North sea, in the west- by the Atlantic Ocean. The term GB was used for the 1st time in the 17th c. under the reign of king James VI of Scotland. The UK of GB merged with the kingdom of Ireland under the act of union. Over which the monarch of GB ruled. In 1922, 26 of Ireland’s thirty two countries left to form a separate Irish Free state. There are 5500 smaller islands form the British political and administrative union. The islands are: the Isle of Anglesey, the Isle of Wight, the Hebrides, the Shetland Islands. The Isle of Man...
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...| 2010 | | | [APPLE INCORPORATED] | Apple is discussed based on the the history of the company, its products, the company’s profitability and criticisms and challenges the company has encountered . | Technology is the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, and crafts, or is systems or methods of organization. The word technology comes from the Greek technología. The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: examples include “construction technology”, “medical technology”, or “state-of-the-art technology”. In this research paper, Apple Inc will be discussed, based on the history of the company, its products, the company’s profitability and criticisms and challenges the company faces. What is Apple Incorporated? Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. Established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977, the company was called Apple Computer, Inc. for its first 30 years, but on January 9, 2007 the company removed the word “Computer” in order to reflect the company’s ongoing expansion into the consumer electronics market in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers. Apple’s best known hardware products include Macintosh...
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...WINDOWS 8 Windows 8 is the current release of the Windows Operating System produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablets, and home theater PCs and is now the trending topic now in the internet world. Recently Microsoft releases Windows 8 . Windows 8 having more features to compare with windows 7. Particularly in Windows 8 your entire PC is cloud-connected. You’ll have new Mail, Calendar,Microsoft SkyDrive, Photos, People, and Messaging apps that are connected to the services you use, just by adding them to your Microsoft account. Windows 8 introduces significant changes to the operating system's platform, primarily focused towards improving its user experience on mobile devices such as tablets to rival other mobile operating systems (such as Android and iOS),taking advantage of new and emerging technologies (such as USB 3.0, UEFIfirmware, near field communications, cloud computing, and the low-power ARM architecture), new security features (such as malware filtering, built-in antivirus software, and support for secure boot, a controversial UEFI feature which requires operating systems to be digitally signed to prevent malware from infecting the boot process), along with other changes and performance improvements. Windows 8 also introduces a new shell and user interface based on Microsoft's"Metro" design language, featuring a new Start screen with a grid of dynamically updating tiles to represent applications...
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...store. Apple licensed the SoundJam MP Music player from a small company and hired its hotshot programmer, Jeff Robbin. Under the direction of Jobs, Robbin spent several months retooling SoundJam into iTunes [5]. iTunes- a music library is used by Apple’s customers to listen and download music. This first released iPod is known as First Generation iPod. The name itself indicates that it is not the first and last product introduced by Apple for music lovers. GROWTH STAGE As expected, Apple announced Second Generation iPod in 2002. Compared to debuted model, this model had more storage capacities, and keeping the choices of its customers under consideration, Apple introduced this second generation with two storage capacities i.e. 10 and 20 GB. Apple also replaced the mechanical scroll wheels (controls) with...
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...The History of the Video Games The world of video games has played a part in several generations and they have always been entertaining for everyone. They have consistently evolved over the years keeping up with the times always offering gamers the best quality that is available. What started as mainly being played on televisions now is being played in hand held versions in addition to cell phones. Video games are evolving again with the games allowing the chance for everyone to get involved with the fun. From little toddlers to grandparents, there is a game out there all genres. I will explain each next-gen platform and its differences. The first system is the Nintendo Wii, Wii standing for we meaning that this console was built for everybody to play. This is the smallest console to date weighing in at only less than three pounds, over six inches tall, and it plays 12” inch discs in addition to eight inch discs from its predecessor the Nintendo GameCube. This console is motion censored based meaning that you have to move your body with the controller. This is the only that requires a memory card since there is not a lot of internal memory. This console is for everybody and it became instant hit and sold millions of units in a few short months. Next console is the X-Box 360, the second system released by Microsoft offering a more detailed online experience. With the ability to play others online the 360 has a social networking feel where you interact...
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...John Medina PT2520T Database Concepts Mr. Collier Unit 1 Research Assignment 1: Exploring Programming Languages History of the SQL – SQL was initially developed at IBM by Donald D. Chamberlain, Donald C. Messerly, and Raymond F. Boyce in the early 1970s. This version, initially called SEQUEL (Structured English Query Language) was designed to manipulate and retrieve data stored in IBM’s original quasi-relational database management system, System R, which a group at IBM San Jose Research Laboratory had developed during the 1970s. The acronym SEQUEL was later changed to SQL because “SEQUEL” was a trademark of the UK-based Hawker Siddely aircraft company. In the late 1970s, Relational Software Inc. (now Oracle Corporation) saw the potential of the concepts described by Codd, Chamberlain, and Boyce and developed their own SQL-based RDBMS with aspirations of selling it to the U.S. Navy, Central Intelligence Agency, and other U.S. government agencies. In June 1979, Relational Software Inc. introduced the first commercially available implementation of SQL, Oracle V2(Version 2) for VAX computers. After testing SQL at customer test sites to determine the usefulness and practicality of the system. IBM began developing commercial products based on their System R prototype including System/38, SQL/DS, and DB2, which were commercially available in 1979, 1981, and 1983 respectively. According to the paragraph above, there had to have been 4 revisions to the SQL. The most recent version...
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...Using Teams in Production and Operations Management Governments around the globe are investing in businesses and banks in an effort to avoid a complete collapse of affected institutions. However, the general public is not convinced that the government will be able to effectively run the businesses it has acquired with any better dexterity than existing mismanaged government budgets. Furthermore, although the infusion of funds may temporarily secure investments, it does not effectively alter the transactions that instigated the decline. (/money, 2011) Inflated values of derivatives, fueled by ambitious speculation and fortunes amassed by paper transactions rose to catastrophic levels. Derivatives are commitments to purchase commodities or financial instruments at a fixed price, with an agreement to take profits if the value of the asset rises. In recent years, mortgages sold at subprime rates were bundled into securities. Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch created offsetting credit derivatives to protect investors in the event that these securities defaulted. Credit derivatives benefitted from profits derived from the increased number of subprime loans and home sales during the real estate bubble. When housing prices dropped and interest rates rose, many adjustable-rate subprime mortgage owners were unable to keep up with the higher monthly payment. Mortgages defaulted, demand for houses cooled abruptly, and the suddenly above market rates of credit derivatives collapsed....
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...developed, countries. Globalization is a historical process that results from human innovation and technological progress. Globalization is not an overnight solution to all of the world's problems. In fact, technology is always evolving so globalization will always be evolving as well. Skeptics of globalization argue that it is causing the world to conform to American standards, that there is a loss of culture associated with globalization, and many people in the countries being globalized do not want it to happen. No one should ever argue that globalization is perfect, because it is not. However, the concerns of skeptics can be easily alleviated. The earth is now divided into countries and continents after the big wars in the history of man. Nevertheless, there is a massive rising issue of globalization also known as free trade. Global economy is expansion of economies to the rest of the world which is demolishing industries, businesses and creating financial crisis in developing countries, on the other hand generating economical wealth in developed countries. Global economy needs national regulation and corporation should not have complete freedom. The reason is that the countries which have powerful economy can protect their own nation by limiting the number of imported goods, supplying subsidies and quotas, but developing states getting poorer. Global economy is also producing cultural effects and migration problems in developing countries, which is also a problem...
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...sports footwear and clothing to accessories such as bags, watches, eyewear and other sports-related goods and equipment. Employing over 46,000 people worldwide, the Adidas Group consists of around 170 subsidiaries including Reebok, TaylorMade, Adidas Golf, Rockport and CCM-Hockey. The Group's headquarters are in Herzogenaurach, Germany. In the second quarter of 2013 the Group’s revenue was €3.383 billion. Adidas and the Olympic Games The Adidas brand is built on a passion for sports excellence and innovative design to help athletes perform to the best of their ability. It is therefore no surprise that Adidas has supported many iconic athletes to achieve great things at the Olympic Games. In the UK, Adidas has partnered and supplied Team GB since 1984. The company’s heritage with the Olympic Games dates back to the Games in Amsterdam in 1928 when Adidas’ running shoes were debuted. Footwear and clothing by Adidas has been seen on athletes at every Olympic Games since. In fact, all British medal-winning athletes at the last 8 Olympic Games wore Adidas products. There are countless historic sporting achievements that have taken place in Adidas products. These include: * Jesse Owens’ 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936 * Cassius Marcellus Clay (Muhammad Ali) taking gold in the boxing light-heavyweight division at Rome 1960 * Dick Fosbury’s revolutionary new back-first high jump technique at Mexico 1968, known as the ‘Fosbury Flop’ * Gymnast Nadia Comaneci’s perfect 10...
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...antibodies for the rest of your pregnancy. Glucose screening. This tests your blood sugar to find out whether you are developing the type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy (gestational diabetes). You may have this screening earlier if you have risk factors for diabetes. Screening for group B streptococcus (GBS). GBS are bacteria that may live in your rectum or vagina. You may have GBS without any symptoms. GBS can spread to your baby during birth. This test involves doing a rectal and vaginal swab at 35–37 weeks of pregnancy. If testing is positive for GBS, you may be treated with antibiotics. CBC to check for anemia and blood-clotting ability. Urine tests to check for protein, which can be a sign of a condition called preeclampsia. Fetal ultrasound. This may be repeated at 16–20 weeks to check how your baby is growing and developing. Screening for birth defects Some birth defects are caused by abnormal genes passed down through families. Finding a genetic risk for a birth defect or finding a birth defect early in pregnancy may be helpful so you can consider the options that are available. The type of screening recommended for you will depend on your family history, your ethnicity, and your age. Screening for birth defects is offered to all pregnant women. This testing is optional. Talk to your health care provider and a genetic counselor about the benefits and risks of screening. Genetic screening may include: Carrier screening. This is a blood test or cheek swab test to...
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...HARDWARE BASICS Computer History Computer Classification PCs Personal Computers Monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers A high-end desktop computer with massive computing power. Desktop Computers Workstations Portable Computers • Laptop computers— sometimes called notebook computers— designed for portability • Netbooks are extrasmall, extra-light, nofrills computers Handheld Devices Personal digital assistants (PDAs) Smart phones combine the functions of a phone, camera, PDA, game machine, and music/video player. Tablet computers bridge the gap between smart phone and notebook/netbook PC. Smart phone Servers Server: A computer that provides other computers connected to a network with access to data, programs, and other resources Any desktop computer can be used as a server but some are specifically designed for this purpose. Servers have faster processors, more memory, or faster network connections. Often clustered together in groups to increase processing power Supercomputers Typical supercomputer is constructed out of thousands of microprocessors. Power users with special requirements need access to fastest, most powerful computers. Computer Ethics Know the rules and the law. Don’t assume that it’s okay if it’s legal. Think scenarios. When in doubt, talk it out. Make yourself proud. Remember the golden rule. Take the long view. Do your...
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