...Operating Systems and Windows What is an Operating System? •The most important program that runs on your computer. It manages all other programs on the machine. •Every PC has to have one to run other applications or programs. It’s the first thing “loaded”. Operating System •It performs basic tasks, such as: •Recognizing input from the keyboard or mouse, •Sending output to the monitor, Operating System •Keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and •Controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. Is There More Than One Type of OS? •Generally, there are four types, based on the type of computer they control and the sort of applications they support. 1.Single-user, single task This type manages the computer so that one user can effectively do one thing at a time. Types of Operating Systems 2. Multi-user, multi-task Allows two or more users to run programs at the same time. Some operating systems permit hundreds or even thousands of concurrent users. Types of Operating Systems 3. Real Time Operating Systems RTOS are used to control machinery, scientific instruments, and industrial systems. There is typically very little userinterface capability. Resources are managed so that a particular operation executes precisely the same every time. Types of Operating Systems 4. Single-user, Multi-tasking This is the type of operating system most desktops and laptops use today. Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s MacOS are both examples...
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...ARMY AVIATION OPERATIONS IN LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT Introduction “Foot slogging” by infantrymen has been most important and fundamental to address an insurgency; however, there are limitations to their mobility. To increase their versatility, the Portuguese introduced two contrasting means, the helicopter and the horse. While there were other, more conventional solutions to the mobility problem, such as trucks, jeeps, and light armored cars, these vehicles required at least crude roads, had other terrain limitations, and were vulnerable to land mines. The advent of the helicopter and its application in counter-insurgency began with the British in Malaya on 1 April 1950, with the formation of the Far East Casualty Air Evacuation Flight at Seletar with strength of three Westland S-51 Dragonfly helicopters. During the Malayan Emergency the British used their helicopters primarily for casualty evacuation and later for airlifting troops. Question that looms ahead for the future, no matter what the outcome in Jammu and Kashmir, and North Eastern States, is how the army aviation succeeds against fierce insurgency in strategy and capabilities. The Taliban’s resurgence, tenacious resistance against NATO forces in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda’s ability to elude United States forces, and the trouble Israel has had in trying to subdue violence in tiny Southern Lebanon (Hezbollah) and tinier Gaza (Hamas) deepen concern that even world’s finest militaries have problems against any kind...
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...Nikki Vanessa V. Novales July 20, 2012 # 2012-42443 PI 10 E2-6R Rizal: Hidden Beneath The Surface A Reaction Paper On “Bayaning 3rd World” “Who is Rizal?” If you ask this question to any Filipino, they will most likely say, “He is our national hero” Or “He’s the person stamped on our 1-peso coin”. But is that all he really is? The movie “Bayaning 3rd World” is about two film makers trying to make a movie about Rizal. They found out, however, that this would not be an easy task, for their subject is a very complicated man. Rather than focusing on a single issue about Rizal, they decided to make a detective story about Rizal being the country’s national hero. They tackled several issues but focused mainly on Rizal’s retraction and Josephine Bracken. The movie was meant to be educational, but unlike most documentaries, “Bayaning 3rd World” is definitely not boring. The documentary was presented in a comical way, so that viewers of all ages would be able to understand it and grasp its meaning. I was confused at first because I didn’t know what the “Retraction Controversy” was and the two film makers started having these long conversations about it without explaining it to the viewers. But when I found out what it was all about, following the flow of the story became easy. Another controversy that arose was about Josephine Bracken, on whether she and Rizal were married or not. It was implied that if they were indeed married, then Rizal retracted...
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...BIOL 202 34 BIOL 203 | BIO 141 BIO 142 BIO 143 | BIO 261 BIO 262 (On-line section available with weekly on-campus lab) | | Child Psychology 3 credits | 18 EDST 301, 15PSYC205, 15 PSYC 617 | PSY 1508 (On-line section available) |University of Iowa College of Nursing 3 Sem. Hrs # 096 : 030 | PSY 231 | 28 PSYC 205 | 34 PSYC 205 |PSY 205 or PSY 208 (On-line section available) | | |Microbiology or Elementary Bacteriology 3 credit | 15 BIOL 271 | BIO 4009 (On-line course section with on-campus lab) |University of Iowa College of Medicine 3 Sem. Hrs 061 : 190 Marian University (Indianapolis) BIO 214 | MBI 161 | 28 BIOL 281 | 34 BIOL 281 | BIO 205 |BIO 215 (On-line section available with weekly on-campus lab) | | Pathophysiology 4 credits | 29 NURS 270 | BIO 4020 (On-line section available) |University of Iowa College of Nursing 3 Sem. Hrs. 096 : 118 | | 28 ALH-270 | 34 ALH 278 | ALH 220 | BIO 263 (On-line section available) | | Pharmacology for Nurses 4 credits | 29 NURS 205 | BIO 4018 (On-line section available) |Indiana University Nursing B219 Pharmacology 3 Sem. Hrs. Jackson (MI) Comm. College NUR 121, Pharmacology Preq. A&P & Math course 3 Sem. credits | | 28 BIOL 286 | 34 ALH 271 | ALH...
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...CHAPTER 24 Pure Monopoly A. Short-Answer, Essays, and Problems 1. What are the major characteristics of pure monopoly? 2. What are the major barriers to entry that explain the existence of monopoly? 3. What is the relationship between economies of scale and a natural monopoly? 4. Some economists argue that pure monopolists will purposely avoid the price-output combination that will maximize their profits. Explain how this less-than-maximum profit behavior could be rational. 5. In what ways, if any, do the demand schedules for a purely competitive firm and a pure monopolist differ? What significance does this have for the price-output behavior of each? 6. Why is marginal revenue less than price for every level of output except the first? 7. How does price elasticity affect the price-quantity combination and segment of the demand curve that the monopolist would prefer for price and output? 8. A pure monopolist determines that at the current level of output the marginal cost of production is $2.00, average variable costs are $2.75, and average total costs are $2.95. The marginal revenue is $2.75. What would you recommend that the monopolist do to maximize profits? 9. A pure monopolist sells output for $4.00 per unit at the current level of production. At this level of output, the marginal cost is $3.00, average variable costs are $3.75, and average total costs are...
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...System Adoption IT 205 May 08, 2014 In today’s organizations, there are many systems that are in place to not only help individuals perform their jobs, but also ensure the future growth of these systems. This paper will describe three of these systems; transaction processing systems, office information systems, and management information systems. Transaction processing systems, more commonly referred to as TPS, are information systems that capture and process data that has been generated during an organization’s day-to-day transactions. A transaction is a business activity such as a deposit, payment and order. Individuals in the clerical department perform activities associated with TPS, including recording business activity such as an employee’s timecard, confirming the action such as generating employee paychecks, and maintaining data, which involves adding new data, changing existing data, or removing unwanted data. The factors that lead to the adoption of this system are batch processing and OLTP, or online transaction processing. Batch processing is transaction data that has been collected over a period of time and all transactions are processed later as a group, such as calculating paychecks. With OLTP, computers process transactions as they are entered (Shelly, 1999). The second information system is OIS, or office information system. OIS is an information system that uses hardware, software and networks to enhance the work flow and to also facilitate the communication...
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...F1. 203 8TH ST N, CLANTON, ALABAMA, 35045-2750 | 2. 2806 7TH ST N APT D4, CLANTON, ALABAMA, 35045-2198 | 3. 13650 COUNTY ROAD 29, CLANTON, ALABAMA, 35045-4811 | 4. 170 COUNTY RD 749, JEMISON, ALABAMA, 35085 | 5. 1547 COUNTY ROAD 205, JEMISON, ALABAMA, 35085-4216 | 6. 1547 COUNTY ROAD 205, JEMISON, ALABAMA, 35085 | Physician Return Address | 13135 OLIVEWOOD ROAD, COKER, ALABAMA, 35452 | | SNo. | Directions | Miles | Total(mi) | 1. | Depart Olivewood Rd toward Rose Blvd | (0.5mi) | (0.5mi) | 2. | Turn left onto Rose Blvd | (2.7mi) | (3.2mi) | 3. | Road name changes to Joe Mallisham Pkwy | (6.5mi) | (9.7mi) | 4. | Take ramp left for I-20 East / I-59 North toward Tuscaloosa | (4.7mi) | (14.399mi) | 5. | At exit 73, take ramp right and follow signs for US-82 | (0.2mi) | (14.598mi) | 6. | Turn right onto US-82 E / AL-6 E / McFarland Blvd E | (29.6mi) | (44.198mi) | 7. | Turn right onto AL-219 | (1.0mi) | (45.198mi) | 8. | Turn left onto AL-25 / AL-58 / AL-219 / Walnut St | (0.3mi) | (45.498mi) | 9. | Turn right onto US-82 / AL-219 | (21.0mi) | (66.497mi) | 10. | Take ramp right and follow signs for AL-22 West / AL-22 East | (0.2mi) | (66.697mi) | 11. | Turn left onto AL-22 | (1.6mi) | (68.297mi) | 12. | Turn right to stay on AL-22 | (14.8mi) | (83.097mi) | 13. | Turn right onto 8th St N | (0.1mi) | (83.196mi) | 14. | 203 8TH ST N, CLANTON, ALABAMA, 35045-2750 Member Name : Sherry H Senn, Primary Phone : 2052877764, Alternative Phone :2052877763...
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...(Please write your Exam Roll No.) Exam Roll No . END TERM EXAMINATION THIRDSEMESTER Paper Code: MS 205 ~S~2.oS Time: 3 Hours [ 01. MBA DECEMBER-2010 Subject: Information Systems Management Maximum Marks: 60 Note: Attempt any five questions. (a) (b) List and describe any four reasons why information systems are so (8) important for business today? (4) Differentiate the following with an example: (i) Data and Information (ii) Information and knowledge (a) Explain the following decision making situation in intelligence, design and choice phase as developed in the SIMON MODEL: (6) (i) Marketing a new product (ii) Appointing a Finance Manager (iii) Purchase of Equipment (b) 02. Differentiate between: (i) OPEN and CLOSED system (ii) Deterministic and a probabilistic system Give an example of each and identify system boundaries. 03. I (a) (b) (6) Why does a decision maker resort to bounded rationality in a decisionmaking situation? Can a decision be called as right or wrong? What is the measure of correct decision? (6) Write short notes on: (3x2=6) (i) Marketing Information System (ii) Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) 04. (a) (b) (c) What are the characteristics of MIS? How do MIS differ from TPS? (4) What are the three basic components of a DSS? Briefly describe each. (4) Differentiate: Data Driven DSS and Model Driven DSS. (4) 05. (a) (b) What is strategic...
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...Checkpoint - TJX Companies IT/205 March 1, 2013 Checkpoint - TJX Companies This week’s checkpoint deals with the credit card data theft at TJX companies which occurred in July of 2005. According to the book Essentials of MIS, the thieves used a vulnerable wireless network from one of the department stores on the TJX network to gain access. (Laudon & Laudon, 2011, p. 243) After the thieves had access to the network the installed a sniffer program on one of the main computers of the network. They then were able to download any information that they needed to. The TJX Company was still using outdated weak wireless security encryption called WEP, (Wired Equivalent Privacy), instead of upgrading to a more secure version of wireless security, WPA, (Wi-Fi Protected Access). They also did not have any firewalls or data encryption in place. (Laudon & Laudon, 2011, p. 243). The tools that was needed to be in place to help stop this from happening was, the stronger wireless security of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) standard with more complex encryption, they also needed to install strong firewalls, data encryption on computers, and to transmit credit card data to banks with encryption. This breach had some lasting effects on the TJX Company. One of the first effects was that the company had to strengthen the company’s information system security. They also had to agree to have a third-party auditor review their security measures every two years for the next twenty years...
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...interaction and behavior requirement: six to nine credits • natural and physical sciences requirement: CHM 101, PHY 101 and PHY 101L • mathematics requirement: MTH 103 and MTH 104 • statistics requirement: satisfied through NGN 111 • communication requirement: a minimum of 12 credits in 100-level or above writing (WRI)/English (ENG) courses, including ENG 204 and ENG 207 • ethical understanding requirement: satisfied through INE 490 • discipline-specific writing intensive course requirement: satisfied through INE 491 • oral proficiency requirement: satisfied through INE 491 • information literacy requirement: satisfied through WRI 102 and ENG 204 • computer literacy requirement: satisfied through COE 210 Major Requirements (78 credits) CHE 205 Principles of Chemical Engineering I COE 210 Programming I EGM 361 Management for Engineers EGM 364 Engineering Economy ELE 225 Electric Circuit and Devices INE 222 Operations Research I INE 310 Manufacturing Processes for Industrial Engineers INE 311 Quality...
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...MIS 205 Section 01 Spring-2013 Project Guideline Faculty – AIK You have to choose one project out of these: 1. “Business level strategy & the value chain model” 2. “Firm level strategy & information technology” 3. “Tools & techniques employed in developing an Information System” 4. ------------------------------------------------- “Examining the role of Customer Relationship ------------------------------------------------- Management System” 5. ------------------------------------------------- “A consideration of the impact of outsourcing on City ------------------------------------------------- firms” 6. ------------------------------------------------- “How information could be strategic resource?” 7. ------------------------------------------------- “Examining the role of Supply Chain Management System” 8. ------------------------------------------------- “How business strategy drives a successful Information System?” 9. ------------------------------------------------- Define the corporate strategy of anyone of these: Square, Unilever, BAT, Grameen Phone, Banglalink, or HSBC, SCB and explain their network system. In this Semester, you are provided with nine project topics and you have to select one of them for your project. You will do an extensive project work on current situation of your selected topic and services of different organization related to your topic. Your project will include their system...
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...MIS 205 LECTURE 1 CHAPTER REFERENCE – CHAPTER 1 Lecture Topic Information Systems in Global Business today Keywords Information Technology (IT) - IT refers to all the hardware and software that a firm needs to use in order to achieve its business objectives. This includes the computers, printers, handhelds, mobile phones, software, and peripheral support systems. IT Infrastructure - IT infrastructure is the foundation or platform on which the firm can build its specific information systems i.e. the IT infrastructure of the company determines whether the company has the proper set of information services that it needs to accomplish its goals. Data – Streams of raw facts that are more comprehensible by computer systems. Information – Data that has been organized and arranged in a form that is easy for people to understand. Information Systems - An Information System is a set of interrelated components (determined through the IT infrastructure) that collect, retrieve, process, store and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization. Additionally, an Information system is a tool that supports decision making, coordination and control within an organization by helping its employees analyze problems, visualize solutions, and develop new products. Digital Firm - is an organization in which a MAJORITY of significant business relationships are digitally enabled and mediated through information systems. Lean Production...
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...MIS 205 Section 01 Spring-2013 Project Guideline Faculty – AIK You have to choose one project out of these: 1. “Business level strategy & the value chain model” 2. “Firm level strategy & information technology” 3. “Tools & techniques employed in developing an Information System” 4. ------------------------------------------------- “Examining the role of Customer Relationship ------------------------------------------------- Management System” 5. ------------------------------------------------- “A consideration of the impact of outsourcing on City ------------------------------------------------- firms” 6. ------------------------------------------------- “How information could be strategic resource?” 7. ------------------------------------------------- “Examining the role of Supply Chain Management System” 8. ------------------------------------------------- “How business strategy drives a successful Information System?” 9. ------------------------------------------------- Define the corporate strategy of anyone of these: Square, Unilever, BAT, Grameen Phone, Banglalink, or HSBC, SCB and explain their network system. In this Semester, you are provided with nine project topics and you have to select one of them for your project. You will do an extensive project work on current situation of your selected topic and services of different organization related to your topic. Your project...
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...Tonisha Miller IT/205 Jennifer Gilmore CheckPoint: TJX Companies The old Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption system was the security controls in place. A Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is not very effective. WEP is built into all standard 802.11 products, but its use is optional. Many users neglect to use WEP security features, leaving them unprotected. The basic WEP specification calls for an access point and all of its users to share the same 40-bit encrypted password, which can be easily decrypted by hackers from a small amount of traffic. Stronger encryption and authentication systems are now available, but users must be willing to install them. TJX had also neglected to install firewalls and data encryption on many of the computers using the wireless network, and didn’t properly install another layer of security software it had purchased. TJX acknowledged in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it transmitted credit card data to banks without encryption, violating credit card company guidelines. TJX also retained cardholder data in its systems much longer than stipulated by industry rules for storing such data. The tools and technologies that could have been used to fix the weaknesses are some of the following: General controls govern the design, security, and use of computer programs and the security of data files in general throughout the organization’s information technology infrastructure. On the whole, general controls apply to all computerized...
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...Internet Tools at Dirt Bikes IT/205 8/7/11 Axia College of University of Phoenix Internet Tools at Dirt Bikes Many organizations use the Internet and the Web technology to make their business more productive, efficient, and to cut cost. Developing a central information system (IS) is vital to organizing and storing information pertaining to all company processes. An IS will make the” six important business objectives: operational excellence; new products, services, and business models; customer and supplier intimacy; improved decision-making; competitive advantage; and survival” achievable. (Laudon & Laudon, 2009,p7) “Information systems and technologies are some of the most important tools available to managers for achieving higher levels of efficiency and productivity in business operations.” (Laudon & Laudon, 2009, p7) A firewall is important to have to make a security barrier that ensures that the information within the company’s information systems safe from hackers and access by outside sources. A system’s firewall is just one of many ways a company can ensure the safety of their private information. All employees need to be linked in a way that will make information sharing and communication more efficient. Creating an intranet is one way to do this. Intranets allow the company’s sales and marketing, human resources, and manufacturing and production departments to have a private and protected network where they can communicate with each other. In order for this...
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