...first process because of which all other OS processes can execute. This experimental study gives an overview on the similarity and difference in Booting Process. As every operating system have to initially do the booting and as every OS providing different feature of each others, the paper is highlighting those micro and essential similarities and differences having by the operating systems during the Booting Process. Keywords: Booting, Cold booting, Worm booting, Linux Booting, Windows Booting, Mac Booting. In Worm Booting the computer get restart without shutdown the system, in which the system application and memory just get cleared and then reloading the operating system in primary memory. With the above two booting types we also have some other flavor in the computer booting like Sleep, Hibernate. Power - ON Load Instruction from ROM Detect OS from HDD 1. Introduction Find Attached H/W Booting Process is the first step gets happened in the computer system when you switch on the computer. In computing, booting is the initial set of operations that a computer system performs when electrical power to the CPU is switched on. The process begins when a computer is turned on for the first time or is...
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...However it can also be a negative impact on some businesses with the use of high street stores and branches not being used as often and therefore lead to a decrease in profits because of the increased use of the internet. The use of comparison websites are becoming more and more used especially for car insurance companies, which reduces producer’s profits. Websites like gocompare.com, moneysupermarket.com and travelsupermarket.com are few examples of comparison websites used for the comparisons of holidays and insurance. These businesses let you fill in the needs and information you have, to then show you a variety of products and services to fit this request and then you are able to compare the prices of businesses to find out what the best one is for you. By doing this, consumers do not have to spend long periods of time filling their details in for each individual business and ringing up many of them. This will benefit the smaller firms who may offer cheaper insurance than the larger ones as they are being more recognized and appeal to more people through the comparison websites and even though larger firms spend a lot of time and put a lot of money into marketing and advertising their company they may be affected due to the smaller firms taking over. Customers then have more power and knowledge of a variety of businesses and therefore if they go to one business they can use their consumer power to try and force prices down from some businesses to receive a cheaper cost or...
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...of media images especially in the younger generations. We feel this campaign can be successful by using images of everyday people so that everyone can relate and feel good about being themselves. The Positive and Negative Media Image Effects on the Self. The article written by Dirk Smeesters and Naomi Mandel is a summary of research towards images of models to woman and how it effects there self esteem. The research has shown that images of thin woman have been known to cause self enhancement and some negative self image. The first part of the research that was studied was how certain woman reacted to extreme body images as well as moderate body images. They would be shown an extremely thin/heavy model or an averagely thin/moderately heavy woman. The article uses the word assimilation to describe how some woman view the images to them. The article explains the natural tendency of people to evaluate themselves by comparing with others. There are two different types of comparisons they are upward and downward. Upward meaning that people perceive the image positively and...
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...the opportunity to search for the product they want through endless avenues. Online shopping has grown so large that many companies are not investing in buildings and mall space, rather in online websites and web advertising. Through this paper I will discuss the reasons why shopping online is a better alternative to traditional shopping. The first benefit of online shopping is the convenience. While others are out fighting traffic and waiting in lines, online shoppers are home relaxing. Online shoppers can go from store to store with a flick of a mouse, while traditional shoppers have to walk, drive or can’t get to the stores they want. Online shoppers also benefit when it comes to comparison shopping. Traditional shoppers have to put a lot of work into comparison shopping. They have to drive from place to place find items and price and go onto the next place. This can be exhausting and stressful. The online shopper can do this from his or her couch. Online shoppers can search the planet for the product they are looking for, while traditional shoppers are limited to a small area. When it comes to seeing, touching, and trying out a new product, there is no substitute for actually going to the mall and examining the item in person. You cannot always tell what the merchandise is really like by seeing a picture of it on the Web. The color may be somewhat different online than it appears in real life. The exact size and proper fit may be critical when...
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...are affected most by comparison shopping on mobile platforms? Explain. 1. All stages can be considered affected less or more. In my opinion, most affected stages are: Internal information gathering – eBay application provides consumer with basic information like brand name, color, price, size, location, shipping cost, etc. After comparing this information consumer supposedly will make a rough choice to get more info or refine search by certain criteria. Evaluation of alternatives – is the most affected and difficult stage for consumer. At this point all options needs to be compared: one seller can be more competitive pricewise but shipping will take longer time due to location of the product, another has a better feedback and accepts every known method of payment but has lower amount of days after product will be accepted back or do not accept returns, etc. Purchase of product also can be considered as affected stage. Before actual payment, some sellers can only ask for desired quantity and get consumer directly to the payment page but some can ask for available coupons or gift cards. However, I think this stage has very limited possibilities compared to full site version. 2. Based on the goal expressed by Steve Yancovich, which stage of the consumer decision-making process is eBay trying to influence? How are they doing so? 2. I think eBay trying to influence need recognition stage. Company created a mobile application with a lot of comparison options allowing users...
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...Requirements ….……………………………………………….. 4 4. Theory ………………………………………………………………….. 5 5. Multisim Simulation Results …………………………..………………………. 5 6. Experimental Procedure ………………………………………………… 6 7. Analysis of Results ..……………..…………………………………….. 6 8. Troubleshooting ….……..…………………………………………….. 6 9. Conclusion ..……………………………..…………………………….. 6 List of Figures 1. Resistor Circuit Schematic .………………………………….. 5 2. Multisim Simulation Circuit ………………………………………….. 6 3. Simulation circuit ..…. ………………………………………….. 7 List of Tables 1. Theoretical Analysis Results ………………………………………….. 5 2. Simulation Results …………………………………………………….. 6 3. Experimental Results …….…………………………………………….. 7 4. Results Comparison …………………………………………………… 8 Project Objectives When putting resistors in series, we can use this experiment to prove Kirchoff’s Voltage Law and Ohm’s Law by comparing our theoretical values to the Experimental values. System Requirements Equipment and Material Equipment: Macbook Air with the Citrix receiver software DC Power Supply DMM (Digital Multimeter) Software: Multisim Version 13 Parts: 3 – 1.0 kΩ Resistor 1 – 2.2 kΩ Resistor 1 – 6.8 kΩ Resistor Breadboard and hookup wires Theory The circuit to be analyzed is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Resistor Inductor Circuit Schematic Table 1 Resistor Inductor Theoretical Analysis Multisimulation Results Simulate using MultiSim V8. ...
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...mistakes, as when a fight spills out of frame and the camera must scurry to catch up. As if to openly state it’s a relationship to Godard’s film, Bonnie and Clyde replicates the scene in Breathless where Michel and Patricia hide from the police in a movie theater, the onscreen dialogue offering ironic counterpoint to the characters’ situation. There’s even an odd reference near the film’s end, when the lens in Clyde’s sunglasses pops loose, just as Belmondo’s does in Breathless. But by comparing two lead characters from each movie you find major contrasts. On Characteristics alone you have some similarities: Both Clyde and Michel are trying to fulfill the dapper gangster look, by wearing suits and fedoras and fancy sunglasses. The comparisons go deeper than that as well, but more specifically the fact that they both rely on a strong female character for support is a major comparison. Although, with that, it brings to light one of the biggest contrasts: how different each of the lead male character’s relationship with the lead female character is. Michel is a more of a playboy and will lay with nearly anyone he can make a quick buck on. But with Patricia who he has slept with before, one starts to believe that he may actually felt a connection with her. Whereas when Clyde met Bonnie he immediately noticed her beauty and how she was a person who he must have around him. So, with both men finding a love interest, what could be so drastically different? Michel wants to be with...
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...easier for customer. It helps customer to find the one that fits customers taste and budget - easily and quickly. It doesn't charge, the customer, anything. It is completely free. Background and Inception of the Company Polama is a holiday comparison site, founded by M D Ramaswami and Dilip Panicker and went live on December 21, 2010. M D Ramaswami and Dilip Panicker were classmates and alumni of IIT Madras. The passion of travelling decided them to come up with Polama and leverage their strong background to build an internet portal to make the process of searching for and comparing holiday option easier for users. It was analyzed that over 80 percent of Indians plan their holidays using the internet, since it saves them time and effort. 99% of those who purchase holidays compare multiple options before buying a holiday. The available options are typically found by searching the internet using Google, Yahoo or Bing. Finding the options, making enough sense out of them to compare is time-consuming and painstakingly difficult. About Polama Polama is the world’s first ‘holiday package’ comparison portal. A vital tool for holiday search, it provides access to more than 3000 holiday destinations worldwide and features comparison of holiday choices from several holiday providers like MakeMyTrip, Yatra, Travel Tours, SOTC, TravelPort, etc. Currently targets...
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...Keiyonna young Ms. Herzog Communications 27 July 2015 Literary Comparison: Deception at its greatest All it takes is a beautiful fake smile to hide an injured soul and they will never notice how broken you really are! -Unknown In this paper I will briefly compare two pieces of literature and their authors. The first is “We Wear the Mask (1896)” by Paul Laurence Dunbar and "Richard Cory (1897)" by Edward Arlington Robinson. I really enjoy poetry and was amazed at the similarities found in these two pieces despite the very noticeable difference in the authors. I started of my paper with a quote from an unknown author which will help set the tone for the two poems I will be comparing. This quote describes something we all have at one time or another. We all have at some point in our lives encountered (or will encounter) a time where we have to do or go through something that we did not want to do or experience. A time where we cannot let on to others what we are truly feeling inside. Whether it is at work or staying strong for family or friends or just putting on a front for the world. These two authors wrote poems about this very thing. Paul L Dunbar was born in Dayton Ohio on June 22, 1872 to parents who had been enslaved prior to the civil war. Just about 3 years earlier Edward Arlington Robinson was born on December 22, 1869. His parents were very well off. There is so much to be said about the lives of these two great men and the things that they...
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...thirties, as well as menopausal and post-menopausal women. Of course, American females take the information differently depending on age, life experiences, and where they are in their lives. Today we will examine the influence the media (TV, print, the Internet, and advertising) has on the American female's feelings toward her place in society, as well as her sexuality, self-esteem and body image, and physical health. The media is a pervasive and ever present entity in the lives of Americans. It has a strong influence on females and seems to bring meaning to their everyday lives. Social Comparison Theory posits that "people will (at some point in their lives) compare themselves and significant others to people and images whom they perceive to represent realistic goals to attain" (2005). We look to the media to help us explain the world around us. Without always knowing it, we make automatic comparisons of ourselves and situations in our lives after seeing images either on TV or in magazines. Then we are motivated to attain these goals and expectations the world has now put on...
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...2. The purpose of the analysis was to evaluate and compare the financial statements of Magna Intl, and Linamar. The emphasis was to be able to identify between the both which is superior to the other. Comparing the gross and net margins between the two companies, Linamar has a slightly higher margin in year end which is a good indicator that the company was in good financial standing in comparison to Magna Intl. In terms of ratios comparing both companies together Linamar with a 1.13 year end quick ratio and their current ratio was 1.72 which was significantly higher than Magna Intl as they had a quick ratio ending with 0.4 and a current ratio to 1.31. The current ratio is purpose is generally to give an awareness of the company's ability to pay back its liabilities using its assets. The difference between the numbers make it clear that Linamar did significantly better in terms of paying back their investors short term and long term. As we compare the long term debt to equity Magna Intl. was doing better than Linamar has their long term debt was less, meaning they paid for most of their ventures and expenses using their company assets. In terms of working capital Linamar had a significantly higher working capital as well which helps measure it’s short-term financial standing and makes the company’s efficiency clear. The inventory turnover rate between both companies shows that Magna Intl at a 11.5x and Linamar at a 9.17x, which shows that Magna Intl had effective and strong sales...
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...earned value reporting system for projects, we are concerned with knowing how our project is doing with respect to the amount of money being spent and the accomplishments being achieved. The measure for this comparison is the cost variance. To compute the cost variance, we compare the work that was actually completed to the actual amount spent to accomplish it. This means that we will be comparing the budgeted cost of work performed, the BCWP, with the actual cost of work performed People always have trouble remembering these things. They get them mixed up and end up having a positive variance when they are really having a negative variance. It is good to remember that bad variances are always negative and good variances are always positive. If we consider that completed project tasks have an actual cost that is less than what was planned for, we could say that this is a good variance and it should have a positive value. If, on the other hand, we have spent more to accomplish our tasks than the plan allowed for, we could say that this is a bad condition and our variance will be a negative number. Of course "good" and "bad" must be qualified. Just because we have a positive cost variance does not always mean something good. If our cost variance is positive and we have left out some of the required work it would not be such a good thing. A good rule of thumb is that any variances, whether positive or negative, should be...
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... Service Date Section: BSAct2A Group Group Members: * Atendido, Andrea * Cruz, Shaneen * Deximo, Layrose * Senas, Rubi I. Evaluation for the topic a. Strength The topics were suitable for their age and level which makes it easier for them to understand and comprehend. You can see their interest and eagerness to learn and answer our questions and quizzes. b. Problems Encountered All I can see is when the students start comparing their answers while on activity, these cases are unavoidable but we find ways to stop them from doing that like asking them if they are sure on their answers. c. Recommendations Be strictly involved with the students especially while taking their activity because comparison can lead to copying the answer of each other. II. Evaluation for the LA Students a. Strength They prepared a topic that fits to their age and made very comprehendible visuals. They taught the students their topics with clarity and certainty. b. Problems Encountered The students comprehend well but due to doubt they always compare their answers with each other or ask us for it when they can do it on their own. They are afraid to make mistakes and have the lowest score. c. Recommendations They should still asses the students while taking up the quizzes to avoid them comparing their answers. They should make sure that they evaluate the results of the students. III. Evaluation for the School / Community a....
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...paper, I am going to identify a point of time in which I experienced invidious comparison and vicarious traumatization. While identifying theses to aspects, I am also going to address how to stop invidious comparison. As well as identifying strategies that I use to avoid vicarious traumatization in my own personal life. I will also go in to depth to show how to avoid vicarious traumatization as a human service worker. Lastly, I am going to address the strategies that can be considered or developed to avoid vicarious traumatization. What is invidious comparison? Invidious comparison is the comparing yourself to others. It can be through race, sexual orientation, and religion. Invidious comparison can make a person feel that their self-worth is not wanted and even take its toll on the person doing the comparison themselves. It can send you into a depressive state where you develop levels of stress. To stop invidious comparison, we must first get an understanding on others and accept the different views that other may possess. Everyone is different in their own way. There will also be an individual that may excel in different things that you may have thought you were good in. Some may be incapable of abilities that one may have. By understanding these aspects we must acknowledge the strengths that we have and do not have without dwelling on the weaknesses of others. Everywhere we go there are comparisons, it is important to get caught up in a situation where you start to become judgmental...
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...com/grammar/writerworkshops/GFW8_WM_compare.pdf WHAT THIS HANDOUT IS ABOUT This handout will help you first to determine whether a particular assignment is asking for comparison/contrast and then to generate a list of similarities and differences, decide which similarities and differences to focus on, and organize your paper so that it will be clear and effective. It will also explain how you can (and why you should) develop a thesis that goes beyond “Thing A and Thing B are similar in many ways but different in others.” INTRODUCTION In your career as a student, you’ll encounter many different kinds of writing assignments, each with its own requirements. One of the most common is the comparison/contrast essay, in which you focus on the ways in which certain things or ideas—usually two of them—are similar to (this is the comparison) and/or different from (this is the contrast) one another. By assigning such essays, your instructors are encouraging you to make connections between texts or ideas, engage in critical thinking, and go beyond mere description or summary to generate interesting analysis: when you reflect on similarities and differences, you gain a deeper understanding of the items you are comparing, their relationship to each other, and what is most important about them. RECOGNIZING COMPARISON/CONTRAST IN ASSIGNMENTS Some assignments use words—like compare, contrast, similarities, and differences—that make it easy for you to see that they are asking you to compare and/or contrast...
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