waves) over a computer network, including high-speed Internet connections. Facebook - is a social networking service launched in February 2004, owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. Social networking sites - A Web site that provides a virtual community for people to share their daily activities with family and friends, or to share their interest in a particular topic, or to increase their circle of acquaintances. Purpose: Wi-Fi - It also allows you to use the resources of one computer from another
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the company to control the economy of its products. The use of this business model has led to many advantages and disadvantages within the biotechnology industry. Vertical integration of biotech companies has offered many advantages to the growth of not only the business but also the growth of the technology offered by the company. However, growth through integration can also have many disadvantages. By examining both we can see how vertical integration plays a part in the growth of a biotechnology
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viewed as positive, though. The impact of the use of ITs on the way English is taught has brought not only advantages to it, but also, some disadvantages concerning to the availability of technologies to be used, money to invest on and teachers’ train. Advantages in using information technologies: • students using computers do not feel that they are being watched or judged; • a computer can analyze the specific mistakes the student has made and can react in a different way from the usual teacher-
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Computer studies Form 5 Lesson notes Form 5 syllabus Structure and Functions of a Computer • Major functions and parts • Types of computers • Operating systems • Application software • Limitations of computers Using the computer • Using the computer • Keyboard skills History of computers • History of computers • Applications of computers Word-processing Computers and information processing • Information • Information retrieval • Managing information Information Processing
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CHAPTER 1 Problem & Its Background Instructional material is an important tool in the teaching process. As our world evolves, the technology is also evolving and we can’t deny the fact that it is happening also to education. One of the examples is the modern technologies used by some of the teachers as their instructional materials. (Richards) Before, children were taught in a rigid and stereotyped way. Teachers used authentic or created materials as their tool in teaching the learners. Nowadays
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stores out of 2oo of being prepared were open and it was apparent that the original business concept was not going to work. ---Constant lowering of computer prices ---They can have many competitors Alternative course of action 1. In order to be successful, it is pertinent that Cyberplay reduce its expenses to the lowest possible levels. Advantage: In order to give it a fighting chance at survival without endangering its
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Question 1: How has Dell used its direct sales and build-to-order model to developan exceptional supply chain? Many of the challenges in improving the supply chain come with all of theunknowns. Most companies produce products they think the consumer will want. Thenthey ship these products to the retail stores. The stores then try to sell the products thatare on their shelves to the customers. The supply chain shows down while they arefiguring out what to build. Then they work with suppliers to get
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power is coming into the computer. Power overage can take two forms: * A power spike occurs when the power level rises above normal levels and then drops back to normal in less than one second. * A power surge occurs when the power level rises above normal levels and stays there for more than one or two seconds. Typically, power surges last longer than a second or two, and they may last for several minutes. Two types of devices are used to protect computers and other network devices
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network; it dictates the media that the network uses, the type of channel it accesses, the architecture of the network, and its operating speed (Tomsho, Tittel, & Johnson, 2004). A network topology deals with the physical layout of the network’s computers, cables, and many more components; a network topology also deals with how the components communicate with each other (Tomsho, et al., 2004). A network topology gives a diagrammatical picture of the network’s physical interconnections. A network topology
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Port expander Port expander is a computer hardware that allows more than one device to connect to a single port on a computer. There are two basic forms of port expander: internal and external. An internal expander has a connection inside the computer. It is usually found on the motherboard, and the only part the user sees is the expansion plate containing multiple ports. An external port expander is common on desktop systems. A single expansion plate will have multiple ports, often several USB
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