outpaced its ability to manage its inventory of seats using manual methods. IBM and American Airline developed SABER for this purpose. This system eventually became control center for American Airlines. Witnessing the success of Sabre system, IBM developed a scaled down version called PARS, targeting medium sized airlines and by 1972, 9 out of 10 major airlines operating in US were operating on IBM PARS system. Winner: IBM is the winner of this stage as it profited the most by starting a technology
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The word "computer" was first used The word "computer" was first recorded as being used in 1613 and was originally was used to describe a person who performed calculations or computations. The definition of a computer remained the same until the end of the 19th century when it began referring to a machine that performed calculations. First mechanical computer or automatic computing engine concept In 1822, Charles Babbage purposed and began developing the Difference Engine, considered to
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I. Thinking Machines: The Creation of the Computer * High speed, small package * Two states: a.) ON b.) OFF * Creates its magic by calculating with the speed and accuracy that far surpasses its human inventors * Takes information , processes it, and outputs result, which is done by the partnership of the ff.: * HARDWARE – comes in boxes, physical components * SOFTWARE – disks, consists of instructions that tell the comp what to do (Example: using the keyboard to type in the input)
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During the first video I learned that there are three types of server virtualization each distinctively different from one another. The first type of server virtualization is virtualization (the most basic type). Virtualization uses software called a hypervisor which interacts directly with the physical server’s CPU and disk space. The hypervisor allow different operating systems to run at the same time and keeps each virtual server completely independent and unaware of the other virtual servers
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CHAPTER 1 ASSIGNMENT 1. Part A a. Automatic information processing was introduced by James Power whose company later became known as IBM b. The emergence of reusable data opened up the horizons for database management systems. c. Data provides a competitive advantage for businesses of all shapes and sizes. Part B a. Backup and recovery technology allows database managers to sleep in peace knowing their data is safe. b. Data Security protects consumers from data theft. c. Data privacy is very
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Foundations of Finance: The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) Prof. Alex Shapiro Lecture Notes 9 The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Readings and Suggested Practice Problems Introduction: from Assumptions to Implications The Market Portfolio Assumptions Underlying the CAPM Portfolio Choice in the CAPM World The Risk-Return Tradeoff for Individual Stocks VII. The CML and SML VIII. “Overpricing”/“Underpricing” and the SML IX. X. Uses of CAPM in Corporate Finance
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Where Will We Find Tomorrow’s Leaders? Paul Hemp FROM THE JANUARY 2008 ISSUE SUMMARY SAVE SHARE COMMENT TEXT SIZE PRINT 8.95 BUY COPIES VIEW MORE FROM THE January 2008 Issue EXPLORE THE ARCHIVE RECOMMENDED Discovering Your Authentic Leadership (HBR Bestseller) LEADERSHIP & MANAGING PEOPLE HBR ARTICLE William W. George, Peter Sims, Andrew N. McLean, David Mayer, Diana Mayer 8.95 ADD TO CART SAVE SHARE HBR Tools: Better Meetings ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRESS
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Name INF 103: Computer Literacy Instructor: Bonita Spight-Williams April 13, 2013 Artificial Intelligence What does our future hold in the area of Artificial Intelligence? “The goal of many computer scientists since the mid–20th century has been to create a computer that could perform logical operations so well that it could actually learn and become sentient or conscious. The effort to achieve this is called artificial intelligence, or AI.” (Bowles, 2010). AI
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PFCH DC Unification Project UNIX and Linux Advantages UNIX has been the cornerstone for infrastructure for the past decade with popular flavors such as Solaris (Craig, 2012). UNIX is a proprietary brand typically run in large organizational infrastructure. However, many of the UNIX variants are open source that allow users to customize their distribution as they see fit and making copies to install in an unlimited number of machines. UNIX offers a highly stable operating system (OS) that is ideal
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CHAPTER 6 Solutions to Self-Test Problems ST6-1 a. Conversion price = $1,000/50 = $20 b. If the bond is converted, investors would be able to sell the stock for $20.50 per share, which would yield a total of $1,025. Thus, it would be better to redeem the bond for $1,100. ST6-2 a. Pennington’s bonds were sold at par; therefore, the original YTM equaled the coupon rate of 12%. b. Alternatively, with a financial calculator, input the following:
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