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Auditing
1. Which of the following matters would an auditor most likely consider to be a significant deficiency to be communicated to the audit committee? A. Management's failure to renegotiate unfavorable long-term purchase commitments. B. Recurring operating losses that may indic...
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 11:53pm

window XP
Which of the following aspects of the Windows XP architecture prevents a failing application from affecting other applications and the operating system itself?
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 3:44pm

operating system
Consider a user types a document with a speed of 100 words per minute. Assume that an average word consists of 5 letters and ends by a break which can be a space, new line, TAB, or punctuation, and an average sentence consists of 20 words. Assume that a spell-check thread is o...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 6:08pm

OPERATING SYSTEM
Hi, I need help with these questions. I have tried to find them but could not. 1.OLE is now referred to as ActiveX by Microsoft. 2.Embedded objects will travel with the destination document. 3.Linked objects will travel with the destination object. 4.A(n) ____ is a file that c...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 7:02pm

network
You have been asked to help upgrade the LAN at a very successful CPA firm with five departments in one building and a total of 560 employees. Although the firm's employees understand accounting, they haven't spent much time improving their network. Currently, it runs l...
Monday, February 1, 2010 at 9:50pm

operating system
I need a breakdown of Windows, Users & Unix users.. Breakdown by year of computer virus growth... Breakdown of viruses by operating system... can you help me please???
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 4:45pm

OPERATING SYSTEMS
A _________IS AN AREA OF HIGH SPEED MEMORY THAT SITS BETWEEN THE PROCESSER AND THE PRIMARY MEMORY.
Monday, January 25, 2010 at 9:56pm

operating system
can you give me the help features of windows98 *contents,index,search,tool.
Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 8:55am

business
Adet Limited is a UK company specialised in commercial corporate dressing (trendy uniforms) For employees in sales, presentation, reception, fairs etc. They have 50 employees and are Operating 100% in the domestic market. The company designs the clothes but have the finished I...
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 4:00am

is apple a computer or operating system?
is Apple a computer or the computers operating system? or Is mac the computer and apple the operating system?
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 11:44am

college
how to save a microsoft word document on a computer runnign a windows based operating system to a computer disc
Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 12:06pm

Networking
Jack is setting up a new FTP server that is running the Windows XP operating system. This FTP server will be shared by seven different corporate departments, each identified by a user group, but access is to be restricted by department. The Domain Administrators, Departmental ...
Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 10:51pm

Cost Accounting
28) LO.4 (EVA) Mountain Mist Inc.’s cost of capital is 11 percent. In 2008, one of the firm’s division generated and EVA of $1,130,000. The fair market value of the capital investment in that division was $26,500. How much after-tax income was generated by the divisi...
Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 6:14pm

Operating Systems
What mechanism would you implement in the process scheduler to automate the termination of a job that is in an infinite loop. Take into account jobs that legitimately use large amounts of cpu time for example on finding the first 10000 prime numbers
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:37pm

operating system
a set of instructions explaining how to save a Microsoft® Word document on a computer running a Windows-based operating system to a computer disc
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 9:15pm

operating system
Top part is a chart job 1 (10k) 20K 30k 50k jOB 2 (15k) 65k 75k jOB 3 (45K) 120K 200K jOB 4 ARRIVES REQUESTING A BLOCK OF 100k? A. CAN JOB 4 BE ACCOMMODATED WHY OR WHY NOT B. IF RELOCATION IS USED WHAT ARE THE CONTENTS OF THE RELOCATION REQISTERS FOR JOB 1 JOB 2 AND JOB 3 AFTE...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 2:40pm

Technology
is there anything i should add to my answer: 1. There are seven inputs common to all technological systems. List these inputs and give an example of each one. There are seven inputs common to all technological systems. These include people, materials, tools (machines), energy,...
Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 3:33pm

Operating Systems
How would you search the entire file system for a file named today.odt?
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 4:50pm

operating system
Can someone tell me how I would make a process tree with the following data: F S UID PID PPID C PRI NI ADDR SZ WCHAN TTY TIME CMD 4 S 0 1 0 0 80 0 - 764 select ? 00:00:01 init 5 S 0 2 0 0 75 -5 - 0 kthrea ? 00:00:00 kthreadd 1 S 0 3 2 0 -40 - - 0 migrat ? 00:00:00 migration/0 ...
Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 10:27am

operating system
I need help with the following question. I am so lost with it. Here is the link to the problem: tinyurl com / yzejedp
Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 12:32pm

operating system
Find existing files or create files that a. gzip compresses by more than 80 percent b. gzip compresses by less than 10 percent c. get larger when compressed with gzip Use ls –l to determine the sizes of the files in question. Can you characterize the files in a, b, and c?
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 4:35pm

operating system
If /home/jenny/draft and /home/alex/letter are links to the same file and the following sequence of events occurs, what will be the date in the opening of the letter? a. Alex gives the command vim letter. b. Jenny gives the command vim draft. c. Jenny changes the date in the o...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 4:32pm

American Democracy
Multiple choice Q. All of the following statements correctly describe the typical independent agency except: A> it has a narrower area of responsibility than cabinet departments B> its head is appointed by an independent commision C> it is devided into a number of sma...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 3:17pm

operating system
Generate a set of test inputs and expected results for the currency conversion program
Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 11:53pm

Computers
When setting up a network, you should set up any computers running the Microsoft Vista operating system: first. last. only before any computers running Linux. The order does not matter. aboekhout20: im thinking its either aboekhout20: C or D
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 9:07pm

Microeconomics
45. The change in total output resulting from a 1-unit increase in the quantity of an input used, holding the quantities of all other inputs constant, is ______. (Points: 3) average cost average product marginal cost marginal product 46. When an additional unit of a variable i...
Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 6:56pm

PC Basics
1. Computers are classified by price, processing speed, capacity, and A. user friendliness. B. use. C. decade in which they were designed. D. physical size. 2. To get connected to the Internet, you must have a A. mouse. C. browser. B. fax machine. D. CD-ROM. 3. Which one of th...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 1:26am

accounting
I have to submit a powerpoint presentation for my class and I am stumped on how to get my presentation into my powerpoint and my speaker notes. I have all of my information written down I just need someone to tell me if I am on the right track? the question is Imagine you have...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 10:22pm

business
Identify the nature of three different companies operating systems.
Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 9:20pm

IT 205
What are the fundamental differences between Windows®, Mac OS®, UNIX, and Linux operating systems for personal computers? What unique characteristics do mainframe operating systems have?
Friday, January 23, 2009 at 3:51am

operating system
I been working on this forever can you please show fully how to create these 2 small scripts. It would be very appreciated! the editor im using is VI 1. Write a script called simple.sh to do the following: Displays "There are no arguments" if no arguments were entere...
Monday, December 1, 2008 at 12:04pm

operating system
a. What is the name and version number of the operating system? Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 b. What kind of user-interface is used? window XP theme c. Can you see an indication that this operating system provides a job management function? If so, provide a descripti...
Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 7:41pm

Project Management
Case Study: Calcutta's Metro In 1996, Calcutta’s long-waited metro finally opened to a collective sigh of relief from the long-suffering population of this large Indian city. Critics had long derided the project a one of the “slowest-moving” public works pro...
Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 9:15am

computers
3 examples of subsystems not operating in the context of IT
Friday, August 29, 2008 at 10:01pm

Technology
I need to design and construct a device to be used in one of the following areas : 1)kitchen 2)workshop 3)nursery 4)school 5)outdoors 6)own choice The devise must use 3 or more of the following items 1)levers 2)gears 3)cams 4)pulleys 5)hydraulic systems 6)pneumatics systems I ...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 5:15am

accounting
Respond to the following questions (25 points): 1. Which publicly traded company will you use for the final project? 2. Based on publicly available information for your company, can you tell if the company uses an activity-based costing system? What advantages do you think an ...
Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 9:47pm

accounting
Respond to the following questions (25 points): 1. Which publicly traded company will you use for the final project? 2. Based on publicly available information for your company, can you tell if the company uses an activity-based costing system? What advantages do you think an ...
Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 9:39pm

operating system
How we can install a modem?
Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 12:34pm

com 130
Create a set of instructions explaining how to save a Microsoft® Word document on a computer running a Windows-based operating system to a computer disc.
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 2:24pm

paper (please edit)
New England Healthcare (NEH) began its two teaching and research hospitals in 1994. Following the two hospitals merger, “several suburban acute-care hospitals had also elected to join the NEH system, as had a large number of primary-care medical practices in the region...
Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 12:50pm

IT
What are the fundamental differences between Windows®, Mac OS®, UNIX, and Linux operating systems?
Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 11:39am

Jake1214
Let's say penicillin can kill the bacteria. After using it for 10 years, the bacteria developed resistance to penicillin, so no one is using penicillin anymore because it has no effect. After 15 years, reports have found that most of the bacteria loss the penicillin resist...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 2:08pm

financial management
I have toi draw a time line and am not sure where to begfin so if anyone can help walk me through this it wouldbe so helpful. i don't want just the answer i need to know how to do it. thanks. this is the question.Draw a time line that shows when the net cash inflows and ou...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 3:28pm

financial managment
Capital Budgeting and Cash Flow Estimation After seeing Snapple’s success with noncola soft drinks and learning of Coke’s and Pepsi’s interest, Allied Food Products has decided to consider an expansion of its own in the fruit juice business. The product being co...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 12:02pm

computers
which set of terms below correctly pairs a generation of computers with key innovation associated with it? a. 2nd generation/ intergrated circuits b. 3rd generation/programming languages c. 4th generation/ operating systems d. 5th generation/artificial intelligence
Monday, November 12, 2007 at 9:28pm

computer forensics
1.Check the operating system’s swap file. Using the WinHex to go through the swap file, have you found any interesting results? 2.Design a plan to check the ram slack and drive slack on your computer with the tool WinHex. Report your findings. 3. Use WinHex to check unall...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 3:13pm

Computer Science
Describe, in detail, the job of the operating system. Include the major jobs and secondary jobs that increase performance. How do utility programs support the OS? In addition, give examples of various operating software, citing advantages and disadvantages of each one.
Monday, October 1, 2007 at 9:47am

english
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 24, 2007 at 9:42pm. download mp3 free instrumental remix I don't understand this question in A Raisin in the Sun, Act III, Scene I: Q: Beneatha is particularly bitter, but Ruth defends Walter. What does Ruth say? Possible A: Ruth said,...
Sunday, August 26, 2007 at 4:41pm

computer
What is the chronological order of the release of Microsoft GUI operating system? 1. Windows 1.0 November, 1985 2. Windows 2.0 December 9, 1987 3. Windows 3.0 May, 22 1990 4. Windows NT 3.1 August, 1993 5. Windows 3.11 February, 1994 6. Windows 95 August, 1995 7. Windows NT 4....
Monday, July 23, 2007 at 7:08pm

Computer Questions
I need your help again! Will you please check these questions and my answers and let me know the ones that I have wrong? I surely would appreciate it!! 1. You have over forty applications installed on your computer. However, most of your time on the computer is spent using onl...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 8:38pm

Computer Science
Describe Operating systems theory and configuration at the Unix kernel/Windows registry level Describe standard operating system services (RPC, NetBIOS, etc) Describe File storage, management, and security shemes Describe command line administration of UNIX/Windows Describe co...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 11:44am

Computer Questions
I have several questions on an assignment that I need help with. Will you please check the questions and please check my answers? 1. You are purchasing a new computer for your office and you want a high performance model due to the applications you will be running. Which proce...
Saturday, June 16, 2007 at 4:05pm

IT
Give the URL of two different e-commerce Web sites. For one of the Web sites, outline the key technology infrastructure components necessary to support its e-commerce business the two web sites I decided on was ebay --which is consummer selling to consummer amazon-- which is b...
Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 7:49am

e commerce
Give the URL of two different e-commerce Web sites. For one of the Web sites, outline the key technology infrastructure components necessary to support its e-commerce business the two web sites I decided on was ebay --which is consummer selling to consummer amazon-- which is b...
Monday, June 11, 2007 at 2:39pm

operating systems
Translate the following function (which is part of the body of a Monitor) using P and V operations to implement the ‘wait’ and ‘signal’ operations and the mutual exclusion as required by the definition of the Hoare monitor as discussed in chapter 4.
Saturday, June 9, 2007 at 9:47pm

Business
What are the fundamental differences between Windows®, Mac OS®, UNIX, and Linux operating systems for personal computers? What unique characteristics do mainframe operating systems have?
Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 11:38am

Computer Development
How has the history of computers changed over the years? The history of computers has changed over by the years by the growth of technology and te different computers that grow to be invented to work better and faster. Ways to answer the question would be to look at: --Speed o...
Friday, May 11, 2007 at 4:55pm

Physics
I really need you answered this to my email. It's very important, for this may decide my result in the school exams, and I really need a good mark. Unfortunately, Portuguese system of education is full of problems... The question is... The altitude of a geostationary satel...
Monday, April 30, 2007 at 6:12am

language arts
I wrote this monologe on abortion but i need to tone it down and make it more symbolic rather than straight forward. I can’t help but picture destroyed, dismember…disarticulated small souls. Waiting to be born but soon before interrupted. A mother’s personal cho...
Sunday, April 8, 2007 at 11:43am

Stats
the director of an insurance companies computing center estimates that the companies computer has a 20% chance of catching a computer virus. However they feel that there is only a 6% chance of the computers catching a virus that will completely disable the operating system. If...
Friday, February 23, 2007 at 4:37pm

window 2003 server
You are the network administrator for a telecommunications company in Rochester, New York. The network consists of two Windows Server 2003 systems and 57 Windows XP Professional systems. Both servers are used as domain controllers. One server hosts DHCP and DNS server services...
Thursday, February 1, 2007 at 5:31pm

computer
I need to do the degrees celcuis and fahrenheit abreviations on my computer document, can someone tell me what keys to use. oC & oF. Do you want to post them on this board or is this a document you are writing. If the latter, what program are you using. If microsoft Word I may...
Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 3:06pm

Finance
Please answer following: 1. The purpose of secondary trading is to provide liquidity and competition between investments. provide a market for securities not handled in primary trading. provide jobs for brokers and dealers. provide lower commissions than on the organized excha...
Monday, December 11, 2006 at 1:46pm

Finance
If the forecast is 400 payments a day to a lock box with average payment of $2,000 and the bank's charge for operating is $.40 a check and the interest rate is .015 percent a day, what minimum reduction in the time to collect and process each check is needed to justify use...
Monday, November 20, 2006 at 1:35pm

Windows XP Security-NEED ASAP
12. You are called by a department manager who wants one of his employees to have access to a specific document in the manager’s home directory. The department manager wants to retain the file in his own home directory, rather than move it to a share. You successfully ass...
Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 3:22pm

Grammar
Which sentence is correctly punctuated. 1. The cost, and size of computers are decreasing, almost as rapidly as processing power is increasing. 2. Database management systems were originally large, unwieldly, and ready to use. 3. A factory closing means the community loses job...
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 8:36am

finance
a financial mgr is considering operating a lock box. she forecast that 400 payments a day will be made to the lockbox with the average payment being $2,000. the banks charge for operating the lockbox is .40 cents per check. the interest rate is .025 per day. a. if the lock box...
Friday, October 13, 2006 at 2:44am

Windows XP help.
I have a few questions on my assignment over Windows XP could you please check them? Thanxs! Short Answer 17. Danni, an employee of a small medical group, manages a network of 30 PCs running Windows XP Professional on NTFS volumes. Eight of the PCs, located in three different ...
Monday, September 25, 2006 at 1:19pm

microeconomics
Question 4. (50 points) In an auction in the market for wholesale electricity, producers of electricity submit bids for each generator that they operate. The bid is the minimum price the operator of the generator is willing to accept for before it will turn it on to supply pow...
Friday, September 22, 2006 at 10:44pm

weakness and strenght of a brand name
I need some help determining the strengths and weaknesses of these brand names..... Girl Scout’s – Cookies- Their strength in the brand name is that they are recognized as a guide for young girls to be leaders of tomorrow, which is to empower young girls. Their brand...
Monday, August 28, 2006 at 4:39pm

Accounting
Lock boxes Anne teak, The finanicial manager of the furniture manufactures, is considering operating a lock box system. she forcasts that 400 payments a day will be made to lock boxes with an average payment size of $2000. The bank charge for operating the lock boxes is $.40 a...
Monday, June 26, 2006 at 12:45am

Accounting ASAP
Forcasting Payments If firm pays it's bill with 30 day delay, what fraction of it's purchases will be paid for in the current quarter? I following quarter? What is it's payment delay is 60 day. Assuming that this company opened its doors on Jan 1st (no previous tra...
Monday, June 26, 2006 at 12:38am

Microeconomics help please!
If someone colud help with these questions I would be very greatful, Ive been trying for awhile now and Im at my ropes end. 1)The perfectly competitive ice cream industry is assumed to be in long-run equilibrium. Suppose there is an increase in the market demand for ice cream....
Friday, July 15, 2005 at 1:25pm

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