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Computer Virus
701 Words - 3 Pages.... about es a long time ago. What is a , anyway? Is it a computer with a cold? A computer "virus" is called a virus because of three distinct similarities to a biological virus. They are: ? They must have the ability to make copies of, or replicate, itself. ? They must have a need for a "host," or functional program to which it can attach. ? The virus must do some kind of harm to the computer system or at least cause some kind of unexpected or unwanted behaviour. Sometimes es just eat up memory or display annoying messages, but the more dangerous ones can destroy data, give false information, or completely freeze up a computer. The Stealth_c virus is a boot sector virus, mean ....
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Cryogenics And The Future
1237 Words - 5 Pages.... zero. There are also two main sciences used in cryogenics, and they are Superconductivity and Superfluidity.
Cryogenics first came about in 1877, when a Swiss Physicist named Rasul Pictet and a French Engineer named Louis P. Cailletet liquefied oxygen for the first time. Cailletet created liquid oxygen in his lab using a process known as adiabatic expansion, which is a "thermodynamic process in which the temperature of a gas is expanded without adding or extracting heat from the gas or the surrounding system"(Vance 26). At the same time Pictet used the "Joule-Thompson Effect," a thermodynamic process that states that the "temperature of a fluid is reduced in a process involv ....
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Evolution Of Immunity And The Invertebrates
1152 Words - 5 Pages.... studies showed that the host defense
system of all animals today were present millions of years before when hey were
just beginning to evolve. His studies opened up the new field of comparative
immunology. Comparative immunologists studied the immune defenses of past and
current creatures. They gained further insight into how immunity works.
The most basic requirement of an immune system is to distinguish between
one's own cells and "non-self" cells. The second job is to eliminate the non-
self cells. When a foreign object enters the body, several things happen. Blood
stops flowing, the immunity system begins to eliminate unwanted microbes with
phagocytic white blood cells ....
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Landfills
692 Words - 3 Pages.... materials that result from decomposing trash begin to leak out of the . When are located near bodies of water and are not properly maintained, chemicals and other materials can leak out and will go into the water which will be extremely hard to clean but will be hard for the EPA to detect. Doing this will allow the companies to save money because they will not have to barrel the leachates and pay to have them properly disposed of or stored ( 1).
There are many things deposited in . Garbage, rubbish, ashes, large wastes, dead animals, sewage-treatment solids, industrial wastes, mining wastes and agricultural wastes are all materials deposited in (SWD 1). Many of t ....
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Apple Computers: Biography Of The Cfo
373 Words - 2 Pages.... advice he gave was to be able to give an example of a failure that you have experienced. Being able to show a life lesson and reflect what you have learned from your failures prove that you are able to overcome obstacles and learn from your own mistakes. Lastly, he said to be able to describe a situation that you have resolved or fixed within a group. This illustrates your ability to be a team player, which is an important skill to possess in every job. All these three qualities can differentiate who you are, and that is the stepping stone of becoming a part of a company like Apple.
Whipfler also gave reasons of why he chose to work for Apple. There are two main r ....
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Plastic Not Paper
559 Words - 3 Pages.... your wondering how plastic bags
save money, well just think 2,000 paper bags stacked on each other reaches a
height of about 7.25 inches, while paper reaches a soaring height of 7.5 feet.
This means it takes seven trucks to deliver the same amount of paper as one
plastic delivering truck. Talk about a big waste of gas. Plastic bags cost
about ¼ of a cent to make, while paper cost close to 3 cents. This is money we
save as well as the store owner. This is a lot of money that is going to
waste considering that plastic bags are so much more practical then paper. You
can use them for lots of other things. You can take on trips to the grocery
store, your can protect dry ....
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Cleaning Up After The Exxon Valdez Was A Mistake
1317 Words - 5 Pages.... carbon numbers ranging from 4 or 5 to 35 or more. Other hydrocarbons have branched chains with a wide range of carbon numbers. Aromatic compounds such as benzene, toluene, and polynuclear hydrocarbons are substantially present. Other constituents include waxes and complex, high molecular weight asphaltenes. (Abelson) All of these substances and more are present in Prudhoe Bay crude oil. When ingested, most of the compounds are nontoxic. Notable exceptions are some of the aromatic compounds, including benzene and toluene.
After a crude oil is spilled in a marine environment, many processes follow.
Typical crude has a density of about 0.85, more or less, and this factor co ....
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Autism
896 Words - 4 Pages.... can often be seen at birth. In most cases, the problems become more noticeable as the child falls further behind other children the same age. Between 18 and 36 months old, they suddenly reject people, act strangely, and lose language and social skills they had already learned.
During the 1950’s and 1960’s, people with were isolated and some were sent away to institutions. Today, many of those with can attend school with other children. Methods are available to help improve their social, language, and academic skills. Even though more than 60 percent of adults with continue to need care throughout their lives, some programs are beginning to demonstrate that with appr ....
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