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In a multitasking operating system context, sometimes you hear the term round-robin scheduling. What does it refer to?
What other kind of scheduling is there?
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;; structure representing homework points
;; nr: number - the number of the homework
;; points: number - the number of points reached
(define-struct homework (nr points))
;; parse-homework: (list of number pairs) -> (list of homework)
;; The procedure takes a list of number pairs and produces…
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Okay so I have started a new language in class. We are learning Scheme and i'm not sure on how to do it. When I say learning a new language, I mean thrown a homework and told to figure it out. A couple of them have got me stumped.
My first problem is:
Write a Scheme function that returns true (the…
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I'm very new to Unix, and currently taking a class learning the basics of the system and its commands.
I'm looking for a single command line to list off all of the user home directories in alphabetical order from the /etc/passwd directory. This applies only to the home directories, and not the contents…
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Hi,
For a school project i need to write or use a online programming editor. It is a part of a bigger project. I thought of a java application, php/html/javascript or flash.
I have a couple of things i could do:
Find a good working application and edit it so it works with the rest of the project
Find…
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Consider a disk file containing 100 records
a. How many comparisons would be required on the average to find a record using sequential search, if the record is known to be in the file?
I figured out that this is 100/2 = 50.
b. If the record has a 68% probability of being in the file, how many comparisons…
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My Oracle Support—Logging an Operating System Service Request
One of the concerns we hear from our customers with Premier Support for Systems is that they have difficulty logging a Service Request (SR) for an operating system issue.
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I'd like to create a new operating system for x86 PC computers. I'd like it to be 64-bit but possibly run as 32-bit as well.
I have these kinds of questions:
What kinds of things do you start working on first? Knowing where to start in writing your own operating system seems to me to be a tricky…
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Can I use a variable in and LdapFilter with Get-QADComputer? i.e.:
$31DaysAgo = (Get-Date).AddDays(-31)
$ft = $31DaysAgo.ToFileTime()
$StComps = Get-QADComputer -SizeLimit 0 -IncludeAllProperties -SearchRoot `
'DC=MY,DC=DOMAIN,DC=LOCAL' -LdapFilter '(&(objectcategory=computer) `
(pwdLastSet<=$ft)(|(operatingsystem=Windows…
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The Google Open Source Team has the privilege of funding some really great projects in the Open Source space. Mathieu Desnoyers, a student at Ecole Polytechnique, recently defended...
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<b>IT World:</b> "The North Korean government appears to have developed its own graphical Linux-based "Red Star" operating system, though its people still prefer that symbol of Yankee high-tech imperialism, Microsoft Windows."
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