When the CPU has finished processing the inputted data, the computer system carries out a series of output operations that direct the processing results to the output unit. The output unit, like the input unit, is a collection of devices. In this case, however, they can receive and translate...
In computing, a transaction is a set of related tasks treated as a single action. Together the tasks form a logical unit of work in which all of them must succeed or none of them can succeed. If some tasks succeed but at least one fails, then all successful tasks are reversed,returning...
A business use case is a more abstract description that's written in a technology-agnosticway, referring only to the business process being described and the actors that are involved in the activity. A business use case identifies the sequence of actions that the business needs to perform to p...
What is edge computing? In the beginning, there was One Big Computer. Then, in the Unix era, we learned how to connect to that computer using dumb (not a pejorative) terminals. Next we had personal computers, which was the first time regular people really owned the hardware that did the...
After five days (and eleven meetings) with new customers in Europe and the Middle East, I think the time is right for another refinement of in-memory computing’s definition. To me, it is clear that our industry is lagging when it comes to explaining in-
What are computing experiences good for: a case study in on-line researchJohn MuellerDr Jacobsen
Find the first translation in each case: ✕ Arrange common languages in “feature space” based on their translations for “computer”: ✕ From this plot, we can start to investigate all sorts of structural and historical relationships between languages. But from the point of view of a comp...
In turn, providers of cloud computing services can benefit from significant economies of scale by delivering the same services to a wide range of customers. What could be an example of a Cloud Computing service? The term itself is pretty loose and covers a number of different computer-related ...
What if an Undo action is taking too long to complete? If the Undo command is taking too long to complete, it could be because you've exceeded the program's limit for undo actions, or because the action itself was very complex. In this case, you may need to wait a bit longer or,...
What is Meaning —Why do we respond to words and symbols in the waves we do?The end, product of education, yours and mine and everybody’s, is the total pattern of reactions and possible reactions w…