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The most unimportant things you'll never need to know about commercial computers of 1970s

October 12, 2017

Purposes of Commercial Computers of 1970s : 1. to process bulk organized data, for better comprehension (create, change, remove, re-organizing, display, and compute) 2. data were used to be mostly in the form of tables, for e.g., a census may have data of net persons in a specified region, count of people and languages they can speak, people and age, people and sex, other demographics, statistics of a citizen, a family, a household, a region, a district, a state or a nation Usually it has Demographics [population density, population size, sex ratio, sex ratio 0-6 yrs.] Education [Literates and Literacy rate] Residences [Residential, Non-Residential, Vacant, Occupied, Total] Household Size [1 person, 2 person, 3-5 persons, 6-8 persons, >9 person] Marital Status Source of Drinking Water [Tap, Well, Tubewell/Borewell/Handpump, Others ] Location of Drinking Water [In the premise, Near the premise, Away from premise] Source of Lightening [Electricity, Kerosene, LPG, Solar, ...

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Affair of the Currents around the world

September 26, 2017

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Types of MCQ Questions

September 10, 2017

Common-sense Concave mirror is used in headlights of vehicles, because it a) is cheaper than other mirrors b) fits well into the shape of the headlight c) sends parallel rays d) focuses light from the bulb onto nearby vehicles Term Dissection The term Probiotic is applied to a) Antacid b) Antibiotic c) Organic food d) Live microbial food supplement Term Investigation Light Year is a measure of a) Time b) Total amt of light falling on the Earth in a year c) Day-time in a year d) Distance Term Independent/Exposure-based/Parenting-based Which one of the following vitamin has a role in blood clotting? a) Vitamin A b) Vitamin D c) Vitamin E d) Vitamin K Calculation-cum-Exposure based How long does light take to reach the Earth from the Sun? a) about 1 year b) about 2 seconds c) about 8 minutes d) about 8 days [the quizzer assumes you know the distance between sun and earth, speed of light, and that time is distance divided speed] A vendor bought toff...

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Ancient Indian Schools of Philosophy

August 19, 2017

Introduction Indian Philosophy (or, in Sankrit, Darshanas ), refers to any of several traditions of philosophical thought that originated in the Indian subcontinent , including Hindu philosophy , Buddhist philosophy , and Jain philosophy (see below for brief introductions to these schools). It is considered by Indian thinkers to be a practical discipline , and its goal should always be to improve human life . Orthodox (Hindu) Schools The main Hindu orthodox ( astika ) schools of Indian philosophy are those codified during the medieval period of Brahmanic-Sanskritic scholasticism , and they take the ancient Vedas (the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism) as their source and scriptural authority: Vaisheshika : The Vaisheshika school was founded by Kanada in the 6th Century B.C. , and it is atomist and pluralist in nature. The basis of the school's philosoph...

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Finance Players

August 13, 2017

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYC, USA) Morgan Stanley (NYC, USA) \ Goldman Sachs (NYC, USA) Citigroup Inc. (NYC, USA) Merrill Lynch (NYC, USA) Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYC, USA) Bank of America (Charlotte, N. Carolina, USA) The American Express Company (NYC, USA) Bloomberg L.P. (NYC, USA) BlackRock, Inc. (NYC, USA) Raymond James Financial (St. Petersburg, Florida, USA) UBS (Basel, Switzerland) Barclays (London, UK)\ Fidelity Investments (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) Mastercard Incorporated (NYC, USA) Visa Inc. (Foster City, California, USA) Diners Club International (Riverwoods, Illinois, USA) PayPal Holdings, Inc. (Palo Alto, California, USA) JCB Co., Ltd. (Minato, Tokyo, Japan) HSBC Holdings PLC (London, UK) Standard Chartered PLC (London, UK) Westpac Banking Corporation (Sydney, Australia) Maestro (of MasterCard) Cirrus (of MasterCard) Discover Financial Services, Inc. (Riverwoods, Illinois, USA) ABN AMRO Bank N.V....

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