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In Computer World, an Operating System is the programme that, after being initially loaded into the computer by a boot programme, manages all other programmes in a computer. The other programmes are called applications or application programmes. The application programmes make use of the Operating System by making request for services, through a defined application programme interface. In addition, users can interact directly with the Operating ...
Today, the discipline of Computer Science is concerned with developing large applications. Software Engineering covers not only the technical aspects to building software systems, but also management issues, such as directing programming teams, scheduling and budgeting. It is called ‘Engineering’, though early practitioners wished to call it ‘Software Physics’, but that term was already in use. In fact, they decided to ...
Disaster Management is relatively a new discipline in our country. Truly speaking, a few decades ago, the administration and the government machinery in India had no clear concept of Disaster Management, leave along its execution and implementation of corrective measures. Ironically, it was the alarm given by natural calamities like clones and earthquakes which awakened our authorities and policy planers. However, now, there is a genuine and growing concern, ...
Information Technology, though relatively, a new stream is as vast as a sea. It's perhaps the most relevant and most applied among the disciplines, in currency, in the modern context. Further, it has earned new world order and the globalization. In today's world, each and every awakened individual has to be fully aware of what Information Technology is all about. This exhaustive work is meant for the laymen and the students alike. It's an introductory volume and ...