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Why are some languages written left to right?

siddhartha kotamraju
siddhartha kotamraju
Updated on 27-Jun-2020 171 Views

Actually, we don't have much written historical records of how the writing system has started from right to left or left to right. We believe they were started to avoid smudging from the other side. And mostly they are for the convenience of writing.Here are some languages which are written from left to right.Arabic.Aramaic.Azeri.Dhivehi / Maldivian.Hebrew.Kurdish (Sorani)Persian/Farsi.Urdu.

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What are the differences between Unix and Linux Operating System?

siddhartha kotamraju
siddhartha kotamraju
Updated on 27-Jun-2020 1K+ Views

UNIX copyrighted Operating system which is used by IBM AIX, Sun Solaris and HP-UX etc., Most of the UNIX systems are commercial in nature.Linux is considered as UNIX clone. But the traditional companies won't accept "Unix-like" but want the Unix trademark. Linux Is Just a Kernel and not the complete Operating system.When it comes to administration, Linux is considered as most user-friendly operating systems. Unix and Linux use a different set of tools for back up of data. However, they both share some common tools such as tar, dump/restore, and cpio etc.

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What are employee retention and employee attrition?

Prasanna Kotamraju
Prasanna Kotamraju
Updated on 27-Jun-2020 1K+ Views

Employee RetentionEmployee retention is the ability of an organization to retain its employees. Usually, if 80% of employees stick to that organization for a given period, we can say that the particular organization has good employee retention.It is very important for an Organization to hold the employees for a longer period of time and maintaining a good retention rate using various policies and practices. Employee retention techniques have to implemented carefully to retain their employees for a longer time. It is very true that an organization survives with a bunch of employees who work towards a defined goal for a period ...

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How can I improve my English speaking skills? I’m really afraid to talk in public.

Prasanna Kotamraju
Prasanna Kotamraju
Updated on 27-Jun-2020 249 Views

“For any challenge, there will be a difficult and an easy solution, you just have to be smart enough to choose the right one.”Speaking English is a very difficult task for many people. I have seen people with great vocabulary and good grammar sense also fear spoken English and fail in interviews because of that. There can be many reasons behind it. Strong Mother tongue influence, being an introvert, not surrounded by many English speaking persons, having their primary education in their mother tongue etc., can be some of the reasons.Whatever may be the reason, it is very important to ...

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Why should I use Hubspot?

Prasanna Kotamraju
Prasanna Kotamraju
Updated on 27-Jun-2020 290 Views

Hubspot is used in your Inbound Marketing system to manage and run it smoothly. It makes the creation of workflows very easy and user actions and events can be clearly defined which can be triggered automatically. This helps greatly in the automation of your marketing system. One of the best inbound software currently out there is HubSpot.It's A Complete Marketing Platform.Previously marketers were forced to juggle between different platforms to reach their potential customers. Hubspot is all in one tool where you can create and optimize your content, nurture leads and at the same time monitor contacts as they evolve ...

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Who are currently the best programmers in the world?

Prasanna Kotamraju
Prasanna Kotamraju
Updated on 27-Jun-2020 842 Views

Programming or software coding is not an easy task. Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie was an American computer scientist who is credited with being the all-time best programmer for his pioneering work towards shaping the digital era. He is the creator of the most used C programming language and UNIX Operating system.Let’s see who is currently reigning in the world as best computer programmers for the year 2017-2018.Bill Gates (Microsoft co-founder)James Gosling (Java Creator)Richard Stallman (GNU Project Creator)Bjarne Stroustrup (C++ Creator)Tim Berners-Lee (HTML and WWW inventor)Ken Thompson (UNIX Co-Creator)Linus Torvalds (Linux Kernel Creator)Dennis Ritchie (C Programming language creator)Jack Dorsey (Twitter Creator)Ruchi Sanghvi ...

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What is Alexa?

Prasanna Kotamraju
Prasanna Kotamraju
Updated on 27-Jun-2020 636 Views

Alexa is Amazon’s cloud-based voice service available on tens of millions of devices ranging from Amazon to many third-party device manufacturers. Alexa allows you to build natural voice experiences that offer customers a more intuitive way to interact with the technology they use every day.Alexa is Amazon’s artificial intelligence enabled voice assistant which is spreading like wildfire and seen in robots, vacuum cleaners, and thousands of third-party apps that tap Alexa for voice recognition. Amazon has recently announced the Alexa app for Android phones also.

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What is the link between Phi and the Golden Ratio?

Prasanna Kotamraju
Prasanna Kotamraju
Updated on 27-Jun-2020 629 Views

Phi is the basis for the Golden Ratio, Section or Mean. The value of Phi ( Φ ) is 1.618033988749895. It has many unusual mathematical properties.The Golden ratio is a special number found by dividing a line into two parts so that the longer part divided by the smaller part is also equal to the whole length divided by the longer part. It is often symbolized using phi, after the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.The ratio or proportion, determined by Phi (1.618 …) was known to the Greeks as the “dividing a line in the extreme and mean ratio” ...

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What are sitemaps? How to create them?

Prasanna Kotamraju
Prasanna Kotamraju
Updated on 27-Jun-2020 378 Views

A sitemap is the map of a website showing the location of pages. These sitemaps are formatted for Search Engine Optimization and to streamline the user experience.There are different types of sitemaps. They can be Standard sitemaps, Content-based such as videos, images etc., How to Create a SitemapThere are a lot of plugins available that automatically create a sitemap. People who use WordPress can create a sitemap with a few simple clicks. For simple websites, these plugins work fine.There are very good options for SEO for WordPress by Yoast, which has a built-in sitemap generator, or Google XML Sitemaps Generator ...

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Where do you like to see yourself after five years from now?

Prasanna Kotamraju
Prasanna Kotamraju
Updated on 27-Jun-2020 182 Views

When you are attending an Interview, at some point in time, you can expect this question "Where do you see yourself in five years?”When a hiring manager asks you this, there will be quite a few things running through your head like "Moving up in the career", "That side of the table", "Working for myself", "Heading this Organization" etc., Why do they ask this question?The interviewer might want to understand more about your career goals and check whether you are motivated, proactive and like to stick around and check how this position would fit into your grand plan.How to answer ...

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