David Meador has Published 171 Articles

Client Server Computing

David Meador

David Meador

Updated on 07-Nov-2023 12:55:51

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In client server computing, the clients requests a resource and the server provides that resource. A server may serve multiple clients at the same time while a client is in contact with only one server. Both the client and server usually communicate via a computer network but sometimes they may ... Read More

Distributed Systems

David Meador

David Meador

Updated on 01-Nov-2023 14:06:19

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A distributed system contains multiple nodes that are physically separate but linked together using the network. All the nodes in this system communicate with each other and handle processes in tandem. Each of these nodes contains a small part of the distributed operating system software.A diagram to better explain the ... Read More

Operating System Operations

David Meador

David Meador

Updated on 31-Oct-2023 21:48:31

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An operating system is a construct that allows the user application programs to interact with the system hardware. Operating system by itself does not provide any function but it provides an atmosphere in which different applications and programs can do useful work.The major operations of the operating system are process ... Read More

What is Data Dictionary

David Meador

David Meador

Updated on 31-Oct-2023 14:36:05

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A data dictionary contains metadata i.e., data about the database. The data dictionary is very important as it contains information such as what is in the database, who is allowed to access it, where is the database physically stored etc. The users of the database normally don't interact with the ... Read More

Relational Set Operators in DBMS

David Meador

David Meador

Updated on 22-Oct-2023 03:09:23

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DBMS supports relational set operators as well. The major relational set operators are union, intersection and set difference. All of these can be implemented in DBMS using different queries. The relational set operators in detail using given example are as follows as follows − ... Read More

Types of DBMS Entities and their examples

David Meador

David Meador

Updated on 22-Oct-2023 02:23:05

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Entity in DBMS can be a real-world object with an existence, For example, in a College database, the entities can be Professor, Students, Courses, etc. Entities has attributes, which can be considered as properties describing it, for example, for Professor entity, the attributes are  Professor_Name, Professor_Address, Professor_Salary, etc. The attribute value ... Read More

Lossless and Lossy Decomposition in DBMS

David Meador

David Meador

Updated on 14-Sep-2023 21:10:48

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Decomposition in DBMS removes redundancy, anomalies and inconsistencies from a database by dividing the table into multiple tables.The following are the types −Lossless DecompositionDecomposition is lossless if it is feasible to reconstruct relation R from decomposed tables using Joins. This is the preferred choice. The information will not lose from ... Read More

What is $(document).ready() method in jQuery?

David Meador

David Meador

Updated on 13-Sep-2023 03:59:52

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The ready() method is used to make a function available after the document is loaded. Whatever code you write inside the $(document ).ready() method will run once the page DOM is ready to execute JavaScript code.ExampleYou can try to run the following code to learn how to use $(document).ready() method ... Read More

Process Deadlocks in Operating System

David Meador

David Meador

Updated on 10-Sep-2023 07:42:33

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A deadlock happens in operating system when two or more processes need some resource to complete their execution that is held by the other process.In the above diagram, the process 1 has resource 1 and needs to acquire resource 2. Similarly process 2 has resource 2 and needs to acquire ... Read More

Operating System Generations

David Meador

David Meador

Updated on 06-Sep-2023 10:27:51

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Operating Systems have evolved over the years. So, their evolution through the years can be mapped using generations of operating systems. There are four generations of operating systems. These can be described as follows −The First Generation ( 1945 - 1955 ): Vacuum Tubes and PlugboardsDigital computers were not constructed ... Read More

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