Analysis of Johnson Music
Analysis Background of company Johnson Music (JMusic) was founded in 1901 at its current premises as a guitar shop. It specialised in trading in old guitars, refurbishing them and selling them on. At first the company had very few customers, but gradually grew. By 1910 the company had reasonable success, and started selling guitars directly from manufacturers. The founder, George Johnson, noticed that some guitar brands didn't sell very well, and others did. One guitar brand that did sell well was Ibanez guitars. The company gradually started selling more Ibanez guitars, becoming more successful for the company. In 1950 the shop stopped selling all guitars other than Ibanez guitars and became a dedicated Ibanez dealer. The company soon moved on from guitars and started selling more than that, including pedals, amplifiers and bass guitars. This is how the company currently stands. Johnson music is owned by George Johnson, the son of the founder of the company. Its current location is: Johnson Music 7 Churchgate Bolton BL1 1HU UK. The shop has two floors. One floor stores bass guitars and bass amplifiers, as well as bass effects pedals. The second floor stores guitars and guitar amplifiers as well as guitar effects pedals. The shop has two storage rooms: one upstairs and one downstairs. Downstairs stores all bass guitar products and upstairs stores all guitar products.
Apple Mac is back on the right track?
Apple In past years, Apple was on a downward spiral, but now the Mac is back on the right track. The interim CEO Steve Jobs has brought them from expected quarterly loses to now, first quarter net income of some 150 millions dollars. The question still remains, is Apple back to stay? With the Windows driven world of today, can Apple assert them self to claim market share? Apple's stunning new hardware, user-friendly operating system, and drive for incredible new technology, will not only compare Apple to traditional PC and software maker but will stun the rest of the computer world along the way. On July 21, 1999, PC Data released a report stating the iMac, Apple's entry level personal computer, was the best selling retail and mail order computer in the month of June. There are a number of different reasons why this computer beat out all other PC's on the market. One reason is the new and exciting colors the iMac is being offered in. Instead of the traditional color, beige, being offered by Dell or Gateway, the iMac comes in strawberry, blueberry, grape, tangerine and lime. Another feature for the iMac is the speed of the computer compared to the computers in its class. According to the BYTEmark integer test, the 333-MHz G3 processor in the iMac is almost twice as fast as the 500-MHz Intel Pentium III found in professional computers found today. The iMac is not the only
Identify and fully describe the main developments of Operating Systems, giving examples of their origins and use.
Chris Oliver Unit 27 - Operating Systems OLI02032345 . Identify and fully describe the main developments of Operating Systems, giving examples of their origins and use. Batch Operating Systems were an early operating system available, and were first introduced in the mid 50's. They were designed to make human manual work easier; humans were replicating identical jobs over and over again, hence in batch. A batch operating system keeps itself eventful; it does this by taking jobs from a batch queue, instead of waiting for people to submit jobs. The jobs are then processed one or more at a time under control of the operating system, however most jobs undertaken in this operating system would be single-task. These type of operating system were often left to work overnight, mainly because the jobs were 'batched' the next job in the queue would be commenced as soon as the previous job had been completed, this way of processing would allow for a large work load to be automatically completed without the requirement to wait and tell the computer to do the next job. Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) are often embedded, meaning a integral part of a system inside another device. They have very little user interface capability. Real time operating systems like their name implies, respond to an input immediately. "Real time operating systems are capable of processing data so
Video Club Database Project
Oceanic Video Club is a private business, run by its owner Mr. Michael Coleman. Oceanic is a video club which is in the selling of films. The owner Mr. Michael has built up a large customer base and this is increasing year by year. The business is going well as the amount of clients is increasing. As Mr. Michael hold a list of customers on a paper-based filling system, so Mr. Michael does not worry about the client as they are being informed automatically. Consequently, he has decided to make an investment on a comprehensive customer information system so that he can hold details on his customers, who have been purchasing films in the last few years and now. Also to take their opinions about the video club so that he can offer his customers a better service. . o An interview with Mr. Michael was arranged. These included: > The objectives of the business. > The precise objectives of the new system. > The method currently used to record data. > The information that needs to be kept on each customer. > Any hardware or software constraints. > The required output. > The volume of data to be processed. > The problems with the new and manual system. . How many employees do you have? 2. Do you sell on credit or cash? 3. Do you have any problems with debtors? 4. What are the expenses which you make each year? 5. What types of music do you sell? 6. Do you own or
What Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is (conventional and internet based) and share with you some of the benefits and downfalls of operating such a system. Some
Introduction I will expand on what Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is (conventional and internet based) and share with you some of the benefits and downfalls of operating such a system. Some of the benefits are lower costs, improved accuracy, and decreased paper output and processing time. One main downfall is the initial cost of the implementation of the system. I will also give you an example of how a company uses this technology. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) as defined by Roger Clarke: "the exchange of documents in standardized electronic form, between organizations, in an automated manner, directly from a computer application in one organization to an application in another." EDI has been around for several decades and it has been the primary method of conducting electronic business-to-business commerce. It contains the same information that would be found on paper documents used for the same function within an organization. The following are elements of EDI: * Electronic transmission medium (VAN or the Internet) is used rather than the dispatch of physical storage media such as magnetic tapes and disks. * Structured, formatted messages based on agreed standards (messages can be translated, interpreted and checked). * Fast delivery of electronic documents within hours or minutes from sender to receiver. * Communication directly between applications
Compare Operating Systems for stand-alone and networked computers.
Assignment 2: Operating Systems The purpose of this assignment is to compare Operating Systems for stand-alone and networked computers. The following Operating Systems will be compared: * Windows 9x * Windows 2000/XP * Novell * UNIX/LINUX Windows 9x Windows 9x is the term that is used for the Operating Systems 'Windows 95' and 'Windows 98'. Windows 98 is the next upgrade to Windows 95. Although the appearance of both Operating Systems is similar, the unseen processes are different. The main features of Windows 98 are that the desktop was created to act as a web browser which is known as an Active Desktop. Another feature of Windows 98 is that this is the first operating System to be compatible with the FAT32 system which allows partition sizes to be greater than 2GB per partition, as the widely used USB ports were becoming popular, Windows 98 supported USB 1.0 and also DVD's were also supported. Although Windows 98 is considered by Microsoft to be much better than Windows 95, it is very unstable and regularly crashes and causes the blue screen to appear. Windows 2000/XP Although Windows 2000 is a newer version of Windows, it is not considered to be the upgrade to Windows 9x as Windows Millennium Edition and Windows 2000 were realised together and Windows ME was targeted towards home users where as Windows 2000 was for business use. Although Windows 2000 has
Describe the work and organisation of the people working at Bletchley Park.
Describe the work and organisation of the people working at Bletchley Park Throughout WWII determining the combat plans of the enemy proved to be imperative. Britain was finding the war very difficult in the first two years and the ability to foretell when and where hits were going to take place was crucial. The main institution that mastered this vital war technique was Bletchley Park. This was a large Mansion into which the government moved its Govt Code and Cipher School. The main thing that Bletchley Park, under the dummy name of 'Captain Ridley's Shooting Party' was aiming to achieve was to be able to crack the codes that the Germans used to broadcast their war plans between each other. The main code being used by the Germans was called the Enigma code, it was very important that they crack this code as the war was not going well for the Allies in 1939. The Germans were prevailing in most of Europe and Britain had been saved by the Royal Air Force who won the Battle of Britain. In response to this Hitler launched the Blitz which involved night time saturation bombing (or raids) of large inner city areas which was theoretically to cripple industrial productivity and lower morale. This was supposed to make Britons more desperate for peace. The code cracking began in that year. There had been attempts to crack the codes by the Polish but were not secret enough about it and
When I visited my local dental surgery I noticed that they use a manual filing system and I felt that they could benefit from having computerised version, as it would save both time and effort for the receptionists.
Problem identification. When I visited my local dental surgery I noticed that they use a manual filing system and I felt that they could benefit from having computerised version, as it would save both time and effort for the receptionists. The organisation The Dent Care Ltd is a medium size dental surgery based in Burnt Oak. The clinic deals with all aspects of primary dental care that includes regular inspection checks (every 6 months), teeth extraction, fillings, capping and bridging to denture fitting. All work is carried out under local anaesthetic. Where major prolonged work is required they are referred to specialist dental clinic where work can be carried out under sudation. The clinic is owned in partnership by the three dental surgeons and each has a dental nurse and two receptionists all of whom are computer literate and can operate the PC without much difficulty. At the moment, the clinic has an 80386 Compaq PC and a HP desk Jet Printer that the receptionist use for typing letters, invoices using Microsoft Word. The patient's appointments are hand written in a yearly planner that they use. The planner simply has a day and times of 15 mins intervals and 5 columns. The columns are headed with the names of the three Dental surgeons. Data collection To understand the current system, three methods of data collections were considered. . Questionnaire to all
Evaluate the evidence from throughout the course that there are two distinct modes of cognitive processing.
Evaluate the evidence from throughout the course that there are two distinct modes of cognitive processing. Models and experiments presented throughout the 'Cognitive Psychology' course indicate that within the 'Information Processing' framework, 2 distinct modes of cognitive processing exist. The first, concerned with low level cognition is characterised by processing which is parallel, automatic, bottom-up and not very limited by capacity. This is most clearly demonstrated by the number of things we can hear simultaneously, see simultaneously, smell, taste and feel simultaneously. This type of low level cognition, along with skills which have been proceduralised, can also be performed automatically; performed without conscious attention. Automatic tasks do not employ a great deal of mental effort. Automatic tasks such as swimming, driving, and peeling the potatoes can all be accomplished whilst holding a conversation. They can be performed in parallel without making heavy demands on the limited capacity of working memory. The second mode of processing, concerned with high-level cognition, is serial, attentional (within conscious control ), top-down, and a high consumer of working memory's limited capacity. It is usual to only be able to focus our attention (from one modality) on one thing at a time, for instance we can switch our attention from a piece of music to
To cope with its sever organ donor shortage. Australia should adopt system of presumed consent. Do you agree?
The cope with its sever organ donor shortage. Australia should adopt system of presumed consent. Do you agree? Introduction: Background statement: Presumed consent is the so called "opt out' system under which all adults are deemed to be organ donors unless thy have taken specific steps to register their refusal, which is not presently used in Australia. Thesis statement: It is clear that Australia should adopt the system of presumed consent as presumed consent has the potential to improve organ donation rate, the needs of transplant recipient are far greater than people already dead, and asking for consent can be cruel. Body: (P 2) Topic sentence: Firstly, presumed consent clearly has the potential to improve organ donation rate. * Organ donation rate in Australia is low (data) * Many potential donors are missed via "opt-in" system (P3) Topic sentence: Secondly, the needs for transplant recipient are far greater than people already dead. * People in the waiting list are dying. * Organs from one person can save many people. (P4) Topic sentence: Finally, it is cruel to ask donor's family for consent at a time of family's painful grieving. * Feeling of dead person. * Medical staffs don't want to ask as it increases the stress of the families. Counter Argument (P5): Opponent of a ban argues that, presumed consent doesn't respect to the victims, who
