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Object Oriented Programming Programming Language
1,928 wordsA high-level programming language developed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs in the mid 1970 s. Although originally designed as a systems programming language, C has proved to be a powerful and flexible language that can be used for a variety of applications, from business programs to engineering. C is a particularly popular language for personal computer programmers because it is relatively small -- it requires less memory than other languages. The first major program written in C was the UNIX op...
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Frozen In Time Interesting To Note
1,665 wordsWhen someone views this picture for the first time there is usually a feeling of shock at what they see. This feeling is clearly understandable if you are just shown the picture by itself with no caption or background information. It is the lack of facts and truths that have caused this very photograph to be the center of so much controversy and debate. When this photo was taken from a video clip filmed at the bombing of Trang Bang in June of 1972 the correct version of the story was reported. S...
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San Diego Union Diego Union Tribune
1,602 wordsThe reputation of California as being a place to "jettison assumptions and try different things" appears to have originated from its earliest days. By reflecting on the individual who discovered San Diego, we see stamina, determination, and the desire to "continue on, "find success, " and to maximize opportunities to their fullest. Back in the 1540 s there was a Portuguese explorer and soldier by the name of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (? - 1543). He was known as "a skilled mariner and navigator. " ...
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Gaius Julius Caesar Queen Of Egypt
1,616 wordsAncient Roman Empire Rome had a war god in its lineage and wolf milk in its belly, implying that its citizens had a knack for warfare, which they would prove again and again. Early in Rome's history, the city was conquered by the Etruscans, the most notable civilization in Italy before Rome's rise to power. The Etruscans, who would influence Roman civilization, had migrated to Italy from Asia Minor, probably in the 12 th century BC. Their distant past is a mystery, because their language has no ...
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World War Ii U S Army
1,266 wordsGeneral Douglas MacArthur was born on Jan. 26, 1880 at Little Rock Barracks, Arkansas. He died April 5, 1964 in Washington, D. C. He was the general who commanded the Southwest Pacific Theatre in World War II, administered postwar Japan during the Allied occupation that followed, and led United Nations forces during the first nine months of the Korean War. MacArthur was the third son of Arthur MacArthur, Jr. , later the army's senior ranking officer, and Mary Hardy MacArthur, an ambitious woman ...
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Royal Air Force Battle Of Britain
664 wordsSome historians talk of crucial battles where the right man in the right place at the right time can alter the course of history. Others say that the forces of history are inexorable and mere mortals can barely hope to influence, much less deflect or halt them. The Battle of Britain is very close to evidence for the former view. It is known as the greatest aerial battle ever fought, and was a large contributor to the Allies victory of the Second World War. It came at a time when Britain, disillu...
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Firmly Believed Radar Stations Fighter
991 wordsIn May 1940 after the fall of France, Hitler firmly believed that Britain, cut off from mainland Europe after the retreat from Dunkirk, would be ready to sue for peace if given enough time and incentive. He deduced that with Britain out of the war, America would come to terms with the new order as it could hope to gain no foothold in Europe without paying a terrible price. This would enable Germany to concentrate on what had always been considered the main threat, Russia. By 1939 air warfare was...
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Interservice Rivalries Harmful Traditions
1,607 wordsAccording to John M. Shalikashvili, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, The nature of modern warfare demands that we fight as a joint team. This was important yesterday, it is essential today, and it will be even more imperative tomorrow (JV 2020). Therefore it is easy to see why interservice understanding is crucial for every serviceman, from the admirals and generals down to the lowest seaman, airman, and private. The idea of joint warfare and interservice rivalries has been around s...
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Austro Hungarian Austria Hungary
1,120 wordsIt is generally accepted that Germany and her ally the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary (together called the Central Powers), played the main role in creating the conditions that led to the Great War. Germany began to take the initiative after her traditional enemies France and Russia joined in an alliance. She expanded her Army and more conspicuously began a programme of construction of battleships that also brought her into conflict with Great Britain. As early as 1905, Germany considered how ...
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Army Of Northern Virginia Cemetery Ridge
803 wordsBy late afternoon, on the 2 nd July, 1863, after fierce hand to hand fighting, Major General John B. Hoods 3 rd Divisions flanking attack on Big Round Top had been successful. Meade realising the lack of troops on the Round Tops had rushed the 1 st Maine to try to thwart Jackson who having let Hood bypass Sickles force in the Peach Orchard caught way out in front of the main Union lines and seize the Top (s). Sickle was outflanked and held by Laws Brigade leaving only the 1 st Maine to take the ...
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Easy To Learn Grolier Multimedia
1,553 words... ; ) - this increments i before any testing is done - Connoisseurs of C semantics find C++ inferior to ++C (Stroustrup, 10). The language is not called D because it is an extension of C, and it does not attempt to remedy problems by removing features (Stroustrup, 10). How did the language become so popular among programmers? Explosive growth in the academic and business communities led to the need of a standardization of C++. AT&T Bell Laboratories allowed Stroustrup to share drafts of revise...
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Dictator For Life Ides Of March
1,027 words... pompey and Crassus at Luca. The opiates in control of the senate, now awake to the immense increase in Caesar's personal power, wealth, and prestige, kept Pompey in Italy, allowing him to govern his Spanish provinces by deputies. Pompey's own attachment to Caesar was broken when Caesar's daughter Julia to whom Pompey had been happily married since 59 BC died in 54 BC Crassus was killed by the Parthians at Carrhae in Mesopotamia. In planning Caesar's return to civil life in Rome he could assu...
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Chief Executive Officer Factors Affecting
1,987 wordsOctober 22, 1999 Term Paper Separating the Board Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer: Pro and Con &# 038; Rebecca Hundley I Introduction Numerous reports on corporate governance have emphasised the desirability of increasing the number of outside directors on boards. An equally important and related issue is a growing insistence that the role of chairman and chief executive should be separate, though on this issue there is less unanimity in the U. S. than in other countries. Choosing the rig...
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16 Th And 17 17 Th Century
2,852 wordsAt the beginning of the fifteenth century, the world was a quite small place for Europeans. While they knew about China and Southern Africa, their worldview was still focused on Europe and the Mediterranean. Within 200 years, Europe would be almost all over the world with settlement on various continents. By 1700, most of the coastline of the Americas would be under the domination of Europeans. Meanwhile, with the European conquest of the Nuvus Months -the New World- Europe also discovered and r...
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Goods And Services Helms Burton
938 wordsAlthough the Cuban economy may be thought of as to some as a complete failure, the command system structure can still be an effective way of creating a successful economy, if the correct steps are taken in its planning. From the 1960 s revolution to the 1990 s collapse of russia, the soviet union managed to maintain the Cuban economy by trading them sugar in return for oil (web). The USSR paid higher than market prices for Cuban cane, and Cuba paid lower than market prices for Russian petroleum ...
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Confederate Troops Confederate Forces
1,340 wordsTHE GRAND FABRICATION It is almost as difficult to find consistent information about the incident at Fort Pillow as it is to determine the moral significance of its outcome. Scholars disagree about exactly what transpired on April 12, 1864 at Fort Pillow, when General Nathan Bedford Forrest captured the fort with his 1, 500 troops and claimed numerous Union lives in the process (Wyeth 250). It became an issue of propaganda for the Union, and as a result the facts were grossly distorted. After cl...
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Second Punic War Set Up Camp
1,568 wordsHannibal was great Hannibal Hannibal: Hannibal was great Carthaginian general. He is remembered for his great tactical skills on the battle field and as a great military leader. Born in late 247 BC, was the eldest son of Hamilcar Barca. In 237 BC, Hamilcar took his nine year old son, Hannibal, to the alter of a Carthaginian god and made him swear eternal hatred to the Romans. Hannibal and his father then left for Spain. The center of Carthaginian power in Spain was the city of New Carthage. Hann...
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Napoleon Bonaparte Britannica Junior
3,160 wordsThis essay Napoleon 2 Napoleon This essay will illustrate why Napoleon Bonaparte is regarded as one of the greatest military masterminds in the history of mankind. It will show the life of Napoleon from when he was a young boy, till he died in 1821. It will show how he deceived the French into giving him power, and how he used this power for his own interests. It will also reveal how he almost killed of an entire generation of French people, and once again prove that all good things must come to...
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Virginia Military Institute United States Army Patton
1,082 wordsGeneral George Smith Patton was fierce. He is as close to Hollywood s Arnold Schwarzenegger, Batman, or, more appropriately, John Wayne as the United States army is likely to get. He was a one man war, who in many ways had a bigger jock strap than a brain. But in a war time situation, that s in no way a bad thing. Patton was born on November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California. His grandfather had been a colonel in the Confederate Calvary and had perished in the Civil War. Patton s own father ha...
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Ms Dos Microsoft Windows
480 wordsMicrosoft Windows 95 Readme Microsoft Windows 95 README for Microsoft Windows August 1996 (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1996 HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT To view Readme. txt on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad window. To print Readme. txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor, then use the Print command on the File menu. LIST OF WINDOWS 95 README FILES In addition to Readme. txt, Windows 95 provides the following readme files: Config. txt Contains syntax information for command...
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