OSAGU‚ JESSICA CHINEZIE OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY‚ ILE-IFE‚ NIGERIA DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACHIEVING FAULT-TOLERANCE IN OPERATING SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION Introduction Fault-tolerant computing is the art and science of building computing systems that continue to operate satisfactorily in the presence of faults. A fault-tolerant system may be able to tolerate one or more fault-types including - i) transient‚ intermittent or permanent hardware faults‚ ii) software
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INTRODUCTION 2 CHAPTER I. THE NOTION OF EUPHEMISMS IN ENGLISH 5 I.1. Definition of Euphemisms 5 I.2. Classification of Euphemisms 6 I.3. Ambiguity and Logic 9 CHAPTER II. SOURCES OF EUPHEMISMS 15 II.1. The Language of Political Correctness 15 II.2. Obscurity‚ Officialese‚Jornalese‚ Commercialese 20 II.3. Vogue Words 24 II.4. Woolliness 27 II.5. Euphemisms Used in Different Spheres of Our Life 29 CHAPTER III. TRANSLATION OF EUPHEMISMS 34 III.1. Grammatical Difficulties in
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one by one. § M08.1 Ambiguity There are actually different kinds of ambiguity: Lexical ambiguity This is a single word or term having more than one meaning in the language. For example‚ the word "deep" can mean profoundity ("What you have said is very deep.")‚ or it can be used to describe physical depth ("This hole is very deep"). Similarly for words like "young" (inexperienced or young of age)‚ "bank" (river bank or financial institution)‚ etc. Referential ambiguity It is not clear which
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frazzled moments‚ and shows obvious dislike of Jimmy Reed during his and Sarah’s marriage‚ Turner illustrates the moral ambiguity of Jack’s character. Books were not usually important to a frontiersman in the late 1800’s‚ especially a cavalry officer. The only difference in this case is that a beautiful woman is on the other side of them. Jack begins to show moral ambiguity‚ when Sarah Prine notices a wagon of books on the side of the path then asking Jack if she can use the spare horses to haul
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Through the conversation and interaction he has with Lynne‚ we learn that the narrator is someone who has many worries in his mind‚ is unstable and fragile. This is where ambiguity kicks in. He saved a life early in the day‚ but how come he becomes so weak and frail by the end of the day. Thus‚ to further understand this character‚ the author leads us to the narrator’s personal story and his relationship with his girlfriend
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VUCA is an acronym used to describe or reflect on the volatility‚ uncertainty‚ complexity and ambiguity of general conditions and situations. The common usage of the term VUCA began in the late 1990s and derives from military vocabulary and has been subsequently used in emerging ideas in strategic leadership that apply in a wide range of organizations‚ including everything from for-profit corporations to education. Meaning The deeper meaning of each element of VUCA serves to enhance the strategic
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interrupted and then result in ineffective verbal communication. This essay will attempt to discuss vagueness as a form of ineffective communication and how it can be interpreted to a different meaning affecting comprehension by the receiver because of ambiguity‚ illogical flow and abstract language. 1. VAGUENESS In communication vagueness is when someone sends an unclear message with a different concept in mind (thinking or communicating in an unfocused or imprecise way). This inability to communicate
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It is not amphibolous | Question 6 | | 0 / 1 point | Is the sentence “Tiny motors may be big in surgery” amphibolous? | | It is amphibolous | | | It is not amphibolous | Question 7 | | 1 / 1 point | When an argument is affected by ambiguity‚ it is unclear whether | | its conclusion is supported by its premises. | | | its premises are supported by its conclusion. | | | its premises and conclusion are supported. | Question 8 | | 0 / 1 point | If an expression is vague
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Chapter 3; third part of 3. VAGUENESS! Another important source of confusion in real life © 2012 McGraw-Hill Higher YOU: Dr. Teacher‚ Dr. Teacher! I missed class! What’s the reading assignment? DR. TEACHER: Read a lot. © 2012 McGraw-Hill Higher 2 “Read a lot????” That’s pretty vague. A statement is too VAGUE when it lacks enough detail for our purposes. A judgment call. But reasonable people agree that “Read a lot” is too vague for a reading assignment. © 2012 McGraw-Hill Higher 3 Which
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submissive roles women played in the 16th century. The play is dreamy and quirky and very sexually ambiguous‚ so much so that it is commonly known as Shakespeare’s gay play. This speaks volumes‚ as many of Shakespeare’s works are laden with sexual ambiguity. The film removes any and all homoeroticism‚ and as well strips the characters of some of the original text which not only “straightens” up the play‚ but unfortunately also strips the characters of some of their depth of emotion‚ removes some of
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