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IBM's supermachine 'WATSON'

Watson is an IBM supercomputer that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and sophisticated analytical software for optimal performance as a “question answering” machine. The supercomputer is named for IBM’s founder, Thomas J. Watson. The Watson supercomputer processes at a rate of 80 teraflops (trillion floating-point operations per second). To replicate (or surpass) a high-functioning human’s ability to answer questions, Watson accesses 90 servers with a combined data store of over 200 million pages of information, which it processes against six million logic rules. The device and its data are self-contained in a space that could accommodate 10 refrigerators. Key Features: Watson can understand all forms of data, interact naturally with people, and learn and reason, at scale. With Watson you can, Understand : You can analyze and interpret all of your data, including unstructured text, images, audio and video. Reason : You can provide personalized recommendations by

ORACLE UNIFIED METHOD (OUM)

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OUM Level 1 - Overview & Awareness The OUM aka Oracle Unified Method supports the entire Enterprise IT Life cycle, including support for the successful implementation of every Oracle product. It is a robust, technology agnostic methodology Oracle Methods … Based on industry standards and field experience Highly scalable to support project or program specific requirements Iteratively developed through a continuous, evolutionary process >>OUM is able to… Support the complete range of Oracle technology projects including Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Enterprise Integration Custom Software Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Business Intelligence (BI) Enterprise 2.0 Enterprise Application Implementation Software Upgrade >>Module 1: Basics > OUM is Standards Based Iterative and Incremental Supports Both Agility and Discipline

Linux 'terminal' is actually not a terminal

      Linux 'terminal' is actually not a terminal.! The abundantly used 'Terminal' in Linux/Unix is actually not a terminal. The modern day 'Terminal' is actually a pseudo terminal, or an emulator to be precise, where you can execute your commands. A terminal, historically, was a device connected to a computing system over a serial connector. The modern systems have emulators with a GUI. The actual definitions are as below, they are interconnected, but different, terms: 1. Terminal: A special kernel-provided device that handles textual input/output and supports the backbone of job control. It works with the keyboard and display drivers to read keystrokes and write to the screen.   2. Terminal window: A GUI window with nothing but a text terminal inside it. Usually synonymous with a terminal emulator.   3. Console: The control panel where you sit and do stuff. Very general term and means very different things to very different kinds of