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When data is transmitted over long distances, latency can become an issue. Explain what latency is.

Latency is the time delay between something being initiated and the moment it's first effect begins

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Answered by George B. Computing tutor
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Some problems are intractable. What does it mean for a problem to be described as intractable?

An intractable problem is a problem that is solvable, but not in polynomial time or less. Such problems cannot be solved in time considered to be reasonable (i.e. not solvable quick enough to be 'usefu...

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Explain how the even parity system works when transmitting ASCII codes. Include a description of the roles of the sending device and the receiving device during transmission.

The sender's role is to add the parity bit. ASCII characters are represented using a 7-bit binary string. A parity bit is added to the beginning of the binary string (i.e. at the most ...

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What is the denary equivalent of the hexadecimal number A7?

Let's start by looking at the denary (i.e. base 10) number system. In base 10, you have a column for each digit in a number.

For example, with the number 5,867 you have a...

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What is method "Overloading" in object-oriented programming (OOP) ?

Method or function overloading allows a method with the same name to be declared more than once given that they have different input parameters.
For example, there is a method to calculate the area o...

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