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Articles by Prasanna Kotamraju
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How did Google get its name?
The Google story began in 1995 when their founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were in Stanford University. They were always interested to build a search engine “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”In their own words how Google got its name ...Working from their dorm rooms, they built a search engine that used links to determine the importance of individual pages on the World Wide Web. They called this search engine Backrub. Soon after, Backrub was renamed Google. The name was a play on the mathematical expression for the number 1 followed by 100 ...
Read MoreWhere do waste goes from the ships or boats?
Cruise ships are sometimes carrying 10, 000 and more people on board which amounts to the population of a small town. When they are set for a sail it will be usually 10 days to one month for a commercial ship to touch the land. Meanwhile, they have to take care of food, washing of clothes and disposing of human excreta for that period.Not just human waste, there can be leftover food, bottles, cans, cardboard and everything which has to be handled on the land, has to be handled on the ship too.Where does the waste go from the ships? ...
Read MoreHow can we improve traffic congestion in India?
The number of cars on India's roads has been doubling every 8-10 years—and it's costing the country. A WHO study from 2014 found that 13 of the world's 20 most polluted cities are in India. The country experiences 120, 000 deaths per year due to traffic fatalities, more than any other country.To improve the traffic conditions in India, there are certain things that have to be followed by the Government, private sector and also citizens.City governments in India have to focus on investing in road expansions and overpass construction projects.The public transport services have to be improved, curbing the car ...
Read MoreWhat is the importance of "earn while you learn"?
Nowadays youth are gaining the importance of "Earn while you Learn" concept. There are many benefits due to this approach.First and foremost is earn your pocket money while you are studying. This will help in a long way in understanding the value of money and money management in your future.Along with financial benefits, if you do an apprenticeship in the field of your study, you will gain practical knowledge on the subject.You will get exposed to the workplace discipline and get some learning experience about your future job.You will not waste time and understand the importance of time management.You will ...
Read MoreWhat is the employee turnover rate?
Employee turnover rate is a key indicator of a company's performance. It refers to the percentage of employees who leave the organization during a particular period of time, say one month.Employees may leave due to resignations, terminations or retirements. The total employees at the starting of the month (A), the employees at the end of the month (B), and the number of employees left during the month (X) are taken into account to get the average employee turnover rate.Avg = (A+B)/2 -- adding both A and B divided by 2 gives you average employees of that month.Divide the number of ...
Read MoreWhy do doctors wear White & Lawyers black?
Doctors wear White coats because they signify health and hygiene. White is desirable because they show the stains and perhaps indicates when you need to change clothes as soon as they are stained. Frequent changing gives a better outcome for the patient. This will ensure that Doctors maintain a clean and sterile environment all the time.Wearing black robes by Lawyers and Judges dates back to 17th Century British practice. The black color is perceived as a symbol of dignity, honor, wisdom, and justice. As Lawyers and Judges have to keep up these values and maintain grace and dignity black is prescribed ...
Read MoreCan I learn Java without any coding background?
After you’ve learned the basics of computer science, you’ll be ready to learn a programming language. Java is a high-level object-oriented programming language which is platform independent and can be run on any mobile, web or desktop applications.Theoretically, it is true that with hard work, effort and right direction one can become an expert in Java programming. But practically it would help if you know one or two core programming languages to understand the jargon easily. Learning the basics of computer science will not be enough. If you have prior knowledge of C language and the concepts, learning Java becomes easier.Java ...
Read MoreHow to sell your Bitcoin?
Already own bitcoins but want either just exchange with some conventional currency or simply get rid of them considering them mere a bubble of widening hype. However, it is not as easy as buying them. Got lines of stress on your forehead? Do not worry! Here is the complete guide for your easy comprehension of the entire process −There are two ways to sell your bitcoins −ExchangesDirect TradeExchange Although, this carries a number of disadvantages yet exchanges appear to be one of the major solutions if you want cash out of the selling of your crypto. These exchanges play the role ...
Read MoreWhat is Byzantine Fault Tolerance?
Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin in 2008, and he made the network very strong as a distributed, peer to peer model which is maintained without any intermediaries. Since then many digital currencies are created, which follow the same system where all nodes are sharing same information (same copy of Block chain) and any node can communicate with any other node safely across the network, knowing that they are displaying same data.Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) is one of the most difficult challenges faced by the Block chain technology. All the participants of the cryptocurrency network need to agree, or give consensus regularly ...
Read MoreWhat is Happiness Planner/Journal? How to use a happiness journal?
The Happiness Planner / Journal is a planner designed to help you make a habit of listing down the events of our life which give us happiness. It can help us in embracing the power of positive thinking, gratitude, and thanking for the positive events of your life. The Happiness journal helps us to increase positive attitude towards life and fills us with self-awareness and feeling contended from within.A happiness journal is a record of the things that make you happy every day, it is like a list of things that made you happy today or yesterday or day before ...
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