Parallel and Distributed Computing Models Explained

Parallel and Distributed Programming Models

Parallel Programming Models

Shared Memory Model: Allows all processors to use the same memory space.

Distributed Memory Model: Uses separate memory for each processor and relies on message passing.

Data Parallelism: Applies the same operation to many data items at once.

Task Parallelism: Runs different tasks in parallel on possibly different data.

Distributed Programming Models

  • Client-Server Model: Involves clients requesting services and servers providing them.
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Athenian Social Structure: Citizens, Metics, and Slaves

Unit 5: Social Groups: Free and Unfree

Social Classes in Athens

There were three main groups in Athenian society:

  • Citizens
  • Metics
  • Slaves

Citizens

Citizens were born in Athens (Athenians). They possessed all political rights and obligations—political, economic, and social. The most important decisions concerned this group. The worst consequences they could face were being deprived of their civil rights or being exiled from Athens. Citizens were dedicated to managing and administering the city.

Metics

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The Structure and Function of Muscular Tissue Types

Muscular Tissue: Structure and Components

Muscles are made up of highly specialized, thin, and elongated cells called muscle fibers. The muscle fibers contain specialized cytoplasm called sarcoplasm that contains a network of membranes called the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The muscle fibers may be bounded by the cell membrane called the sarcolemma. Each muscle fiber may contain numerous longitudinal fibrils called myofibrils.

Basic Physiological Properties of Muscle Tissue

  1. Contractility
  2. Excitability
  3. Extensibility
  4. Elasticity

Types

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Literary Movements: Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism

Literary Movements: Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism

Romanticism

  • Sources: Late seventeenth-century Germany.
  • Opposition to: The neoclassical concept.
  • Romantic Human: Dissatisfaction with reality, a search for an alternate time-space, sadness. A very romantic end often involved suicide.
  • Creative Act: Emphasized imagination and originality; the concept of the artist as a *genius*.
  • Attraction to: The dark, mystery, chaos—everything opposed to reason.
  • Customs: A step from the romantic toward realistic acting
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I is correct ii is correct

Explain the use of scanf() and printf() with examples


#include <stdio.H>

int main() {

    int a = 10;

    float b = 5.5;

    printf(“The value of a is %d and b is %.2f\n”, a, b);

    return 0;

}

The value of a is 10 and b is 5.50

#include <stdio.H>

int main() {

    int age;

    printf(“Enter your age: “);

    scanf(“%d”, &age);

    printf(“You are %d years old.\n”, age);

    return 0;

}         ,      You are 21 years old.


Explain the following types of function arguments

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Postcolonial Theory: Commonwealth Literature and Colonial Discourses

The Emergence of ‘Commonwealth Literature’

‘Commonwealth literature’ and ‘theories of colonial discourses’ are interconnected fields of study.

Defining Commonwealth Literature

‘Commonwealth literature’ was a term literary critics began to use from the 1950s to describe literatures in English emerging from a section of countries with a history of colonialism. It incorporated the study of writers from the predominant European settler communities, as well as writers belonging to those countries which

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Plato’s Ethics and Politics: Virtue, Justice, and the Degeneration of States

Platonic Ethics: Virtue, the Soul, and the Good

For Plato, the determination by reason of the activity of each function is achieved through a specific virtue. Virtue means a “training” of the soul. All habits that lead us toward the good are virtues, and habits that lead to evil are vices.

The Good, for Plato, is an idea based on the principle of “Know Thyself.” This theory, when put into practice, requires a core ability: prudence (practical wisdom). Prudence leads us to estimate justly what we have,

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Fundamental C Algorithms: Search, Sort, Recursion, and Optimization

Fundamental C Algorithms: Search, Sort, and Optimization

This document presents implementations of several core algorithms in C, including searching, sorting, recursion, and optimization techniques like the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) and the Fractional Knapsack problem.

1. Linear Search Algorithm

Linear search is a straightforward method for finding an element within a list. It sequentially checks each element until a match is found or the entire list has been traversed.

C Code for Linear Search

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America’s Transformation: WWI, Wilson, and the Expansion of Federal Power

The United States and World War I: A Pivotal Transition

The United States’ involvement in World War I (WWI), or the Great War, marked a pivotal transition in American history. This period was characterized by an initial commitment to neutrality, a rapid mobilization under the banner of Progressive ideals and moral imperialism, and a subsequent descent into political repression and international disillusionment. From 1916 to 1920, the nation shifted dramatically, expanding the scope of federal government

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Key Events of the Cold War and Franco’s Spain

Franco’s Dictatorship (1939-1975)

  • Two Periods:

    1. 1939–1959: Autarky and Isolationism

      1. April 1, 1939: Franco ends the war. Spain remained neutral in WWII.
      2. 1946: The UN condemned Spain.
      3. 1952: End of rationing.
      4. 1953: Military and economic agreements between Spain and the United States.
      5. 1955: Spain becomes a member of the UN.
    2. 1959–1975: Development and Opening

      1. 1959: Stabilization plan; development of industry and consumption. ETA is founded.
      2. 1966: Press law: Censorship remained, but it was more flexible.
      3. 1969:
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