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BASIC

ALSO CALLED: Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code and Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
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BASIC was an early programming language that is still among the simplest and most popular of programming languages. BASIC stands for "Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code." Originally designed as an interactive mainframe  … 
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Defining an Email Archiving Policy
sponsored by Dell MessageOne
WEBCAST: Discover how to implement a comprehensive email-archiving policy that will enforce how users manage and retain their electronic messages.
Posted: 23 Jul 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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TOPICS:  BASIC

Defining an Email Archiving Policy
sponsored by Dell MessageOne
PODCAST: Discover how to implement a comprehensive email-archiving policy that will enforce how users manage and retain their electronic messages.
Posted: 23 Jul 2008 | Premiered: 23 Jul 2008
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TOPICS:  BASIC

Advanced RFID Measurements: Basic Theory to Protocol Conformance Test
sponsored by National Instruments
WHITE PAPER: As RFID adoption continues to grow, engineers are faced with an increasing need to validate tags both for interoperability with products from other vendors and for conformance with the specified protocol.
Posted: 21 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006
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TOPICS:  BASIC | ISO | RFID | Software | Testing | Vendors

Transcript: It's Easier Being Green: The Business Case for Green IT
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes about the convergence of two significant trends that we are seeing across our client base, and also the four specific drivers that are causing people to think about transforming their data centers.
Posted: 21 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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OFCCP Compliance: Understanding the OFCCP's New Ruling on Internet Applicants
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WHITE PAPER: The Internet Applicant final rule, issued by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), addresses recordkeeping by Federal contractors and subcontractors about the Internet hiring process and the solicitation of race.
Posted: 17 Jul 2008 | Published: 17 Jul 2008
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TOPICS:  BASIC | Databases | Internet

Enhancing IT infrastructure availability with virtualization and fault tolerant servers
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WEBCAST: In this webcast, we discuss the ways organizations can improve the fault tolerance of their servers, new features in servers that improve fault tolerance, and best practices for keeping virtualized servers up and running.
Posted: 26 Jun 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Data center energy efficiency: Beyond best practices
sponsored by Wright Line
WEBCAST: Pitt Turner of Computer Site Engineering and The Uptime Institute outlines IT and Facility design opportunities that will result in significant energy savings, beyond the standard blanking panels and virtualization that are currently best practices.
Posted: 26 Jun 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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A Practical and Pragmatic Approach to Heat Containment in the Data Center
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PODCAST: During this informative Podcast you will hear about scalable rack cooling systems that will help you improve the efficiency of your data center.
Posted: 26 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 26 Jun 2008
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TOPICS:  BASIC

Transform Your Desktop with Virtualization: VDI solutions from AMD, HP and VMware
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WEBCAST: Sensitive data sitting on end user machines, roaming laptops and a workforce that's distributed around the world makes it difficult to manage and support your users while maintaining compliance and security.
Posted: 24 Jun 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Podcast: Transform Your Desktop with Virtualization: VDI solutions from AMD, HP and VMware
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
PODCAST: Sensitive data sitting on end user machines, roaming laptops and a workforce that's distributed around the world makes it difficult to manage and support your users while maintaining compliance and security.
Posted: 24 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 24 Jun 2008
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BASIC DEFINITION (continued): …  timesharing language by John Kemeney and Thomas Kurtz in 1963, it became widely used on personal computers everywhere.  On IBM's first "family" computer, the PCJr, a BASIC cartridge was a popular add-on. Because of its simplicity, BASIC has frequently been used in teaching the introductory concepts of programming with a working language.

BASIC continues to be widely used because it can be learned quickly, its statements are easy to read by other programmers, and support is available on most … 
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