Essay about Tu100 - Tma04

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1)a.i. 140 * 341,000,000 = 47,740,000,000 bytes.
1GB = 230 = 1,073,741,824 bytes
47,740,000,000/1,073,741,824 = 44.5GB (3 s.f.) ii. 4.77 * 1010

b. 2 TB = 2*240 = 2199023255552 bytes
2,199,023,255,552/47,740,000,000 = 46 days (rounded to the nearest whole number)

c. Week | Data created in week (GB) | Total for Complete (GB) | Total for Incremental (GB) | Total for Differential (GB) | 1 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 50 | 100 | 75 | 75 | 3 | 50 | 225 | 125 | 175 | 4 | 100 | 450 | 225 | 375 | 5 | 25 | 700 | 250 | 600 | 6 | 250 | 1200 | 500 | 1075 | 7 | 25 | 1725 | 525 | 1575 | 8 | 50 | 2300 | 575 | 2125 |

I would recommend from the above table that the video maker uses incremental back-up. The advantage of this
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4. Crowdsourcing is when a project is completed by sourcing input from several different users. This can take many forms. Crowdsourcing can be used for completing documents for informational purpose, collecting research for scientific purposes, funding for innovations or any number of tasks. Input from the user can be in the form of written inputs, funding, or in some instances can be embedded in the sense that information is sent directly with any users input being required.
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