Essays Tagged: "Acronym"

Seeing is believing, UFO's

ey pleased. Having no further explanation for these dilemmas of space, they were dubbed 'UFO's'.The acronym UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object. Modern electronics and science have helped us in ...

(3 pages) 77 0 4.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

How to make a webpage!

es are made in a code called html, which is what I am using to make my science web page. Html is an acronym for: Hyper Text Markup Language. The html codes are very easy to use, and remember. If you w ... t to spice up your web page, you may want to use another code called, Java. The word Java is not an acronym, it comes from its maker, 'Sun Technologies', which is a tremendously huge company that deal ...

(2 pages) 119 3 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Lasers

t light. The beam is produced by a process known as stimulated emission, and the word 'laser' is an acronym for the phrase 'light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.'Light is just like ...

(3 pages) 40 0 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Perception

ey pleased. Having no further explanation for these dilemmas of space, they were dubbed 'UFO's'.The acronym UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object. Modern electronics and science have helped us in ...

(3 pages) 82 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Paranormality & Spirituality

NATO and the Warsaw pact

of the 20th century the two factions previously mentioned, characterised by the Warsaw pact and the acronym NATO respectively, were at each others throats in a tense, bloodless struggle that came to b ...

(5 pages) 89 1 4.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

Marketing Concept in Practice at IKEA

INTRODUCTIONIngvar Kamprad, a Swedish catalogue king, founded IKEA in 1947. IKEA is an acronym for his name, the farm and hometown, Elmtaryd, Agunaryd. IKEA has evolved over the years and ...

(19 pages) 1063 1 4.2 Mar/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

"Advanced Micro Devices-A Leader in the Industry"

urpass its competitors in the future.First of all, the AMD name is more than just a word. AMD is an acronym for Advanced Micro Devices. The arrow icon "symbolizes the AMD principle of growth in the ri ...

(5 pages) 125 1 3.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Various Levels and Types of RAID.

RAID, Software RAID, and the advantages and disadvantages associated with utilizing RAID.RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. The basic idea behind RAID is to combine multiple ...

(4 pages) 89 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

America's descent towards fascism through legislation that attacks civil liberteies, such as the Patriot Act.

ng our god-given inalienable rights. Jefferson is rolling over in his grave.The USA/Patriot Act, an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept a ...

(5 pages) 288 0 3.3 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Can you make soldiers in coed basic training.

hysical skills and discipline skills. In the Army they teach you some Discipline skills through the acronym LDRSHIP. It stands for Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless-Service, Honor, Integrity, and Perso ...

(3 pages) 95 4 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Coaching Tips and Techniques.

dividuals on the team and the team as a whole to advance to the next level. Yet another interesting acronym to help define coach is captured in the book, "The Little Book of Coaching, Motivating Peopl ... ittle Book of Coaching, Motivating People to be Winners" by Ken Blanchard and Don Shula (2001). The acronym breaks down as follows:Conviction driven: never compromise your beliefsOverlearning: Practic ...

(4 pages) 147 2 4.2 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Memory Definitions - Notes for Computer Architechture

Memory DefinitionsBIOSPronounced "bye-ose," an acronym for basic input/output system. The BIOS is built-in software that determines what a computer ... because it enables the modem Manufacturer to support new protocols as they become standardized.EPROMAcronym for erasable programmable read-only memory, and pronounced ee-prom, EPROM is a special type ...

(2 pages) 41 1 4.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Music Therapy - by Saaim Khan

e American Association for Music Therapy in 1971. When the two associations merged in 1998, the new acronym became AMTA. The American Music Therapy Association. A.M.T.A.'s mission is "To advance publi ...

(2 pages) 57 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

The USA PATRIOT ACT

le system needs changed. Today paying close attention when you hear the USA PATRIOT Act and awkward acronym stands for Uniting Strengthening America by Providing the Appropriate Tools Required to Inte ...

(5 pages) 353 2 4.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Critically Examine the Reasons why Development NGO's became Increasingly Popular with International Donors

ODA is the acronym for Official Development Assistance, otherwise known as aid. Aid is defined as resources tra ...

(5 pages) 77 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Opinions on US PATRIOT Act of 2001

ush signed the US PATRIOT Act of 2001; making it a law. The word "patriot" in the Patriot Act is an acronym that spells out "Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism". ...

(4 pages) 185 1 4.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

NASA

The acronym NASA that stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. When NASA is mention ... e Administration. When NASA is mentioned, most people tend to leave out the aeronautics part of the acronym, but what those people don't realize is that NASA is involved in various projects on Earth. ... .NASA's life has so far spanned over forty years of accomplishments and failures and today, the acronym has become associated with being the best in space travel. Certainly, all this credit is tru ...

(12 pages) 127 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

Argumentitive Essay on the RIAA/File-Sharing Controversy

The DMCA, which is an acronym for The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, was signed into law by president Clinton o ...

(2 pages) 73 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

The Impact of the Lasers Technology on Society

Introduction:The name LASER is an acronym for Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. In 1917, Albert Einstein fi ...

(4 pages) 66 0 3.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Learning Styles

developed to help inform others about learning styles. VARK is the name of the system, which is an acronym for the four categories that they have used to break down their system, Visual, Aural, Read/ ...

(7 pages) 240 0 5.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology