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Byte is = to...
1 character
bits is equal to...
How many digits (binary digits)
KB
= Kilobyte = 1024 or 2 to the 10th power.

*1,000 bits
MB
= Megabyte = 1,048,576 or 2 to the 20th power.

*1 million bits
GB
= Gigabyte = 1,073,741,824 or 2 to the 30th power.

*billion bits
TB
Terabyte = 1,099,511,627,776 or 2 to the 40th power

*trillion bits
PB
= Petabyte = 1,125,899,906,842,624 or 2 to the 50th power.

*quadrillion bits
EB
= Exabyte = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 or 2 to the 60th power

*quintillion bits
ZB
= Zettabyte = 2 to the 70th power.

*Sextillion bits
YB
= Yottabyte = 2 to the 80th power.

*Septillion
clear AIX(UNIX)
Clears the screen and leaves you at the AIX (Unix) prompt
hostname AIX(UNIX)
Displays which host in the cluster you are using
who AIX(UNIX)
Displays all usernames that are logged on.
date AIX(UNIX)
Displays the date and time.
ls AIX(UNIX)
Displays a list of files in your working directory.
ls -a AIX(UNIX)
Displays all files (hidden and other directories).
ls -al AIX(UNIX)
Displays the long (l) version of all files.
du -sk AIX(UNIX)
Displays how much disk space is being used by you in your home
directory (and sub-directories). The units are reported in KiloBytes, so 500000 = 500 MegaBytes). You should not exceed 500 MB.
pwd AIX(UNIX)
Displays on the screen your working directory, for example:
/hp1urs/u/ugrad/jleonard> . pwd = print working directory.
cd AIX(UNIX)
This means "Change directory". This command will always return you to your working directory.
cd .. AIX(UNIX)
Will move you up one level in the tree hierarchy, to the /ugrad/ directory.
pg filename AIX(UNIX)
Displays the contents of a file on the screen.
pg -p "[%d]:" filename AIX(UNIX)
Displays the file and changes the prompt (-p) at the bottom of the screen so it shows the page number in square brackets.
more filename AIX(UNIX)
Displays a file on the screen but half a screen's worth at a time and shows you the % of the file that
has been displayed.
pico AIX(UNIX)
Loads the editor so you can create or edit (modify) text files.
pine AIX(UNIX)
Loads the electronic mail utility program.
* AIX(UNIX)
Wildcards are any string of characters. For example *.* means any filename and any extension in that directory.
cp AIX(UNIX)
Copy command. Can be used to copy a file from one directory to another.
rm filename AIX(UNIX)
Removes a file (deletes or erases it).
hostname this will return the name of the host you are logged in on.
mv filename newfile AIX(UNIX)
Moves a file from one filename to another. Use this command to rename a file.
Ctrl C AIX(UNIX)
(Hold down the CTRL key, then while you are holding it down,
press C). This ABORTS or CANCELS commands.
COPYING A FILE FROM ONE DIRECTORY INTO ANOTHER (in zoo)
From Jonathan Leonard's directory into Jane Student's directory:

jstudent@zoo> cp /rack2g/u/uvmstaff/jleonard/example.txt example.txt (or : cp ~jleonard/example.txt example.txt )


jstudent@zoo>ls -a
You now should be able to see the file in your directory.

jstudent@zoo>pg example.txt This should display the file on the screen.

jstudent@zoo>pico example.txt This pulls the file example.txt into Unix Editor pico, so you may make changes. Use Ctrl-X to save and exit.

jstudent@zoo>logout
Logout when you are finished!
how to create a signature file
student@zoo>pico .signature

This will put you in the editor, ready to type what you want for a signature file. Start by hitting enter once or twice and type a separator line across the top like ***********************************************************.
what is the equivalent of putty
terminal (in the utilities in the applications folder)
discrete quantitative example
# of petals on flower
continuous quantitative example
height
Bar charts
Show #s proportions or other ratios qualitative or discrete
Grouped bar chart
compare two or more categories
stacked bar chart
picture of how a total breaks down into its parts. place bars on top of one another.
histograms
to show quantities and proportions, continuous variables though
population pyramids
illustrate variations in gender and age. two horizontal histograms
pie charts
alternate to bar charts. used to compare proportions
scatterplots
show how two variables co-vary
line charts
developments over time (continuous). Alternative to histograms
area charts
development over time. shows a whole is divided into parts
flow charts
flow between different states or between different regions
boxplots
show variations both within and between groups at the same time
density maps
dots symbolize whatever you want to in each state
chloropleth maps
different areas have different patterns to reflect differences in ratios like proportions or averages
=SUM(B3:B5) EXEL COMMAND
Formula to sum a column from cell b3 to b5. You may also place the box on the cell below a column of numbers and press the Sumation smarticon to insert the formula automatically
F5 EXEL COMMAND
Go to any cell in the spreadsheet. You may also pull down the Edit menu and choose Goto.
HOME
Returns the column to A
Justify:
Click on one of the alignment buttons on the tool bar, or, pull down Format, choose Cells, and then Alignment.
Show Formulas:
Hold down the Ctrl key and press ~ (tilde) Note: Formula view will not align or justify Right.
SHARING PATH
-pc (ex:morril hall)
-hub
-network cable
-data switch
-fiber optic cable
-zoo cluster (starts with mouse->skopi>-elk->gnu)
-Machine room (ex:waterman)
-hard disk array
-One hard drive -->(Home directory-->email, pc backup, public html)
30,000 years ago
-homosapiens
-fire
-hunting with spears
23,000 years ago
bow and arrow
20,000 years ago
SEWING: HOODS, GLOVES, FOOT MITTENS
13,000 years ago
North America invaded
12,000 years ago
ice age retreat begins
11,000 years ago
-sheep domesticated
-beginnings of agriculture
10,000 years ago
-wheat
-goats
8,000 years ago
-CATTLE IN EUROPE
-MILLET IN CHINA
-PEPPERS, TOMATOS, SQUASH IN MESO AMERICA
7,000 years ago
-corn in americas
-rice in asia
6,500 years ago
-sumeria wheel
5,500 years ago
-writing
-irrigation
5,000 years ago
cities
2,000 years ago
rome
1,000 years ago
vikings
age of exploration
-coal use
-oil
1790
flag signal towers
1845
morse code
1860
FIRST TRANS-ATLANTIC TELEGRAM (CABLE FAILURE)
1861
APRIL-OCTOBER PONY EXPRESS (MO-CA)
1876
telephone
1906
vacuum tube
1915
NY-SAN FRANCISCO RADIO-LINK TELEPHONE CALL
1927
NY-LONDON RADIO-TELEPHONE ($75/5min)
1947
TRANSISTOR
1956
FIRST HARD DISK (5MB $50,000)
1958
laser
1960
FIRST COMM. SATELLITE
1963
MOUSE invented by Doug Engelbart
1964
moore's law
1966
-fiberoptic
-moonwalk
1970
BEGINNING OF INTERNET 4 HOSTS
1971
23 hosts
1973
UNIX, EUROPE ON NET (LONDON, NORWAY)
1978
TCP/IP
1982
200 HOSTS
1983
500 hosts
1984
1,000 hosts
1986
5,000 hosts
1987
10,000 hosts
1988
60,000 hosts
1989
100,000 hosts
1990
WWW
J.R. Licklider
Had the idea of a computer network of shared data
Sputnik
-first moves to create internet
-USSR 1957
The army Pentagon office of Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
-was granted money to start the first digital network (bob taylor)
gamma rays
have a wavelength of 10 to the negative 6 microns or less
radiowaves are...
the longest
visible narrow spectrum
from .4 microns (blue) to .7 microns (red)
apple
-first to successfully sell personal computers (then IBM)
Gary Kildall
-created the CP/M operating system and was unsuccessful with it for IBM
-founded Digital Research, Inc. (DRI)
-saw microprocessors as fully capable computers rather than equipment controllers and to organize a company around this concept.[
pixels
pictured elements
* 8 bits of red blue and green
scanned images
bitmap files (.BMP)
ways to compress
-runtime algorithm
-reduced color pallette
example of an image link
<a href=http://www.somewhere.com><img alt="NASA Logo" src=picture.gif></a>
email link examples
<a href=mailto:youremail@uvm.edu>Send me e-mail</a>

<a href="http://www.uvm.edu/talk_to_us/?email=Jonathan.Leonard%40uvm.edu" id="contactus" name="contactus">Contact Jonathan Leonard</a>
<pre>
preserve the format of the original text.
example of text onto web page
<html>
<head> <title> pre tag example </title> </head>
<body>
<pre>
Here is where the large text file
would be inserted.
</pre>
</html>
example of a table
<table border cols=2 width="20%" bcolor="#99FF99" >
<caption>Number of Nuclear Warheads Worldwide<br>
Data Source: Vital Signs 2007-2008, WorldWatch.org</caption>
<tr>
<td>1980</td>
<td>55,246</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1990</td>
<td>59,239</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2000</td>
<td>32,632</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
zoo permission number meanings
* 0 No Permission at all
* 1 Execute Only
* 2 Write Only
* 3 Write and execute
* 4 Read only
* 5 Read and execute
* 6 Read and write
* 7 Read, write, and execute
***chmod = change mode
example of head section of webpage
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet1.css">
<title>CALS 85/002 Lab 8 Web Page 2</title>
</head>
example of webpage coloring
body {background-image: url("");
background-color: aqua}
h1 {color: blue; font-family: Arial;}
h2 {color: black; font-family: Arial;}
h3 {color: red; font-family: Arial;}
p {font-size:12pt; font-family: Arial; margin-left: 15px}
a:link {color:blue}
a:visited {color:cyan}
a:hover {color:black}
a:active {color:aqua}
needs to be included at the top of an html file so the browser processes the file correctly
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<h1>
Largest header
<p>
paragraph with surrounding space
<hr>
horizontal rule
<br>
line break with no surrounding space
<em>
emphasized text
center images
<div style="text-align: center;"> Text or images </div>
font value sizes
xx-small, x-small, small, medium, large, x-large, xx-large
***You may also use font sizes such as 14pt, 32mm, or 2em
<ul> and <ol>
unordered list and ordered list
order of smallest to largest storage
-3.5 hd diskette
-standard cd
-dvd
-hd-rom
-hard disk
-zoo's hard disk array
-zoo's backup tape drive 4 peta bytes
dumb terminal
computers that took up whole rooms of space and people shared time on them via keyboard & monitor
larry roberts
coordinated bid designs
BBN (Bolt, Beranek, & Newman)
was awarded the money to build the first digital network between mainframe computers in 1968
Lenonard Kleinrock
developed the theory of packet switching
***Created the first router called IMP (internet message processor)
LOGIN
first message sent on the internet
***failed on G
how to change a signature
Log into zoo, and then from the zoo prompt use pico to edit your .signature file.Make the change, Ctrl-X to exit.
Compaq
first to reverse-engineer the IBM PC
Where was agriculture first developed?
Iraq
Pipelining
The process by which a CPU can begin executing a second instruction before the first instruction is finished.
Intergalactic Digital Research, Pacific Grove, California
dominant PC Operating System company in the late 1970s and early 1980s when IBM was first designing the IBM PC
cd public_html
move you to the directory where all your web files are stored
example of a correct link
<A HREF=http://www.uvm.edu>UVM</A>
Linux
relatively new “GPL” or “copy lefted” open source license agreement that requires all useful alterations of the source code be made public
program flowchart
a figure that contains interconnected ovals, diamonds, and boxes that help programmers plan the development of their programs
What does netscape not display
bitmap files
HTTP (letters stand for)
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
URL (letters stand for)
uniform resource locator
HTML (letters stand for)
Hyper Text Markup Language