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The document describes 3 tasks: 1) Lists processors by price (cheapest to most expensive) and performance (best to worst), identifying processor A as the fastest for multimedia and multitasking. 2) Identifies memory as best for running many programs simultaneously or critical applications, and storage devices for huge data storage/retrieval. 3) Compares two laptops, identifying the Acer as less expensive but with weaker performance than the Dell.

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The document describes 3 tasks: 1) Lists processors by price (cheapest to most expensive) and performance (best to worst), identifying processor A as the fastest for multimedia and multitasking. 2) Identifies memory as best for running many programs simultaneously or critical applications, and storage devices for huge data storage/retrieval. 3) Compares two laptops, identifying the Acer as less expensive but with weaker performance than the Dell.

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Task 1

a. List the processors described above by their price range (from the cheapest to the
most expensive).

CBA

b. List the processors described above by their performance (from the best to the
worst).

ABC

c. Which of the above processors would be the fastest when used for multi-media
production and multi-tasking (running 10 or more applications at the same time)?

Task 2

a. Simultaneously running a number of programs

Memory

b. Running a speed-critical application

Memory

c. Storing and retrieving huge volumes of data

Storage devices

d. Purchasing a basic configuration, to be upgraded later as needed

Disk controller interfaces


Task 3

 
Acer 6930Z    
DELL Latitude D531
 

Manufacturer Windows Vista OS Windows VISTA

Processor AMD Athlon X2 QL-60 1.8GHz AMD Turion X2 TL-56 Dual Core


(2x1900 МГц) Processor

Memory (maximum upgrade capacity) RAM 3 ГБ (667 МГц), HDD 250 ГБ 2GB (2048MB) DDR2

Screen size 16" (1280x800) 14.1

Weight 2.7kg 3.1kg

Graphics card Intel Pentium T3400 Processor  

USB USB 2.0 Type A USB 2.0

Firewire 1 1

CD-ROM 1 1

DVD-ROM 1 1

Communications (e.g.wireless, Ethernet) wireless and Ethernet wireless and Ethernet

Battery life 2 hour  

Price 150$ 240$

Available Rebate    

Task 4

a) How does dictionary-based compression work?

Use dictionary-based compression to compress the message below:

sea shells, sea horses, and seals are in the sea.

Dictionary compression replaces variable lengths with short codewords.


Compression occurs by replacing long strings with short ones.

b) How many bytes does the message above contain (each character is 1 byte
including spaces)?

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c) Create a compression dictionary and calculate its size in bytes.
#sea 4 bytes
d. What is the compressed the message?

Message compression is data algorithmization performed in order to increase the


amount of data they receive

e. How many bytes did the entire compression use?


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f. Is dictionary-based compression a lossy compression? Explain.
A dictionary encoder, sometimes also known as a placeholder encoder, is a class of
non-shift data compression algorithms that works by finding a match between
compressed text and a set of strings contained in a data structure
g. What is the size of the file before and after compression? What is the compression
ratio of compress1.zip to the original file?
The size of the file before is 8K, and is 4K after compression. The compression ratio is
2:1
h. What is the compression ratio of compress2.zip to compress1.zip? Explain what is
happening.

The compression ratio is 3.04 : 3.11 . Because compress1.zip has be compressed ,


there is no space to be recompressed , on the other , the new compress file-
compress2.zip contains more massage used to compress , such as dictionary , so
the ratio of them become bigger , it is unnecessary to compress the file be
compressed , especially the text file .

i. Is this a lossy or lossless compression? What do you think would happen if you kept
on compressing the file successively?

This is a lossless compression . Is I kept on compressing the file . the compression


ratio should become bigger and bigger , the new compression file should occupy
more space .

j. Is lossy compression appropriate for compressing images? Is it appropriate for hard


disk backups? Provide explanations for both parts.

Lossy compression is appropriate for compressing Images , because in the


images , there are some details should not to be adverted , on the other hand ,
naked eye can't distinguish many details , such as boundary , the color with high
resolution ratio . But it isn't appropriate for hard disk backups , because the files
in the hard disk , must to be uncompressed if necessary , with none changes and
destroyed . This kinks of file must be compress by lossless compression .

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