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Amwoga Khalwale What is a Pound? A pound is a unit of measuring mass that belongs to the imperial system of units. Pound is commonly used in the United States of America and the United Kingdom as a unit for measurement of mass. Pound can express both force and mass; and is generally abbreviated as ‘lb’ due … Read more
What Is Deliquescence? Deliquescence, the process by which a substance absorbs moisture from the atmosphere until it dissolves in the absorbed water and forms a solution. Deliquescence occurs when the vapour pressure of the solution that is formed is less than the partial pressure of water vapour in the air. Unlike hygroscopy, however, deliquescence involves absorbing sufficient … Read more
What Is Unit Banking? A unit bank is a type of bank under which banking operations are carried by a single office and they limit their operations to a limited area. Unit banks do not open any branch in other places and is more responsive to local needs. The management and control of unit banks … Read more
What is Smoke Testing? Smoke Testing is a type of software testing which is usually performed on initial software builds to make sure that the critical functionalities of the program are working absolutely fine. Smoke testing in technology is now broadly used to test product features in a limited time. If key features don’t work, … Read more
What Is Polyp? Polyp is one of two principal body forms occurring in members of the animal phylum Cnidaria. The polyp may be solitary, as in the sea anemone, or colonial, as in coral, and is sessile (attached to a surface). The upper, or free, end of the body, which is hollow and cylindrical, typically has a mouth surrounded by extensible tentacles that bear … Read more
What Is Abstraction? Abstraction is the process of hiding the internal details of an application from the outer world. Abstraction is used to describe things in simple terms. It is used to create a boundary between the application and the client programs. Abstraction can be of two types, namely, data and process/control abstraction. Data abstraction … Read more
What Is Catabolism? Catabolism is a metabolic process used for breakdown of complex or large molecules (such as polysaccharides, lipids, nucleic acids and proteins) to simple small molecules (such as monosaccharide, fatty acids, nucleotides and amino acids, respectively). During the catabolism process energy is released from the bonds of the large molecules being broken down. … Read more
What Is Cell Wall/Plasma Membrane? The cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane (PM) or cytoplasmic membrane, and historically referred to as the plasmalemma) is a biological membrane that separates the interior of all cells from the outside environment (the extracellular space) which protects the cell from its environment. The cell membrane consists of a lipid bilayer, including cholesterols (a lipid component) that sit between phospholipids to maintain their fluidity at various temperatures. The membrane … Read more
Indigenous Breeds of Cattle Indigenous cattle are medium-sized breeds that are mostly kept in communal areas. These animals are well adapted to harsh local environment, which is characterized by high temperatures, prolonged dry periods, pests and diseases. They also exhibit exceptionally good fertility under any condition. Indigenous cattle are excellent foragers and will graze and … Read more
Both AngularJS and NodeJS custom web development frameworks have been designed for developing web applications with the help of JavaScript. However, both of them tend to differ on grounds of architecture and the functionalities. What is AngularJS? AngularJS is a type of structural framework that developers use when they need to create dynamic web applications that … Read more