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Amwoga Khalwale 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
A Heap is a special Tree-based data structure in which the tree is a complete binary tree. There are two types of heaps: Min-heap and Max-heap. A min-heap is used to access the minimum element in the heap whereas the Max-heap is used when accessing the maximum element in the heap. In a Min-Heap the key … Read more
What is Concurrency? Concurrency refers to the execution of multiple instruction sequences at the same time. It occurs in an operating system when multiple process threads are executing concurrently. These threads can interact with one another via shared memory or message passing. Concurrency results in resource sharing, which causes issues like deadlocks and resource scarcity. … Read more
Lemons and limes are genetically different fruits, but they are closely related. There are some scientists who believe that lemons were originally produced as a hybrid fruit with limes and citrons which are a thick rind citrus fruit. This origin story of the lemon remains debated, but the fact remains that though limes and lemons … Read more
What Is the Raspberry Pi? The Raspberry Pi is a tiny computer about the size of a deck of cards. It uses what’s called a system on a chip, which integrates the CPU and GPU in a single integrated circuit, with the RAM, USB ports, and other components soldered onto the board for an all-in-one package. It doesn’t … Read more