Suppose that economical associative memory were to become available. How might such associative memory be incorporated into future computer architectures to improve the performance of the hardware, the operating system, and user programs?
What will be an ideal response?
The point is simply that associative memory is useful for high-speed information
retrieval—a requirement common to hardware, operating systems, and user programs.
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Why is one condition on line 4 “i is greater than -1”?
``` 1 for each j, from 1 to the length of A – 1 2 temp = A[ j ] 3 i = j – 1 4 while i is greater than -1 and A[ i ] is greater than temp 5 A[ i + 1 ] = A[ i ] 6 i— 7 A[ i + 1] = temp ``` A. -1 is not a valid index of an array B. if i has been set to -1, it means the array is already sorted C. if i is -1, we cannot do any more one-assignment swaps, so we must exit the loop D. if i is -1, it means the array cannot be sorted
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Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that fraud investigations originate?
A) From the FBI B) From internal audits C) From anonymous tips D) From complaints by customers or vendors