Explain the differences between fail-soft and fail-safe.

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Fail-soft is when the programming continues to operate but with possible loss of functionality. Fail-safe is when the program stops operating.

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Write a script that plays the “guess the number” game as follows: Your program chooses the number to be guessed by se- lecting a random integer in the range 1 to 1000. The script displays the prompt Guess a number between 1 and 1000 next to a text field. The player types a first guess into the text field and presses a button to submit the guess to the script. If the player's guess is incorrect, your program should display Too high. Try again. or Too low. Try again. in the browser’s status bar to help the player “zero in” on the correct answer and should clear the text field so the user can enter the next guess. When the user enters the correct answer, display Congratulations. You guessed the number! in the status bar and clear the text field so the user can play again. [Note: The guessing

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When you change the direction of one direction line, the pair of direction lines are ____.

A. no longer grouped B. merged C. locked D. independent of each other

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____________________ defines the range of numbers that identifies dynamic ports.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Which of the following is NOT an example of pull technology?

A. ?mailing lists B. ?online social networks C. ?podcasts D. ?newsgroups

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