What is an Accelerometer?

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A gyroscope is a device that contains a disc that is free to move and can respond to gravity as the device is moved. Three axes in the device sense how the disc moves and, therefore, can tell the direction of motion. An accelerometer is a type of gyroscope used in mobile devices to sense the physical position of the device. The accelerometer is used by the OS and apps to adjust the screen orientation from portrait to landscape as the user rotates the device. Apps such as a Compass, Carpenter's Leveler, and some game apps use the accelerometer to sense how the user is moving the device.

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Which of the OSI model layers has the main purpose of defining and negotiating data formatting?

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Explain where names such as COM, ORG, NET, EDU, GOV, MIL, BIZ, and INT fit into the Internet's DNS hierarchy.

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