What are widgets and how are they used? How do they differ from mashups?

What will be an ideal response?


A widget is a small, prebuilt chunk of code that executes automatically in an HTML Web page to perform a specific task. Many are free. Social networks and blogs use widgets to present users with content drawn from around the Web (news headlines from specific news sources, announcements, press releases, and other routine content), calendars, clocks, weather, live TV, games, and other functionality. Mashups are a little more complicated and involve pulling functionality and data from one program and including it in another. The most common mashup involves using Google Maps data and software and combining it with other data.

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All of the following statements regarding available-for-sale debt securities are true except

A) premiums and discounts are amortized. B) Interest Income may be debited at the time of acquisition. C) the securities will be valued using the lower of cost or market method. D) realized gain or loss is the difference between the amortized cost of the bonds and the proceeds from their sale.

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Procedures for examining differences between more than two means are called distribution of variance

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Lillian is researching two different restaurant point-of-sale systems. She is starting a new café and hopes to have the program installed by the end of the month. It has taken her a few weeks to gather the information needed so that she can make the best decision. Lillian is making what type of decision?

A. nonprogrammed B. executive C. strategy D. programmed

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The dividend just paid on Thompson Industry stock was $2 per share and it is expected to grow 8% each year. If the stock is currently selling at $30 per share, what is Thompson's cost of equity? (Round to the nearest percent.)

A) 13% B) 18% C) 12% D) 15% E) 21%

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