GRE daily 10 words :Day 13

arduous = extremely difficult, hard
use = an arduous journey

sedate = calm and relaxed
use = The speed limit in many areas is a sedate 60 kph

ambidextrous = able to use both hands equally well
use = an ambidextrous painter

centigrade = a unit of measuring temperature
use = *

askance = to view with suspicion, scornfully
use = They looked askance at our scruffy clothes

rehabilitate = To restore to a former status
use = try to rehabilitate prisoners

extent = scope
use = the extent of his injuries

mollusk = sea animal with a soft body
use = Oysters are mollusks, as are snails

collateral = securities for a debt, or accompanying
use = She used her house as collateral for a loan

demarcation = a boundary or distinction
use = the line of demarcation 

He was unhappy these days. A few days later his unhappiness turned into severe depression. His heart felt like trapped between the two powerful forces; each one pulling it in the opposite direction. He went on extravagant shopping sprees, ate his favorite food, talked with his closest friends but nothing and no one brought peace to his doleful heart.

He opened his safe and took out some more money for his lavish spending. He thought of visiting Bali to cheer his dismal soul up. However, what that pitiable man didn’t know was that black money can buy everything but happiness.

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100 words fiction:break up

For three years she told him every hour of every day that she loved him. Then the girl got fed up. She realized he was dominating her life and in order to bring peace she had to throw him out. She did. He yearned. She disliked him. He begged. She hated him.

He said he couldn’t live without her. She said she was unsure of their future. He started writing imaginary letters to her. He would talk for hours about their imaginary future. When imagination took control of his sense he lost touch with reality and ended in lunatic asylum...

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Unit-IV

Chapter-14

Semaphores

Shared memory

Message queues

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GRE daily 10 words :Day 12

gregarious = sociable, outgoing
use = a gregarious person

meridian = circle passing through the two poles of the earth
use = The prime meridian of longitude is in Greenwich

dudgeon = resentment, indignant humor
use = After waiting over an hour for them, he drove off in high dudgeon

swindler = cheat
use = the swindler was jailed

fabricated = constructed, invented
use = a fabricated story

lewd = sexual in an obvious and rude way
use = a lewd suggestion

culminate = climax
use = Their many years of research have finally culminated in a cure for the disease

tribute = a gift or statement showing respect
use = Tributes have been pouring in from all over the world

fetter = to restrain, to bind
use = He felt fettered by a nine-to-five office existence

ancillary = supplementary, subsidiary, subordinate
use = ancillary unit 

Prisoners and hats puzzles: differnt

4 prisoners are caught and are to be punished. The Judge allows them

to be freed if they can solve a puzzle.

If they do not, they will be hung. They agreed.

The 4 prisoners are lined up on some steps (shown above). They are

all facing in the same direction. A wall separates the fourth man

from the other three.

So to summarize:-

Man 1 can see men 2 and 3.

Man 2 can see man 3.

Man 3 can see none of the others.

Man 4 can see none of the others.

The prisoners are wearing hats. They are told that there are two white

hats and two black hats. The men initially don't know what colour

hat they are wearing. They are told to shout out the color of the hat

that they are wearing as soon as they know for certain what colour

it is.

They are not allowed to turn round or move.

They are not allowed to talk to each other.

They are not allowed to take their hats off. Who is the first person

to shout out and why?

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BIND system call,creating a socket Queue ,requesting aonnectionss,closing a socket these are alll the topics discuused.....!A program describing the bind sys..call  also exits.......

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GRE daily 10 words :Day 11

desecrate = profane, to abuse something sacred
use = It's a crime to desecrate the country's flag

hypothetical = theoretical, speculative
use = a hypothetical example

ribald = coarse, vulgar
use = He entertained us with his ribald stories

court-martial = military trial
use = he had to face a court-martial for disobeying the commanding officer

dissonant = Harsh and unpleasant sounding
use = *

misconstrue = to misunderstand, fail to discover
use = Their caution was misconstrued as cowardice

circuitous = roundabout
use = a circuitous route

industry = business or trade, energy
use = *

inconceivable = unthinkable
use = It would be inconceivable for her to change her mind.

abduct = kidnap
use = abducted from his car 

introduction to ramsy numbers

Prove that at a party with six people there is a group of at least three mutual acquaintances or three mutual strangers.






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GRE daily 10 words :Day 10

elusive = evasive
use = Success, however, remained elusive for her

livid = enraged, reddened with anger
use = He was livid when he found out

correlation = mutual relationship, association
use = There's a high correlation between smoking and lung cancer

annex = to attach
use = turn left to go to the annex

nuisance = annoyance
use = power failure was a real nuisance

arbitrator = mediator, negotiator
use = *

headlong = hasty, rash
use = The car skidded and plunged headlong over the cliff

hygienic = sanitary, clean
use = It is not hygienic

flagrant = outrageous, shameless
use = a flagrant misuse of funds

annul = cancel, nullify
use = annul a law