planning ahead and time management

What did Nasa achieve in the Summer of 1997?

Translate the following sentence into Arabic. "Pathfinder was, in effect, procrastinating: keeping itself fully occupied but failing to do its most important work.”

What is the Arabic meaning of "bug"?

• ميكروفون مخفي، جهاز صغير يستخدم للتنصت
  (Bug as a noun: A small hidden microphone used for surveillance. Example: They found a bug in the room.)

• يزعج، يضايق
  (Bug as a verb: To annoy or bother someone. Example: Stop bugging me while I'm working.)

• خطأ برمجي، خلل في برنامج الكمبيوتر
  (Bug as a noun: An error in a computer program. Example: The software has a bug that needs to be fixed.)

• حشرة صغيرة، كائن صغير مثل الحشرة
  (Bug as a noun: A small insect or creature like an insect. Example: There was a bug crawling on the floor.)

what is a scheduler?

What is the Arabic meaning of "simultaneously"?

• بشكل متكرر، مرارًا وتكرارًا

• بشكل منفصل، على حدة

• بشكل متزامن، في نفس الوقت

• بشكل متواصل، باستمرار

What is the Arabic meaning of "consolation"?

• إزعاج، مضايقة

  (Consolation as a noun: Annoyance or bother. Example: The constant noise was a great annoyance to the residents.)

  
  

• تعزية، مواساة
  (Consolation as a noun: Comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment. Example: Her friends offered her words of consolation after the loss.)

• تهنئة، مباركة
  (Consolation as a noun: Congratulations or blessings. Example: He received many congratulations on his promotion.)

• تحفيز، تشجيع
  (Consolation as a noun: Motivation or encouragement. Example: The coach's words were a great source of motivation for the team.)

Translate the following sentence into Arabic. "Maybe learning about the computer science of scheduling can give us some ideas about our own human struggles with time."

What is the Arabic meaning of "quadratic-time algorithm"?

• خوارزمية زمنية خطية، خوارزمية ذات تعقيد زمني خطي
  (A linear-time algorithm, an algorithm with linear time complexity: The time taken grows directly in proportion to the input size. If the input size doubles, the time taken also doubles. Example: Linear Search.)

• خوارزمية زمنية تربيعية، خوارزمية ذات تعقيد زمني تربيعي
  (A quadratic-time algorithm, an algorithm with quadratic time complexity: The time taken grows proportionally to the square of the input size. If the input size doubles, the time taken increases by four times. Example: Bubble Sort.)

• خوارزمية زمنية لوغاريتمية، خوارزمية ذات تعقيد زمني لوغاريتمي
  (A logarithmic-time algorithm, an algorithm with logarithmic time complexity: The time taken grows logarithmically as the input size increases. If the input size doubles, the time taken increases by a constant amount. Example: Binary Search.)

• خوارزمية زمنية ثابتة، خوارزمية ذات تعقيد زمني ثابت
  (A constant-time algorithm, an algorithm with constant time complexity: The time taken remains the same regardless of the input size. Example: Accessing an element in an array.)

In which order Linux would rank every single one of its tasks?

Translate the following statement into Arabic. "The programmers' counterintuitive solution was to replace this full ranking with a limited number of priority buckets. The system was less precise about what to do next but more than made up for it by spending more time making progress."

Explanations:

The statement describes a strategy used by programmers to improve the efficiency of a system. Here's a breakdown:

• Counterintuitive Solution: The programmers chose a solution that might initially seem illogical.

• Replace Full Ranking with Priority Buckets: Instead of ranking every task in detail, they grouped tasks into a few priority categories.

• Less Precise but More Effective: Although the system became less precise in deciding the exact order of tasks, it compensated by spending more time on actual progress.

In essence, the programmers simplified the decision-making process, allowing the system to focus more on getting things done rather than perfecting the order of tasks.