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The Guidebook for Performance-Based Services Acquisition (PBSA) in the Department of Defense December 2000 is an outstanding resource with many examples and ideas; Army Material Command (AMC) Pamphlet 715-17, Guide for Preparation and Use of Performance Based Specifications; Interactive Internet presentation on performance-based services ...
Microsoft entered the operating system (OS) business in 1980 with its own version of Unix called Xenix, [19] but it was MS-DOS that solidified the company's dominance. IBM awarded a contract to Microsoft in November 1980 to provide a version of the CP/M OS to be used in the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC). [ 20 ]
A comparatively destitute country in 1951, [63] India has become a fast-growing major economy and a hub for information technology services; it has an expanding middle class. [64] Indian movies and music increasingly influence global culture. [65] India has reduced its poverty rate, though at the cost of increasing economic inequality. [66]
Species estimates shown here are based on numbers described scientifically; much larger estimates have been calculated based on various means of prediction, and these can vary wildly. For instance, around 25,000–27,000 species of nematodes have been described, while published estimates of the total number of nematode species include 10,000 ...
The Acts of Union 1707 declared that the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland were "United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain". [p] [22] The term "United Kingdom" has occasionally been used as a description for the former Kingdom of Great Britain, although its official name from 1707 to 1800 was simply "Great Britain". [23]