Answer:
Grace Hopper.
Explanation:
Grace Hopper was a US Naval Rear Admiral and an American computer scientist who was born on the 9th of December, 1906 in New York city, United States of America. She worked on the first commercial computer known as universal automatic computer (UNIVAC), after the second World War II.
In 1953 at the Remington Rand, Grace Hopper invented the first high-level programming language for UNIVAC 1 by using words and expressions.
Additionally, the high-level programming language known as FLOW-MATIC that she invented in 1953 paved the way for the development of common business-oriented language (COBOL).
Hence, Grace Hopper developed the first compiler and conducted work that led to the development of COBOL.
Answer:
Blocking Mode
Explanation:
Spanning Tree Protocol is used to allow path redundancy in the network without creating cycles/circles also called loops.
When two parts of the switched network are connected via two or more Layer 2 switches this result in a loop.
This affects the performance of the network as the result of broadcast packets flooding.
STP puts one port of the switch to forwarding mode and the rest of the ports within the same part of the network to the blocking mode to avoid broadcast packet flooding. STP puts all the ports that are allowing redundant paths to blocking mode and the one port that is left after this is placed in forward mode.
Spanning Tree Algorithm is used by STP to determine the optimal path of switch to the network.
Bridge Protocol Data Units are used to share the information about the optimal path determined by the spanning tree algorithm with other switches.
This information helps STP to eliminate the redundant paths.
So this is how STP allows only one active path to the destination while blocking all other paths to avoid switching loop.
Answer: Redirection symbol
Explanation: Redirection symbol/operator is the special operator that is used in programs along with commands. The operators that are generally used are ">",">>","I" and "<". These commands are given in the section of the DOS commands and other command prompt sections. This is the process where the changes in input feed and output is analyzed and read through these commands.
