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German Silver is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc. It is composed of 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc. Due to its white-silverish appearance it is named as german silver but it contains no silver in it.

We encounter cycle stealing in the context of Direct Memory Access (DMA). Either the DMA controller can use the data bus when the CPU does not need it, or it may force the CPU to temporarily suspend operation. The latter technique is called cycle stealing. Note that cycle stealing can be done only at specific break points in an instruction cycle.

1558 AD

Father of Civil Service in India is Lord Carnwallis.

A tone in music is a sound that has definite pitch. Pitch is nothing but the relative highness or lowness of a sound.

Land breezes are more common during winter and fall season. It occurs as it becomes night, the air on the land colls fast and air on the water surface are warmth than that and begin to rise.