How Do Operating Systems Solve the Problem of a Thief

question 20

Essay

How do operating systems solve the problem of a thief stealing a password file and seeing that his password and another password hash to the same value?

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Definitions:

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenue and total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs, representing the profits that exceed normal expected profits.

Marginal Revenue

The surplus earnings generated by the sale of one extra unit of a product or service.

Output

The quantity of goods or services produced in a given time period by a firm, industry, or country.

Output

The complete sum of outputs, whether goods or services, created by an enterprise, industry, or economic entity.