Instead of Selling Part of Its Operations,companies Sometimes Spin Off

question 9

True/False

Instead of selling part of its operations,companies sometimes spin off a business by separating it from the parent firm and distributing to its shareholders the stock in the newly independent company.

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Scalability

The ability of a system, network, or process to handle a growing amount of work, or its potential to be enlarged to accommodate that growth.

Remote Job Entry

A procedure that allows users or programs to submit jobs to a computer system from a remote location.

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Local Area Networks, which are networks covering a small geographic area, like a home, office, or building, for computers and devices to communicate within.

Mainframes

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