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March 15

Business Intelligences

Which company provide best business intelligence services? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oliviaadam (talk • contribs) 08:23, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Business intelligence is a pretty big and diverse field. Different companies would be the best depending on what perspective you look at it. --Hofhof (talk) 14:07, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hospital management Software

How hospital management software is beneficial for patients and doctors? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aimeeadam (talk • contribs) 09:07, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How does your textbook or instructor define "hospital management software"? An average hospital will have an electronic medical record system, a laboratory ordering and reporting system, a medication prescription and fill system, a scheduling and admissions system, a payroll system, a coding and billing system, a bed management system, etc... 209.149.113.5 (talk) 12:32, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Is this a homework question?--Aspro (talk) 13:07, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Javascript

What is the right way to type a Object destructing in Js (a new feature of ES16), like as:

const duration = this

I know it uses to save in syntax so we will have less syntax. I am new to Js btw.

85.182.59.1 (talk) 09:47, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Where do these lists come from?

Okay, I didn't ask the question correctly earlier. There are four sets of lists, two of which are on Wikipedia. The Wikipedia lists change as I type either in the heading or the edit summary. Apparently each list is in alphabetical order and each new heading or edit summary gets added, but as I type a different list appears. I can't get rid of the useless entries, but it would be nice to have certain frequently used headings or edit summaries, and with enough typing I can get those.

List category number three appears if I click at the top of the page where the URL is. Sometimes. This list isn't in any order I can see and doesn't change frequently. I can't necessarily say these are web sites I go to frequently, but they might be. I don't know where they came from.

List category number four appears when I do a search in a newspaper web site. After reinstallation of Windows, the list never changes and what is on the list isn't useful, but what I type in nearly every case never seems to appear. You would think what I type there would get added.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:34, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment to others - Do you think the user is describing some kind of Auto-Fill browser problem? - X201 (talk) 17:12, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not describing a problem if that's the way it works. Although it is a problem if I want to make changes in this.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:21, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it sounds like as you type it suggests possible things you might be trying to type. This is fairly common behavior these days. In some cases, the list is generated from things you typed into that blank before (like the Wikipedia edit summary), while in other cases it's just choosing from the total list available, like when typing in the Wikipedia search bar. I've also seen Google Chrome go a bit further and do some spelling correction when finding matches. So, if I type "doanld" it might suggest "Donald Trump". StuRat (talk) 03:18, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea what the hell you're talking about. Are we supposed to guess what lists these are and what format they're in? Are you able to post links to the Wikipedia articles you're referring to? Matt Deres (talk) 02:58, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Matt Deres if you can't be nice please don't try to help.

And there are no links to Wikipedia articles. The lists appear when I try to the edit summary or heading regardless of which article or even whether it is article space or not article space.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 14:20, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

One question that has not been answered, which I don't know how to ask, is where the lists are coming from in the place where the URL goes, or where the lists are coming from when I type in the search box on a newspaper web site. The only information I can provide is that I use Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge, and that's as much as I can do. I've forgotten how to send a screen shot but it won't help since I can't seem to generate these lists lately.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 14:23, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Vchimpanzee: While Matt Deres was not as civil as they might have been, your "bug report" was one of the worse I have ever seen. If you have the time, read http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html; if not, the short version is that you should report such things with the I did (such-and-such elementary steps described with enough detail that someone else can reproduce them without having to guess anything); it did (precise description of the problem/error/unexpected behavior encountered) [while I expected (description of the expected behavior) - not mandatory]. From your original report, we do not know what you typed in which box to make what list appear or the contents of such list. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 17:06, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies; you said there were two lists on Wikipedia. I foolishly took that to mean that the lists were on Wikipedia. Modern browsers remember previously filled data. What you'll see is a list of previous bits of data you entered, filtered to only show ones that match what you've begun typing. I don't think you've entered any edit summaries on this section yet, so nothing should pop up if you try to enter something while replying to this because any entries shown would have to begin with /* Where do these lists come from? */ . However, if you enter "X" in the edit summary (after the /* Where do these lists come from? */ bit), save the page and then go to edit it again, /* Where do these lists come from? */X should appear in the list. You should be able to delete ones you don't want to keep by pressing the up or down keys on the keyboard and pressing the delete key when you get to the ones to be removed. Matt Deres (talk) 00:39, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Tigraan it is not possible to report what I am having a problem with in the format you suggest. I do the best I can, and all I seem to get half the time from this reference desk is criticism. I tried copying and pasting examples and it doesn't work, so only a screen shot, if that is possible, would illustrate what I'm trying to do.

Matt Deres I'll try what you suggested if I can get it to work. Thanks. Now, I still don't know what to do outside of Wikipedia, but again, it would have to be a screen shot.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:35, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Matt Deres it didn't work. I typed "Y" on a user talk page and got that list. "Your help desk question" does appear so I select that. However, when I pressed the down arrow it made the next item appear in the heading box, and if I had wanted to save it, it would have been the heading. The item continued to appear in my list of choices even when I started over.

Tigraan I have another question to ask that I can't get a response for on another site. I'll try your way of asking it.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:19, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And what happened when you pressed the delete key? When you start typing out the edit summary, a list of previous edit summaries should appear, filtered to only show those which match whatever you've begun actively typing. If you press one of the up/down arrows, different options will be highlighted blue (if you're in Firefox; I don't know if the others use the same colour). Pressing <enter> will cause whatever's highlighted to populate the edit summary and pressing the <delete> key should remove it from the list of options. Note that on Firefox, at least, it seems that you must press <delete> to remove them - <backspace> seems to only affect what is actively in the edit summary (not exhaustively tried out). If it's awkward using the arrow keys, you can carefully make use of the mouse to do the same thing (but clicking either button causes the text to populate, not delete). Matt Deres (talk) 21:15, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I thought I had mentioned I use Microsoft Edge. That was on another question. Let me try again.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:50, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, what happens when I press "delete" after typing Y in the heading box and using the down arrow, which causes the item I want to delete to appear in white on a blue background in the heading box, is the heading box is blanked and the item I want to delete from the list below turns blue.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:56, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

On another site I received advice about how to save a screen shot. For the lists that are not on Wikipedia, I have that saved in Paint if someone can tell me what to do with it.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:32, 19 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

See the "Upload File" link on the left side of the screen, under Tools ? That will allow you to upload a pic to your account. First make sure you do a Paint + Save As in a format that Wikipedia can upload. Once you get that done, we can help you to post it here. StuRat (talk) 21:32, 19 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I saved it as mercuryturnpike.png but other than that I don't know how to do anything. Also, it has some personal information and possibly copyrighted information that I was told I should not have uploaded here the last time I did this.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 16:25, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And it was easier than I thought finding where I asked how to share a screenshot before. I have the file if I can email it to someone and then maybe they can remove the copyrighted information, if any, and show just what it is than I'm trying to communicate.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 16:31, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot upload this file. I can't prove it is free. Trying to do it as fair use causes me to be blocked. Doing it as neither blocks me.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:33, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There were other methods of uploading. The file is :File:Mercuryturnpike.png so if someone can take a look at that and figure out what to do with it before it has to be deleted because its copyright status is almost certainly unacceptable, I would appreciate it.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:39, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Input & Output

I possess two entitled units:

a) one with a cord consisting 1 ‘’input’’ and 2 ‘‘output’’ (one for ‘’mic’’ and one for ‘’headphone’’)

b) one (without a cord) consisting 1 ‘’input’’ and 2 ‘‘output’’ (both can be used either for ‘’mic’’ and or ‘’headphone’’ depending on the ‘’input’’ insertion port)

1) What are they called and where could I buy the originals from? Current ones I bought/possess are faulty quality (looks wise as well as usage wise).

103.67.159.173 (talk) 16:21, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like you are talking about "patch cords" used in audio equipment. They are very common. You use the end connections to describe them, such as "1/4 male to XLR male". They aren't hard to find once you know which specific cable you need. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 16:48, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the unit "without a cord" could be a patch cord! Original poster: please say more about how these units are used, what they're connected to, that sort of thing, and them maybe someone can help you without guessing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.71.6.254 (talk) 04:20, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mic input is more sensitive than Line In. Earphone / Phones Output is more powerfull than Line Out. Line Out and Line In, also called AUX are compatible. The old German DIN connector, globaly known and also used for old AT/XT keyboards od MIDI interfaces, but not totally electrical incompatible in all these applications had al lower signal voltage than XLR, Line and Cynch analog interfaces. --Hans Haase (有问题吗) 11:08, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Audio editing software for an old Mac G4

I've got hold of an old G4 Mac and it's running OSX version 10.3.9 and I wanted to put some audio editing software on it. Maybe Logic or Sound Forge? Can anyone tell me if this is possible and what versions I would need, and where I could get them?? The processor is 450MHz and it has 1Gb of RAM. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.93.144.187 (talk) 22:38, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Try Audacity (audio editor) --Hans Haase (有问题吗) 10:59, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]