Design and implement a C program to do the following task with threads.
The program (the parent process) creates a number of threads ranging from 1 to 5, specified by the third argument in the input data file. The parent waits all the threads to be terminated with the ping command. Each thread runs the ping command as specified and then to be terminated. With a pipe shared by each thread and the parent process, the parent process gets the access of the result of each ping command run by a thread. With dup or dup2, the parent process reads the output of each thread.

Consider the following function main: int main() { int alpha[20]; int beta[20]; int matrix[10][4]; . . } a. write the definition of the function inputarray that prompts the user to input 20 numbers and stores the numbers into alpha. b. write the definition of the function doublearray that initializes the elements of beta to two times the corresponding elements in alpha. make sure that you prevent the function from modifying the elements of alpha. c. write the definition of the function copyalphabeta that stores alpha into the first five rows of matrix and beta into the last five rows of matrix. make sure that you prevent the function from modifying the elements of alpha and beta. d. write the definition of the function printarray that prints any onedimensional array of type int. print 15 elements per line. e. write a c11 program that tests the function main and the functions discussed in parts a through d. (add additional functions, such as printing a two-dimensional array, as needed.)

You have been supporting csm tech publishing's windows server 2016 server network for over a year. the office has two windows server 2016 servers running active directory and a number of other roles. management has informed you that a small sales office is opening in the same building three floors up. the sales manager wants to install a sales application on a server located in the sales office. this server will have limited physical security because there's no special room dedicated for it, which means it will be accessible to non-it personnel and visitors. you're considering installing windows server 2016 server core on the new server because accessing its console regularly probably won't be necessary, and this server will be managed from one of the other csm tech publishing servers. what are the benefits and drawbacks of using server core for this branch office? what are some things you should do to set up this server management environment?

The volume v and paper surface area a of a conical paper cup are given by where r is the radius of the base of the cone and h is the height of the cone. a. by eliminating h, obtain the expression for a as a function of r and v. b. create a user-de ned function that accepts r as the only argument and computes a for a given value of v. declare v to be global within the function. c. for v ! 10 in.3 , use the function with the fminbnd function to compute the value of r that minimizes the area a. what is the corresponding value of the height h? investigate the sensitivity of the solution by plotting v versus r. how much can r vary about its optimal value before the area increases 10 percent above its minimum value?