Bonus
This resource may be stored in “lakes,” or repositories of this resource in its raw format, on Microsoft Azure or AWS. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this resource that can be accessed by programming languages like SQL (“sequel”) while stored in namesake “bases.”
ANSWER: data [accept data lakes or databases]
[10h] Databases often follow the ACID standard, whose first letter stands for this property, to guarantee data validity. In databases with this property, either all operations occur or no operations occur.
ANSWER: atomicity
[10m] The “I” in ACID stands for “isolation,” which ensures that this technique does not change how instructions are evaluated. To facilitate this type of computing, many CPUs use multithreading.
ANSWER: concurrent computing [or parallel computing; or word forms like concurrency or parallelism]
<Edinburgh A, Other Science>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 82 | 16.22 | 85% | 51% | 26% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton A | Carleton B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| McGill A | Ottawa D | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| McGill C | Ottawa A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| McGill E | Ottawa C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ottawa B | McGill B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 60% | 40% |
| Florida | US | Y | 2 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 89% | 44% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 83% | 50% | 33% |
| North | US | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 67% | 100% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 15.00 | 92% | 50% | 8% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 11.25 | 75% | 25% | 13% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 75% | 75% | 25% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |