1 It is less expensive to store data on tape or disk (the principal means of secondary storage) than to buy and house filing cabinets. 2  Data that is reliable and safe is less expensive to maintain than data subject to errors. 3  But the greatest savings can be found in the speed and convenience of filing and retrieving data.
Horse Anatomy: Withers. The withers are located above and just behind the horseâs shoulders where you would find the shoulder blades. They are the long thoracic vertebrae (roughly the 3rd through 11th) that support his head and neck. They are an important attachment point for the muscles of the torso.
Author: Dr. Bob Wright, 2001. When someone asks How tall is this horse?, the answer usually comes in units known as the hand.. It is a common unit of measurement now used only for quantifying the height of the horse. Tracing a tradition backward is a dicey proposition. We know that today a hand is 4 inches, with one inch increments, and the measurement is from level ground to the highest non-variable skeletal structure on the horse, the withers.