In 1996, the struggling NeXT company beat out Be Inc.'s BeOS in its bid to sell its operating system to Apple. Apple purchased Steve Jobs' company, NeXT on December 10, 1996, and its NeXTstep operating system.
Home Â» Carbohydrate. Definition. noun, plural: carbohydrates. Any of the group of organic compounds consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, usually in the ratio of 1:2:1, hence the general formula: Cn (H2O) n. Examples include sugar, starch, cellulose and gums.
Carbohydrates are organic molecules (contains carbon) that play an important part in organisms and cellular processes. They often contain significant amounts of chemical potential energy. Their most prominent role is in energy storage.ommon polymers of carbohydrates include cellulose (plant cell wall), chitin (fungus cell wall), and petidoglycan (bacterial cell wall). A carbohydrate generally has one carbon and oxygen atom for every two hydrogen atoms.