Gartner, Inc. (www.gartner.com) defines TCO as the total cost of using and maintaining an IT investment over time. TCO calculations include a combination of direct costs (hardware, software, operations and administration) and indirect costs (end-user operations and downtime).
Cone Function. Each coniferous tree produces both male and female cones. Male cones are much smaller and less showy than their female counterparts. During spring, pollen produced from the male cones is carried by the wind through the female cones fertilizing their egg cells and prompting them to produce seeds.dentification. Seeds are found in both coniferous and flowering plants. They range widely in size, from tiny, barely visible grains to large, bulbous nodules two inches or more in length. Seeds can be firm and fleshy, rough and woody, or hard and smooth.
The parent plant disperses or releases the seed. If the seed lands where the conditions are right, the embryo germinates and grows into a new plant. Scientists divide seed plants into two main groups: plants with flowers and plants with cones. They also have special names for these groups. Plants that have flowers are called angiosperms5. Plants that hold their seeds in cones are called gymnosperms6.