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.
Describe the pine cone in terms of structure and function. The female pine cone is a compact structure formed from a central axis with whorls of sporophylls (scales) attached. The sporophylls are scale-like structures with two ovules at the base of each. The scales are open when the female cone is young in order to accept pollen delivered by the wind. After pollination the scales of the female cone close. The cone develops and enlarges over the next year or two as the pollen tube grows through the micropyle towards the archegonium. After fertilization the female cone becomes even larger and woody. When the seeds are completely developed the pine cone opens up to release the seeds.