C.L NOTES 76-100 Flashcards
- What is nanosecond?
A billionth of a second.
- What does nanosecond refer to?
The term is often
- What is nanotechnology?
A branch of technology devoted to producing devices on an atomic scale.
- How big in width is the working part of a typical, nanotechnology?
The working part of a typical nanotechnology device might be only a few thousand atoms in width.
- What is Neural Networks?
A computer system that is designed to mimic the human brain of some other biological system in its functioning.
- Why were Neural Networks, developed?
They were developed to deal with problems, like pattern recognition, that the brain does well but that traditional compute systems cannot handle easily.
- What is Offshore Drilling?
The operation of oil wells on the continental shelf, sometimes in water hundreds of feet deep.
- What is the public debate of Offshore Drilling?
Public debate about offshore drilling concentrates on the possibility that large oil spills will occur, with subsequent damage to the coastal environment.
- What is Perpetual-Motion Machine?
A machine that could run forever.
- What is the second law of Thermodynamics?
Such a machine is impossible, and to date non has ever been successfully demonstrated.
- What is Radar?
A method of finding the position and velocity of an object by bouncing a radio wave off it and analyzing the reflected wave.
What is Radar an acronym for?
Radar is an acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging.
- What is Radioactive waste?
Radioactive materials that may be left after a commercial or laboratory process has been carried out.
- Why has their been a public debate over radioactive material?
There has been considerable public debate over the safest means of storing the waste, which can remain dangerously radioactive for up to hundreds of thousands of years.
- What is software?
The programs and instructions that run a computer.
- What is software, opposed to?
As opposed to the actual physical machinery and devices that compose the Hardware.
- What is The Spirit of St.Louis?
A specially designed airplane that Charles Lindberg flew in the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
- What is Sputniks?
A series of satellites launched in 1957 and in following years.
- What is SST?
A commercial aircraft that flies faster than the speed of sound: STT stands for SuperSonic Transport.
- What is an example of SST?
The Concorde developed by the British and French, is an example of the SST.
- What is Stealth Technology?
The use of advanced design and specialized material to make an aircraft difficult or even impossible to detect by RADAR.
- When were Stealth aircraft 1st used?
Stealth aircraft were used for the first time in the Persian Gulf War, where they were highly successful.
- Who are the Wright Brothers?
Orville and Wilber Wright, American mechanics and inventors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who achieved the first sustained flight of a heavier-than-air-machine—what today we call the airplane.
- Where was the Wright Brothers, first flight made at?
Their flight was made at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.
- What is Achilles tendon?
A tendon connecting the heel bone with the calf muscle of the leg.
- What happened in Greek legend with Achilles?
In Greek legend the hero Achilles could be wounded only in the heel.
- What is acupuncture?
A technique which originated in China, for curing disease, relieving pain or bring about partial Anesthesia.
- Where do you insert the needles?
By inserting needles into the body at specific points.
- What are AIDS?
Acronyms for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a fatal disease caused by the human immunodeficiency VIRUS or HIV.
- What happens when you have AIDS?
The virus attacks, white blood cells thereby causing the body to lose its capacity to ward off infections.
- Where do people believe AIDS was originated from?
Believed to have originate in Africa, AIDS has become and Epidemic, infecting more than 25 million world wide.
- How many people had AIDS in 2006?
By the year 2006 it is estimated that more than 65 million will have contracted the disease, with some sources predicting, much higher numbers.
- What is Alcoholism?
A chronic disease with the excessive and habitual consumption of alcohol; the disease if left unattended worsens, and can kill the sufferer.
- What are side effects of Alcoholism?
It is associated with abnormal heart rhythms, certain cancers, birth defects, or subsequent abnormalities, and because of the loss of appetite, with poor nutrition.
- What is Anorexia Nervosa?
A psychosomatic disorder in which the sufferer refuses to eat and undertakes activities(such as self-induced vomiting) to bring about extreme weight loss.
- Anorexia, occurs at what age?
Occurs most often in young women aged 12-21 and often results in death if medical treatment is not obtained.
- What is Bacterial Infection?
Am infection caused by bacteria.
- What are the diseases of Bacterial Infection?
Diseases caused by bacterial infection include Diphtheria, Tuberculosis, and Typhoid fever.
- What is Benign?
A descriptive term for conditions that present no danger to life or well-being.
- What is the term “benign” describing?
The term “benign” is used when describing tumors or growths that do not, threaten the the health of an individual.
- What is Biofeedback?
A training technique, by which a person learns how to regulate certain body functions, such as heart rate, or brain wave patterns that are normally considered to be involuntary.
- How does a person learn?
Watching special monitoring instruments attached to the body that record changes in these functions.
- What is blood pressure?
The pressure of the blood against the walls of the blood vessels, especially the arteries.
- What is systolic pressure?
Which is the pressure when the left ventricle of the heart contracts to push blood through the body.
99.What is Blood type?
One of many groups into which a persons blood can be categorized, based upon the presence or absence of specific antigens in the blood.
- What is Blood Transfusions?
Can be given only between donors and recipients have “like” or compatible blood types; if the blood types are not alike then the blood of the recipient forms antibodies against the blood of the donor.
- What are Blood Vessels?
The flexible tubular canals through which blood circulates in the body.
- What are kinds of blood vessels?
Arteries, veins, and capillaries, are all kinds of blood vessels.
