C.L. TEST 57-75 Flashcards
What is an amplifier?
What is it used in?
A device that takes a small electrical signal and converts it into a larger one
Stereo systems an electrical guitars
What was the Apollo program ?
Who undertook the program?
A series of space flights
The United States
Who was Neil Armstrong?
What did he do?
The first man to set foot on the moon
Become the first man to set foot on the moon
What does AI stand for?
What is artificial intelligence ?
Artificial intelligence
The means of duplication or imitating
Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
What did he invent?
An inventor of the late 19 and early 20 century
The telephone
What was the Bell telephone?
Who invented it?
An invention formed from bells work
Alexandr graham bell
What is binary?
Where is it stored?
Anything composed of 2 parts
Banks of composites
What is the smallest unit of info?
What is a bit
A bit
The smallest unit of info
What is a sonic boom?
What is it like?
The sharp explosive sound generated by an airplane traveling at speeds greater than the speed of sound
Like a wake following a ship
What is a byte?
How many bits is it usually made up of?
A unit of info made up of bits
8 bits
What is Celsius?
What is the freezing point?
A temperature scale
Zero degrees
What was Chernobyl?
What happened?
A place in Ukraine
A melt down
What is a computer virus?
Some are what?
Program that enters a computer
Mild
What are cryogenics?
What is it a branch of?
The behavior of material at very low temperatures
Technology
Who was Thomas Edison?
What did he invent?
An inventor
The incandescent bulb
