C.L. Test 76-100 Flashcards
A billionth of a second
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What is nanosecond?
A very short time
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What is nanosecond referred to?
Branch of technology devoted to producing devices on an atomic scale
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What is nanotechnology?
A few thousand atoms in width
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How large is a typical nanotechnology device?
A computer system designed to mimic the human brain
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What is neural networks?
To deal with real world problem
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Why were neural networks created?
The operation of oil wells on the continental shelf
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What is offshore drilling?
Hundreds of feet deep
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How deep can the water be for offshore drilling?
A machine that could theoretically runforever
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What is the perpetual motion machine?
The second law of thermodynamics
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What law proved the perpetual motion machine couldn’t run forever?
A method of finding an object by bouncing waves off it
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What is Radar?
Radio Detection And Ranging
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What is the acronym for RADAR?
Materials that may be left after commercial or laboratory processes
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What is radioactive waste?
Burying containers full underground
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How is radioactive waste stored?
The programs that run a computer
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What is software?