info age-bio Flashcards

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who used pictographs to represent the words

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sumerian writing system

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2
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beginnings of egyptian

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heiroglyphic writing

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3
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writes the world’s first computer program

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augusta lady byron

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4
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father of info theory

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claude e shannon

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5
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where does the invention of telegraph happened

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great britain and US

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6
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used for compairing sequences

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BLAST

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7
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an information technology to store, organize which avail. of the form of seq.

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bioinformatics

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8
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computers and software were used for _____________________

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generating databases

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9
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tool to find coding regions and splice sites

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genefinder

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10
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stage of biotechnology

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ancient, classical, modern

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in 1859 he published the ‘on the origin of species

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charles darwin

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according to them, biotechnology is the process of harnessing ‘nature’s own’

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genentech

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13
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the early history as related to food and shelter

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ancient

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14
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defined as the vast variety of life forms in the entire erth

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biodiversity

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what is the eight home of mangyans

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iraya, alangan, tadyawan, tau-uid, bangon, hanunoo, ratagnoon

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16
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he standardized the dictionary english spelling

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samuel johnsons 1755

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17
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in 1876 what system were introduced

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dewy decimal system

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18
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kvorky invented at 1923

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televison of camera tube

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20
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lee deforest invented ____________ in 1906

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electronics amplifying tube

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21
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why UNIX op system was developed

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to handle multi-tasking

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22
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they agreed on a standard videodisc recording

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philips and MCA

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23
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in what country does the regularly scheduled tv broadcasting began

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US

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24
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in plant biotechnology, bioinformatics is found to be useful in _____________

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identifying diseases

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an interactice genome analysis tool
annonator
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in pharmaceutical industries, bioinformatics is the _____________
key to rational drug discovery
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the study of tools from living tings
biotechnology
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a stage where manipulates genetic information in organism
modern
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he published his findings on the direct link between yeast and sugars
louis pasteur
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genes determine structures of protein
hershey and chase
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they use moldy soybean curds as an antibiotic to treat boils
chinese
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_____________ invents the microscope
Zacharias Janssen
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who discovers cells (bacteria, red blood cells
leeuwenhoek
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when was First international conference on recombinant DNA technology
1975
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discovers PCR
Kary Mullis
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first genetically engineered whole food
FLAVRSAVR tomato
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a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations.
nationmaster
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a digital library of primary sources in American social histor
making of america
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from the University of Texas at Austin collection. Includes historical and thematic maps.
maps
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search and view pages from American newspapers
Chronicling America
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the Library of Congress historical digital collection.
american memory
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a free collection of e-books from ebrary plus additional reports
cyberbullying
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______________ was established because of a need to create databases of biological sequences.
bioinformatics
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_________ is now the world’s most popular search engine, accepting more than million queries daily.
google
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these are huge computer systems that can fill an entire room.
Mainframes
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provide network services to other computers.
Server
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touch screen for user input.
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
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most important contributions of advances in the Information Age to society
computers
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Hypercard was developed by ____________
Bill Atkinson
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the first complete personal computer
radioshack
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: first personal computer for the public
Microcomputer Kit
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Optical laserdisc was developed by
Philips and MCA
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first microprocessor chip
intel
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Beginnings of information science as ____________
discipline
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Planar transistor was developed by
jean hoemi
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who proposed the Theory of Information Age in 1982, “the Information Age is a true new age based upon the interconnection of computers via telecommunications”.
james R. messenger
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It is also called the Digital Age and the New Media Age because it was associated with the development of computers.
info age
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defined as a “period starting in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became effortlessly accessible through publications and through the management of information by computers and computer networks”
information age
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according to them “knowledge communicated or obtained concerning a specific fact or circumstance.”
webster's dictionary
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The largest land animal native to the Philippines
tamaraw
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announced that transgenic food is safe
FDA
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use genetic engineering to produce human insulin in E.coli
Genentech
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proposed that chromosomes carry genes
walter sutton