info age-bio Flashcards
who used pictographs to represent the words
sumerian writing system
beginnings of egyptian
heiroglyphic writing
writes the world’s first computer program
augusta lady byron
father of info theory
claude e shannon
where does the invention of telegraph happened
great britain and US
used for compairing sequences
BLAST
an information technology to store, organize which avail. of the form of seq.
bioinformatics
computers and software were used for _____________________
generating databases
tool to find coding regions and splice sites
genefinder
stage of biotechnology
ancient, classical, modern
in 1859 he published the ‘on the origin of species
charles darwin
according to them, biotechnology is the process of harnessing ‘nature’s own’
genentech
the early history as related to food and shelter
ancient
defined as the vast variety of life forms in the entire erth
biodiversity
what is the eight home of mangyans
iraya, alangan, tadyawan, tau-uid, bangon, hanunoo, ratagnoon
he standardized the dictionary english spelling
samuel johnsons 1755
in 1876 what system were introduced
dewy decimal system
kvorky invented at 1923
televison of camera tube
lee deforest invented ____________ in 1906
electronics amplifying tube
why UNIX op system was developed
to handle multi-tasking
they agreed on a standard videodisc recording
philips and MCA
in what country does the regularly scheduled tv broadcasting began
US
in plant biotechnology, bioinformatics is found to be useful in _____________
identifying diseases
an interactice genome analysis tool
annonator
in pharmaceutical industries, bioinformatics is the _____________
key to rational drug discovery
the study of tools from living tings
biotechnology
a stage where manipulates genetic information in organism
modern
he published his findings on the direct link between yeast and sugars
louis pasteur
genes determine structures of protein
hershey and chase
they use moldy soybean curds as an antibiotic to treat
boils
chinese
_____________ invents the microscope
Zacharias Janssen
who discovers cells (bacteria, red blood cells
leeuwenhoek
when was First international conference on recombinant DNA technology
1975
discovers PCR
Kary Mullis
first genetically engineered whole food
FLAVRSAVR tomato
a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically
compare nations.
nationmaster
a digital library of primary sources in American social histor
making of america
from the University of Texas at Austin collection. Includes historical and
thematic maps.
maps
search and view pages from American newspapers
Chronicling America
the Library of Congress historical digital collection.
american memory
a free collection of e-books from ebrary plus additional reports
cyberbullying
______________ was established because of a need to create
databases of biological sequences.
bioinformatics
_________ is now the world’s most popular search engine, accepting more than
million queries daily.
these are huge computer systems that can fill an entire room.
Mainframes
provide network services to other computers.
Server
touch screen for user input.
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
most important contributions of advances in the
Information Age to society
computers
Hypercard was developed by ____________
Bill Atkinson
the first complete personal computer
radioshack
: first personal computer for the public
Microcomputer Kit
Optical laserdisc was developed by
Philips and MCA
first microprocessor chip
intel
Beginnings of information science as ____________
discipline
Planar transistor was developed by
jean hoemi
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
It is also called the Digital Age and the New Media Age because it was associated
with the development of computers.
info age
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
according to them “knowledge communicated or
obtained concerning a specific fact or circumstance.”
webster’s dictionary
The largest land animal native to the
Philippines
tamaraw
announced that transgenic food is safe
FDA
use genetic engineering to produce human insulin in E.coli
Genentech
proposed that
chromosomes carry genes
walter sutton
