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Technology Flashcards

1
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Electrical flow that reverses periodically, most US houses use it

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Alternating Current (AC)

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2
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Unit of electric current

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Ampere

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3
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AM radio, strength of radio waves are varied

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Amplitude Modulation

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4
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NADA goal to put a man on the moon, ended in 1974

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Apollo Program

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5
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Program that put two men on the moon (Armstrong and Aldrin). Third crew member was Collins. July 20, 1969

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Apollo 11

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6
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The advanced research project agency network that Department of Defense created in the 60s to connect research and military. The technical foundation to the internet

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ARPANET

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7
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American Standard Code for Information Exchange that standardized communications between different machines. Replaced by UNICODE

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ASCII

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8
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Device powered by nuclear fission

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Atomic Bomb

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9
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Amount of data carried by a digital communication medium. Expressed in hertz

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Bandwidth

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10
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UPC, the barcode

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Universal Product Code

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11
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The speed of data transmission in a system expressed in bits per second

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Baud Rate

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12
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Inventor and scientist born in Scotland. Invented the telephone in 1876 and devoted most of his life to technology for deaf people

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Alexander Graham Bell

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13
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The smallest unit of information used in computing

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Bit

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14
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Nuclear reactor in which plutonium (among others) are created as byproducts

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Breeder Reactor

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15
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Unit of information made up of bits (typically 8)

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Byte

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16
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Stores electrical charge and returns it to the circuit

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Capacitor

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17
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CRT, used for early televisions and monitors

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Cathode Ray Tube

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18
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CD-ROM

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Compact disc read only memory

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19
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CERN located in Geneva with research based on particle physics

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European Council for Nuclear Research

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20
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Electric current easily passes through this (e.g. copper, aluminum)

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Conductor

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21
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A poor conductor (e.g. glass, wood, plastic)

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Dielectric

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22
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Elections flow in one direction (DC)

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Direct Current

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23
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What does DVD mean?

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Digital Versatile Disc

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24
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Inventor with over 1000 patents. Created the light bulb and phonograph

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Thomas Edison

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25
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A thin coat of metal applied to material

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Electroplating

26
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FM radio

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Frequency Modulation

27
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The point where the lever is balanced when force is exerted

28
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18th/19th century English inventor of the commercial steamboat. Introduced the North River Steamboat (aka Clermont) that sailed the Hudson River in 1807 with passengers taken to Albany and back

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Robert Fulton

29
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A thin cover of metal applied over iron or steel to prevent rust

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Galvanizing

30
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Founded Microsoft in 1977 with Paul Allen. IBM adopted his OS in 1981. (microcomputer software)

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Bill Gates

31
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22,000 miles above earth and rotates with the planet to remain over a particular spot

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Geosynchronous Satellite

32
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A reservoir for excess heat in machines

33
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A system operated or moved by a fluid

34
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Electrical currents store energy temporarily in magnetic fields before returning it to the circuit

35
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A material that does not easily transmit energy

36
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What does laser stand for?

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Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

37
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A second added during a year because the earth’s rotation is slowing down

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Leap Second

38
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Won the 1909 Nobel prize for physics. Inventor of wireless telegraph (forerunner to the radio)

39
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One million units (byte, hertz, watts)

40
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Nasa initiative of putting a man into orbit between 1961-1963

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Mercury Program

41
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Prefix meaning one billionth (used for seconds and in tech)

42
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Prefix meaning one trillionth (used for seconds, meters)

43
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A unit of electrical resistence

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Ohm (named for George Ohm)

44
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A supplemental operation used when power demand is high (often natural gas)

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Peaker Plant

45
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A part or accessory separate from the CPU (e.g. keyboard, mouse)

A

Peripheral

46
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Chemical products derived from oil and natural gas (most plastics)

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Petrochemical

47
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A series of instructions given to a computer to direct it on carrying out operations

48
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What does Radar stand for?

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Radio Detection and Ranging

49
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Solving problems in a linear fashion from start to finish

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Serial Processing

50
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The element that semiconductors are made from. Used in glass, concrete, brick, pottery

51
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Spacecraft that exploded after liftoff in 1986, killing all seven crew members

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Challenger

52
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The name of the aircraft that Lindbergh flew. First solo nonstop transatlantic flight from Long Island to Paris in 1927. Currently housed at the Smithsonian

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The Spirit of St Louis

53
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A civilian supersonic aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than the speed of sound

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Supersonic Transport (SST)

54
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A partial meltdown in 1979 happened at this nuclear site in Londonderry Township, PA

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Three Mile Island

55
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Between 300-3000 MHz

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Ultra High Frequency (UHF)

56
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Between 30-300 MHz

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Very High Frequency (VHF)

57
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Launched in 2002, blocks explicit content on televisions

58
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Landed in 1976 on Mars and sent photos and information about the surface back to Earth

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Viking Program

59
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Machine learning technology for voice recognition

A

Natural Language Processing

60
Q

The heating process to strengthen natural rubber

A

Vulcanization

61
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18th century Scottish inventor of steam engines that started the industrial revolution

A

James Watt

62
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A site in Nevada designed for permanent storage of nuclear waste

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Yucca Mountain

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