How the new technology works
a guide to high-tech concepts
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Word Count
30,500 words, Guess
Page Count
122 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1544511M
- ISBN-10089774652X
- OCLC Control Number24010580
- OCLC Control Numberhownewtechnology00cone
- Library of Congress Control Number91023603
and 2 more
- Goodreads7140516
- LibraryThing4964476
Classifications
- DDC600
- LCCT49 .C66 1991
Description
Discusses artificial intelligence, biotechnology and genetic engineering, the chip, cryogenics, digital image processing, electric power generation, fiber optics, the laser, machine vision, medical imaging, micromachining and nanotechnology, networking, online databases, optical data storage, robots, supercomputers, superconductivity, the electromagnetic spectrum, communications, digital signals, binary numbers, the metric (SI) system, bar coding, CAD (Computer-Aided Design), CAM (Computer-Aided-Manufacture), CCDs (Charged-Coupled Devices), ceramics, circuits, communications satellites, CRT (cathode ray tube), global positioning system (GPS), holography, integrated optics, LCD (liquid crystal display), microscopes, microwave oven, optical character recognition (OCR), planetary spacecraft, radar, semiconductors, sensors, and transistors.
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