Ch1 Glossary
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| Cathode-ray tube (CRT) | A glass enclosure with a relatively flat face (screen) and a vacuum inside that will display the light generated from the bombardment of the screen by electrons.
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| CGS system | The system of units employing the Centimeter, Gram, and Second as its fundamental units of measure.
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| Difference engine | One of the first mechanical calculators.
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| Edison effect | Establishing a flow of charge between two elements in an evacuated tube.
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| Electromagnetism | The relationship between magnetic and electrical effects.
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| Engineering notation | A method of notation that specifies that all powers of ten used to define a number be multiples of 3 with a mantissa greater than or equal to 1 but less than 1000.
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| ENIAC | The first totally electronic computer.
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| Fixed-point notation | Notation using a decimal point in a particular location to define the magnitude of a number.
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| Fleming's valve | The first of the electronic devices, the diode.
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| Floating-point notation | Notation that allows the magnitude of a number to define where the decimal point should be placed.
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| Integrated circuit (IC) | A subminiature structure containing a vast number of electronic devices designed to perform a particular set of functions.
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| Joule (J) | A unit of measurement for energy in the SI or MKS system. Equal to 0.7378 foot-pound in the English system and 107 ergs in the CGS system.
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| Kelvin (K) | A unit of measurement for temperature in the SI system. Equal to 273.15 + °C in the MKS and CGS systems.
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| Kilogram (kg) | A unit of measure for mass in the SI and MKS systems. Equal to 1000 grams in the CGS system.
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| Language | A communication link between user and computer to define the operations to be performed and the results to be displayed or printed.
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| Leyden jar | One of the first charge-storage devices.
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| Menu | A computer-generated list of choices for the user to determine the next operation to be performed.
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| Meter (m) | A unit of measure for length in the SI and MKS systems. Equal to 1.094 yards in the English system and 100 centimeters in the CGS system.
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| MKS system | The system of units employing the Meter, Kilogram, and Second as its fundamental units of measure.
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| Nanotechnology | The production of integrated circuits in which the nanometer is the typical unit of measurement.
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| Newton (N) | A unit of measurement for force in the SI and MKS systems. Equal to 100,000 dynes in the CGS system.
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| Pound (lb) | A unit of measurement for force in the English system. Equal to 4.45 newtons in the SI or MKS system.
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| Program | A sequential list of commands, instructions, and so on, to perform a specified task using a computer.
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| Scientific notation | A method for desribing very large and very small numbers through the use of powers of ten, which requires that the multiplier be a number between 1 and 10.
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| Second (s) | A unit of measurement for time in the SI, MKS, English, and CGS systems.
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| SI system | The system of units adopted by the IEEE in 1965 and the USASI in 1967 as the International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites).
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| Slug | A unit of measure for mass in the English system. Equal to 14.6 kilograms in the SI or MKS system.
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| Software package | A computer program designed to perform specific analysis andtdesign operations or generate results in a particular format.
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| Static electricity | Stationary charge in a state of equilibrium.
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| Transistor | The first semiconductor amplifier.
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| Voltaic cell | A storage device that converts chemical to electrical energy.
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