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31Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …
32Texas Instruments Incorporated — ▪ American company Introduction American manufacturer of calculators (calculator), microprocessors (microprocessor), and digital signal processors with its headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Founding and World War II research The direct… …
33Microcontroller — The die from an Intel 8742, an 8 bit microcontroller that includes a CPU running at 12 MHz, 128 bytes of RAM, 2048 bytes of EPROM, and I/O in the same chip. A microcontroller (sometimes abbreviated µC, uC or MCU) is a small computer on a single… …
34List of computing and IT abbreviations — This is a list of computing and IT acronyms and abbreviations. Contents: 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y …
35HP-48 series — The HP 48 is a series of graphing calculators using Reverse Polish notation (RPN) and the RPL programming language, produced by Hewlett Packard (HP) from 1990 until 2003. The series include the HP 48S, HP 48SX, HP 48G, HP 48GX, and HP 48G+, the G …
36Soft error — In electronics and computing, an error is a signal or datum which is wrong. Errors may be caused by a defect, usually understood either to be a mistake in design or construction, or a broken component. A soft error is also a signal or datum which …
37Resistor — A typical axial lead resistor Type Passive Working principle Electrical resistance Invented Ge …
38Embedded system — Picture of the internals of an ADSL modem/router. A modern example of an embedded system. Labelled parts include a microprocessor (4), RAM (6), and flash memory (7). An embedded system is a computer system designed to do one or a few dedicated… …
39Watch — For other uses, see Watch (disambiguation). Early wrist watch by Waltham, worn by soldiers in World War I (Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Inv. 47 3352) A watch is a small timepiece, typically worn either on the wrist or attached on a chain and carried in …
40Votrax — Inc. ((properly Votrax International, Inc. )), originally known as the Vocal division of Federal Screw Works or just Votrax , was a speech synthesis company located in the Detroit, Michigan area from 1971 to about 1996 (source?). It began as a… …
