How the new technology works
Subtitle: a guide to high-tech concepts
By: by Robert J. Cone ; revised and updated by Patricia Barnes-Svarney.
Contributors: Barnes-Svarney, Patricia L.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oryx Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Phoenix, AZ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
Subjects: High technology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.