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Issue #209 December 2007
Across
1. BUTTERWORTH—The type of filter with a frequency response that is a flat passband
4. SUBSYSTEM—A subordinate system
5. DPI—Dots per inch
6. BTW—By the way
8. CHECKPOINT—The saved state of a program that contains information needed to restart a system
11. SUPERCAP—A capacitor with a high energy density
13. MESSAGE—MSG
16. TIMESTAMP—A noted time relative to a starting point
18. NOBLE—Argon is which type of gas?
Down
2. WESTINGHOUSE—The American engineer (1846–1914) who invented the railroad air brake.
3. SERVOMOTOR—A device with an electrical input that controls the specific angular positions of a motor’s shaft
4. SPUTNIK—The first man-made object to orbit the Earth. The Soviet Union launched it 50 year ago.
7. ROCKER—An on/off switch that rocks
9. BREAKPOINT—A point in a program where operation may be stopped for debugging
10. HOMEBREW—Homemade
12. PIXEL—Picture element
14. ARRAY—An arrangement of data elements that are retrieved by indexing
15. BAT—Batch file (DOS)
17. INERT—Inactive
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