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Issue #212 March 2008
Across
6. BLURB—A short description or praise on a book, DVD, or web site
8. ACCELEROMETER—An instrument used to measure acceleration on a sensor
9. WHEATSTONE—Created the Playfair cipeher in 1854
12. GEOLOCATION—A PC’s ’Net-connected location
15. HELICAL—Shaped like a spiral or coil
16. HANDHELD—A mobile electronic device that fits in your hand
17. MAGIC—Smoke produced by dysfunctional circuits
18. COOLIDGE—Think: General Electric Research Lab, ductile tungsten, 1927 IEEE Edison Medal
19. BERKELEY—Project Genie began at this University of California campus in 1964
Down
1. NETIQUETTE—The conduct and unofficial rules that regulate interaction and behavior on the Internet
2. SILICON—The main material used in most semiconductors
3. COPYRIGHT—Legal protection that enables the creator of original material to restrict the use and reproduction of their work
4. USART—A receiver/transmitter that decodes parallel data from a CPU into serial bits
5. BOOLEAN—A datatype that has two values, “1” and “0.”
7. BOTTLENECK—This occurs when the operation of an entire system is restricted by one component
10. HEADSET—A headphone and microphone that are used to communicate over a telephone
11. BIG—This type of “iron” refers to a fast supercomuter
13. ARCHIMEDES—The ancient Greek engineer, mathematician, and astronomer who was killed in Syracuse in 212 BC.
14. FIDELITY—Fi
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