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Issue #216 July 2008
Across
2. PHOENIX—The robotic spacecraft that landed on Mars on May 25, 2008
3. CRAY—The “father of supercomputing” (1925–1996)
6. PROFILER—A software analysis tool used for studying the performance of a program
8. JIT—Just in time
10. NAK—Data received incorrectly
11. SUBCLASS—Derived class
12. PHOTOCURRENT—Electric current produced by the illumination of photosensitive material
13. HOFFMAN—Type of box that protects network equipment
14. COM—A type of serial port interface on a PC
16. SUITE—A group of programs produced by the same manufacturer
Down
1. LITHIUM—Li
2. PACKETSPACE—An area saturated with wireless networks
4. TRUMAN—U.S. president who received the results from the “Trinity” test
5. REVERB—Echo effect
7. DATASTREAM—A steady flow of information
9. ANGSTROM—0.1 nanometers
13. HOST—A computer that stores web documents for clients or users
15. MUTEX—An object that enables portions of computer code to share the same resource but not simultaneously
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