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12/04/2005

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Who invented the condenser Microphone (1920)?
Definition
Bell Labs
Term
Who introduced the 33 1/3 RPM (1931)
Definition
RCA
Term
Who reintroduced the 33 1/3 RPM in 1948?
Definition
Columbia
Term
Who introduced an even better selling product: the 45 RPM single?
Definition
RCA
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In 1928 which German engineer made the first workable tape recorder?
Definition
Fritz Pfleumer
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Who demonstrated the magnetophon to the U.S. industry executive (1946)?
Definition
John Mullin
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Who develops multi-track recording in his basement?
Definition
Les Paul
Term
In 1841 who patented the Calotype process?
Definition
William Talbot
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Who invented the Collodion Wet Plate process in 1851?
Definition
Fredrick Archer
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What kind of film stock was used in George Eastman's box Camera?
Definition
Pre-loaded with 100 photographs to be taken
Term
Who shot the first film narrative "life of an american fireman" in 1902?
Definition
Edwin Porter
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Who increased storytelling abilities of film by relasing feature length films?
Definition
D.W. Griffith
Term
What film ushered in the modern film age? By Who?
Definition
Citizen Kane by Orson Welles
Term
What was considered ancient history of computing (1000 to 500 BC)
Definition
Abacus
Term
What did Joseph Marie-Jacquard use to program weaving looms?
Definition
Punch Cards
Term
What did IBM create known as the first "digital" computer (1939)?
Definition
Automatic sequence controlled calculator
Term
What was the first stored program computer (560bits, 1949)?
Definition
EDSAC
Term
What was the first commercially available computer (1951)?
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UNIVAC 1
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What was created in 1947 that led to miniaturization of electronic devices?
Definition
Transistor
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What led to the first microprocessor in 1970 Intel 4004?
Definition
Intergrated Circuits
Term
1975, first personal computer that did calculations, arithmetic, accounting?
Definition
Altair
Term
Who created the first personal computer (1981)?
Definition
IBM
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Supports thousands of users
Definition
Mainframe
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For single applications
Definition
Supercomputer
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Smaller verson of mainframe
Definition
Minicomputer
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Started as Dummy terminals
Definition
microcomputer.
Term
What is known as the speed at which the CPU executes? What's it measured in?
Definition
Clock Speed, its measured in Hertz
Term
What has collection of wires data travels on?
Definition
BUS
Term
What controls motherboards functions?
Definition
Chipset
Term
What holds data when power is off?
Definition
ROM
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What holds data when power is on?
Definition
RAM
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What is known as numbers expressed either 0 or 1?
Definition
Communications
Term
How many ones and zeros are stored in one byte?
Definition
8 bits
Term
What is a code used by computer which represents English Characters as numbers?
Definition
ASCII
Term
What is considered to have been the first "killer Application"?
Definition
VisiCalc
Term
How fast does sound travel through air?Does it need a medium?
Definition
1,130 feet per second, yes
Term
Change in frequency is change in _____?
Definition
Pitch
Term
What measures frequency?
Definition
RTA (Real Time Analyzer)
Term
What measures amplitude?
Definition
SPL meter
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What are the two types of waveforms?
Definition
Simple
Complex
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What is phase?
Definition
Timing difference between two copies of the same waveform
Term
When does a node occur?
Definition
When 2 waves 180 degrees out of phase create a pocket of silence
Term
When does an antinode occur?
Definition
When 2 waves in phase creates a reinforced wave
Term
what is transmission?
Definition
evergy of a sound wave strikes a barrier and puts that barrier in motion
Term
What is reverberation?
Definition
multiple reflection off of multiple boundaries
Term
What are the 2 types of magnets?
Definition
Natural magnets
Artificial Magnets
Term
What is the flux field?
Definition
Fields around particles that cause attraction and repulsion.
Term
What is an unbroken path current travels to produce work?
Definition
Electrical Circuit
Term
Standard AC receptacle
Definition
Neutral, Hot, and Ground
Term
P Power
I Current
E Electriomotive
R Resistance
Z Impedance
Definition
W WATTS
A AMPS
V VOLTS
O OHMS
O OHMS
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Resistor
Definition
Adds resistance, it can be fixed or variable
Term
Capacitor
Definition
Stores Electricity
Term
Transformer
Definition
Steps AC Voltage up or down
Term
LED
Definition
Lighting Emitting Diode
Term
Ground
Definition
Connection to earth
Term
What is Hue
Definition
Dominant Wavelength
Term
What is Saturation?
Definition
Amount of light concentrated at a particular wavelength
Term
Transmit music, picture and data
Definition
Radio Waves
Term
Used in pagers, cellphones, and microwave ovens
Definition
Microwaves
Term
Thermal Radiation
Definition
Infrared
Term
Emitted by Suns rays
Definition
UV rays
Term
Very intense short waves that can move around molecules
Definition
X rays
Term
Generated by radioactive atoms and exploding stars
Definition
Gamma Rays
Term
What reflected light is most common in Film/video?
Definition
Foot Candle
Term
What measures wavelength
Definition
Hertz
Term
What countries is NTSC
Definition
North American and Japan
Term
What country is PAL
Definition
Western Europe
Term
What countries is SECAM
Definition
France, Eastern Europe, Russia
Term
What kind of image is drawn on phosphors using electron beam?
Definition
Cathode Ray Tube
Term
What is Interlaced Scanning??
Definition
Odd lines first, then even
Term
How many total lines, visible, lines, and frames per second are in NTSC?
Definition
525 total lines, 480 visible lines, 30 frames per second
Term
How many total lines, visible lines, and frames persecond are in PAL and SECAM?
Definition
625 total lines, 580 visible, 25 frames per second
Term
What are the 4 parts of a TV signal?
Definition
Luminance
Chrominance
Timing
Audio
Term
What is the imaging device in a camera body? What are its layers?
Definition
CCD, the layers are Photosensitive, Stores energy, Amplifier signals
Term
What is progressive scanning?
Definition
Progressive scanning is all lines drawn on after another on the screen
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How many total lines are allowed on HDTV with NTSC?
Definition
2 million
Term
What's the process used to convert films to video aspect ratio?
Definition
Pan and Scan
Term
Phospher display?
Definition
Plasma
Term
Backlit LCD
Definition
LCD
Term
Digital micromirror device
Definition
DLP
Term
What is the purpose of a DEMO?
Definition
to sell the music or artist to a recording company or publisher
Term
What 3 components make up Act 1 Introduction?
Definition
Hook, exposition, plot point
Term
What 2 components make up Act 2 complication?
Definition
Midpoint, Climax
Term
What is a protagonist?
Definition
character that goes through a change
Term
What is a antangonist
Definition
Character that causes a change in another character.
Term
What is known as the main images of film set up shot by shot in a comic book fashion?
Definition
Storyboards
Term
What are animatics?
Definition
Moving storyboards
Term
What 4 things does a storyboard help determine?
Definition
Camera angels, lighting, what to construct, special effects
Term
What are maps of the paths a user can take in an interactive experience?
Definition
Flowcharts
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