Tag: science & technology

Suzlon Energy is an Indian wind turbine manufacturer and has established itself as a major player in wind power generation equipment in India. While Siemens and ABB are global engineering companies, Suzlon specifically built its reputation on wind energy in the Indian market.

Arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure used to examine and treat problems inside joints. It allows surgeons to view the joint interior using an arthroscope.

Copper is an excellent conductor of electricity due to its free electrons that can move easily through the metal. It's commonly used in electrical wiring. Plastic, rubber, and glass are insulators.

After Einstein's death in 1955, his brain was removed and preserved. It is currently housed at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, which is in the state of New Jersey. The pathologist Thomas Harvey took it without permission.

Type AB blood has both A and B antigens on red blood cells and no antibodies against either type in the plasma. This allows people with AB blood to receive red blood cells from any blood type (A, B, AB, or O) without having an immune reaction. Types A, B, and O all have antibodies that would attack some donor blood types.

MIME stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. It is a standard that extends the format of email to support text in character sets other than ASCII, as well as multimedia content like images, audio, and video attachments.

The Intel Pentium FDIV bug (1994) was a hardware flaw in the floating-point unit (FPU) of certain Pentium processors. It caused incorrect division results for certain number combinations, leading to a major recall and reputation damage for Intel.

IRQ stands for Interrupt Request. It is a hardware signal sent to the CPU by a peripheral device to get the processor's attention. The 'Q' in 'Que' is incorrect - IRQ does not stand for 'Interrupt Request Que'.

Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) is the core technology used in traditional computer monitors and television displays. It uses an electron gun to strike phosphorescent coating on the screen, creating images. CPUs, printers, and scanners use different technologies.