首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The pocket calculator has been relegated to the role of a graphic icon on digital screens rather than an object in its own right
The pocket calculator has been relegated to the role of a graphic icon on digital screens rather than an object in its own right
admin
2014-01-09
30
问题
The pocket calculator has been relegated to the role of a graphic icon on digital screens rather than an object in its own right. But in the early 1970s, it was at the forefront of consumer technology.
A pocket calculator was the closest that most 1970s consumers came to owning anything with computational power, even if all it could do was basic math. The Sinclair Executive was one of a cluster of pocket-size electronic calculators developed at the same time. The first one small enough to fit in a shirt pocket was the Busicom LE-120A Handy, introduced in Japan in early 1971.
When the Sinclair Executive was introduced in 1972 by the British entrepreneur Clive Sinclair, it was cheaper, slimmer and looked much slicker than the others, thanks to a gleaming black ABS plastic case designed by Mr. Sinclair’s brother, Iain. Design magazine hailed it as "at once a conversation piece, a rich man’s plaything and a functional business machine. " Dozens of other manufacturers developed their own versions. The pinnacle of calculator design was the exquisite 1977 ET44, by Germany’s Braun. Culturally, the product peaked in 1981 when the German electro band Kraftwerk released a single titled "Pocket Calculator. " "I am adding and subtracting," run the lyrics. "I’m controlling and composing. By pressing down a special key, it plays a little melody. "
As personal computers flooded onto the market in the 1980s, calculators, pocket-size and otherwise, seemed steadily less appealing. Clive Sinclair had already turned his attention to other inventions, starting with computing. By the middle of the decade, he moved on to transportation with the Sinclair C5 electric vehicle, which he designed with a single seat but no roof.
The pocket calculator is a victim of "Moore’s Law," the theory that the number of transistors that can be squeezed onto a microchip will roughly double every two years, increasing computing power at the same rate.
Even tiny digital devices have become so powerful that they can fulfill the functions of numerous products. Like any other product whose function can be replicated by an app, the pocket calculator is threatened with extinction. Digital devices fulfill their functions just as effectively, and are more convenient because they do so many other things too.
According to the passage, the pocket calculator______.
选项
A、is not much of a useful device and has become obsolete
B、is less of a computing device than it was before
C、needs upgrading to meet consumers’ increasing needs
D、is displaced completely by digital devices like an app
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/CvcO777K
本试题收录于:
NAETI中级口译笔试题库外语翻译证书(NAETI)分类
0
NAETI中级口译笔试
外语翻译证书(NAETI)
相关试题推荐
Hehadrushedoutofthehousebeforethequake,butcamebacktorescuethekidswhowereatplaythere,justtofindthatthe
Themagistrateisnowchargedwithseveralcrimes,includingfraud,acceptingbribesandtaxevasion.
WorldWaterShortageAnewstudywarnsthataboutthirtypercentoftheworld’speoplemaynothaveenoughwaterbytheyear
Nothingshallbemoredramaticthanthedifferencebetweenthenewbreedoflittlegirlswhocheerfullyturnintheirmothersan
Theexpenseofmovingafamilytothefrontierwastoodifficultformany,andthecostoftools,awagon,awell,fencing,and
Chinaisthetopsourcecountryofinternationalstudentsintheworld.Recentstatisticshaveshowna【C1】______trendforChine
Ihaveredonethehomework.PleasereviewitagainandreturnitbackhowIcanfurtherimproveit.
WorldBankTheWorldBankisoneofthelargestsuppliersofdevelopmentassistance.Itsmaingoalistoimprovelivingcond
在中关建交25周年前夕,我应布什总统的邀请正式访问贵国。纽约是我访美的第一站,在这里能与各位新老朋友欢聚一堂,我感到很高兴。在此我要特别感谢美国银行家协会的盛情款待,向多年来为推动中美经贸合作做出积极贡献的各位朋友表示敬意!并通过你们向伟大的美国人民致以诚
调查者发现每天散步有利于睡眠质量。他们同时也提出只有早上锻炼才对晚上睡觉有利。那些晚上锻炼的人实际上有更多的睡眠问题。一个可能的解释是晚上和早上锻炼相比会影响睡眠质量。早上锻炼可能会让生命钟变得有序,而晚上锻炼则会打乱这种秩序。但是还需要更多的调查来证实这
随机试题
猛药去疴:重典治乱
小儿头颈部烧伤应占体表面积的百分数是()
A.风B.动C.抽D.搐E.火属惊风八候的是
矩形截面简支梁,其上各点应力状态见图,关于正确性有四种答案,其中正确的是:
对于建设工程风险中不可保风险,必须采取( )措施。
下列关于商业银行进行信贷分析的说法,不正确的是()。
根据会计报表的编报主体不同,会计报表可分为()。
A公司于2007年1月1日将一栋自用建筑物对外出租并采用公允价值模式计量。出租时,该建筑物的成本为2800万元,已提折旧500万元,已提减值准备300万元,公允价值为2050万元。2007年12月31日,该建筑物的公允价值为1950万元。2007年度A公司
下列内容中,不属于记账凭证的审核内容的是()。
Whatareyougoingtodoifyouareinaburninghouse?Howwillyouescape?Doyouknowhowtosaveyourself?Pleasereadthef
最新回复
(
0
)