According to the text, before the pocket calculator, calculators were compact, but did not run on batteries
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The text would remain unchanged in terms of grammar and meaning if the excerpt “the world’s first commercially available general-purpose electronic computer” (in the end of the text) were replaced with the first commercially available general-purpose electronic computer in the world.
Jack Kilby’s revolutionary idea was to make all the different components of a circuit out of the same flat block of semiconductor material. Not only would this get rid of wires and faulty connections, it would make the entire circuit much more compact. Kilby demonstrated his first “integrated circuit” on Sept. 12, 1958.
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In the third sentence of the fourth paragraph, the pronoun “it” refers to Intel
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According to the text, before 1932, information could only be stored provisionally in digital form
In May 2021, a hole was found in a robotic arm aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The suspected culprit was a piece of rogue space junk. While thankfully no astronauts were injured, it has re-focussed attention on the growing problem of orbital debris.
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It can be concluded that in the beginning of the fourth paragraph, “It's” is the contracted form of it has
In May 2021, a hole was found in a robotic arm aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The suspected culprit was a piece of rogue space junk. While thankfully no astronauts were injured, it has re-focussed attention on the growing problem of orbital debris.
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The event described in the first paragraph is an example of an effect whose risks were predicted decades ago
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According to the text, punched tape is still used nowadays.
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The verb “removed” (third sentence) can be adequately replaced with taken out.
Jack Kilby’s revolutionary idea was to make all the different components of a circuit out of the same flat block of semiconductor material. Not only would this get rid of wires and faulty connections, it would make the entire circuit much more compact. Kilby demonstrated his first “integrated circuit” on Sept. 12, 1958.
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The phrase “better suited to” (second paragraph) means more able to meet the requirements of.
