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IMA midterm
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11/06/2005

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Who invented the condenser microphone?
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Bell labs
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Who intro. the 33 1/3 (1931)?
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RCA
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who reintroduced the 33 1/3 rpm in 1948?
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columbia
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Who introduced an even better-selling product: the 46 rpm single?
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RCA
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in 1928 which german engineer made the first workable tape recorder?
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Fritz Pfleumer
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Who demonstrated the magnetophone to the U.S. industry executives(1946)?
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John Mullin
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Who develops multi-track recording in his basement?
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les paul
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what company produce les paul's multi-track recorder?
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apex
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what led to the explosion of low cost,high fidelity consumer audio and video products?
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transistor
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in 1841, who patented the calotype process?
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william talbot
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who invented the collodion wet plate process in 1851?
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fredrick anchor
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what kind of film stock was used in George Eastman's box camera?
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celluloid
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who shot the first film narrative "life of an american fireman" in 1902?
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edwin porter
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who ncreased storytelling abilities of film by relaeasing feature length films?
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d.w. griffith
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waht film ushered in the modern film age?by who?
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citizen kane bye orion welles in 1941
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what was considered ancient history of computing(1000 to 500 BC)?
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abacus
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what did joseph marie-jacquard use to program weaving looms?
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punch cards
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what did IBM create known as the first "digital" computer (1939)?
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harvard mark 1
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what was the first stored program computer (560 bits,1949)?
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edsac
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what was the first commercially available computer (1951)?
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UNIVAC
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