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SeniorNet is a 501(c)(3) charity organization that provides computer skills and internet education to seniors, veterans, the underprivileged, the disabled, and others with physical or economic impairments. Volunteers across the country run SeniorNet Computer Learning Centres, which follow a standardized curriculum created at SeniorNet headquarters.
In 2015, College Board partnered with Project Lead The Way in an effort to encourage STEM majors. [6] Students who have successfully passed at least three exams (one AP exam, one PLTW exam, and another AP or PLTW exam) are eligible to receive the AP + PLTW Student Recognition for one or more of the following: engineering, biomedical sciences, and computer science.
In 1994, Gene Ziegler, then a professor at Cornell University, [1] faced a calamity when his young grandson and the boy's older brother "significantly rearranged" the resources on his Macintosh computer. [1] He composed "A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer" in an hour that evening. [2]
As president of the senior center’s Apple Club, an organization for people who want to make the most of their iPhone's features, Petro hosts a monthly hour-long class in the community theater ...
The following computers also introduced significant advancements to the home computer segment: 1979: TI-99/4, first home computer with a 16-bit processor and first to add hardware supported sprite graphics; 1979: Atari 8-bit computers (N. Am.), first computers with custom chip set and programmable video chip and built-in audio output
Of the latter figure, 75% were professional or work related, while the rest were sold for personal or home use. About 81.5% of personal computers shipped had been desktop computers, 16.4% laptops and 2.1% servers. The United States had received 38.8% (394 million) of the computers shipped, Europe 25% and 11.7% had gone to the Asia-Pacific ...
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
When an extended phrase of the answer can also be used in the clue to mutual meaning, the mutual extension is indicated in parentheses. e.g., [Think (over)] for MULL, [Drive (away)] for PUSH. When the answer can use an additional word to fit the clue, the word is preceded by "with" and placed in quotes. e.g., [Understand, with "in"] for SINK.