Word: test
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Czechs showed what was impossible," a Hungarian intellectual said recently. "We are testing the possible." Last week, as the Hungarian Communist Party held its tenth party congress in Budapest, the country got a good idea of how well it is doing in the test...
...really remarkable feature of Avižienis' brainchild is a specially gifted unit dubbed TARP (for Test And Repair Processor). Like a zealous office manager always peering over the shoulders of his clerks, TARP can almost instantly spot errors, determine who has made them, and take steps to discipline or replace the wrongdoer. It constantly monitors the specially coded messages -or interoffice memos, as Avižienis calls them-that pass between the units, and immediately reacts to deviations from normal in the computer chatter. "It's as if a person were to start mispronouncing or slurring words...
Like HAL, the self-repairing computer is not entirely foolproof. It could not, for example, cope with a flurry of failures that knocked out parts faster than they could be replaced. But in most test situations, STAR has proved a stellar performer. On one occasion, J.P.L. scientists taught it to play blackjack, then momentarily shut down its electrical power, hoping to unsettle the computer brain. No luck. STAR immediately revived, tersely acknowledged the disruption, resumed the game exactly where it had left...
...company is now expanding into a potentially rich new area. Aiming to capitalize on the swiftly growing demand for black cosmetics, Johnson Products has begun test-marketing a low-priced line of liquid makeup, face powder and skin cleaner. The items, formulated to complement black skin tones, come in shades of browns, tans and reds. "Our future growth will depend on how well we do in cosmetics," says Johnson, 43. Until recently, white-owned companies virtually ignored the demand for black cosmetics, and most of the black firms in the field are still small and regional. With his company...
...reason the lung does not function properly is simply that it has not yet matured. One remedy for RDS is to delay birth until the lungs mature, but this requires a prenatal test to determine the lungs' condition-something that doctors have always lacked...