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Business Definition for: Atom

  • any traditional nondigital means of delivering information, such as a newspaper, book, or magazine

Wiktionary Definition for: Atom

  • (''obsolete'') The smallest mediaeval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second.
  • (''Historical'') A theoretical particle of matter, imagined to be incapable of further division; the smallest possible unit of substance.
  • physics The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
  • mathematics A non-zero member of a wikipedia:Boolean algebra Boolean algebra that is not a join of any other elements.
  • The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something.
  • English atom; the smallest particle to retain the properties of the element
  • #(''historical'') atom; the theoretically smallest possible particle

Additional Resources

Intel: Moblin opens the way for Atom
Doug Fisher(Credit: IntelFor Intel, the driving force behind its Moblin software efforts is its main role in life: a chipmaker.At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco last month, the company showed off the latest version of its Linux-based Moblin operating system, designed for smartphones, Netbooks, and Nettops. In most...
Tags: Intel Corp., Platform, Netbook, Device, Intel Atom, Nettop
News items 2009-10-08
Apple rumored to disable Atom support with Mac OS X 10.6.2
By Sam OliverPublished: 07:45 AM EST Mac OS X 10.6.2, the forthcoming update for Apple's Snow Leopard operating system, is reported to disable support for the Intel Atom processor, preventing unauthorized PC netbooks from running the operating system.Users at OS X Daily claim that Mac OS X 10.6.2 prevents Snow...
Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Intel Atom
News items 2009-11-02
Latest Snow Leopard build resurrects Atom compatibility
By Brian GarnerPublished: 06:50 PM EST Development build 10C535 of Snow Leopard update 10.6.2 retains Intel Atom support after the previous build had killed compatibility with the processor.According to the developer blog which initially told of the Atom incompatibility, the latest build of OS X 10.6.2 does retain support for...
Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Intel Atom
News items 2009-11-04
Apple breaks Atom Hackintoshes with upcoming OS X 10.6.2 update
Filed under: OS Updates , Hardware , Apple According to OSXDaily , Apple's next scheduled update to Snow Leopard, OS X 10.6.2, doesn't support Intel Atom processors. This is no problem for anyone on Apple hardware, because no Mac product runs an Atom. If...
Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Netbook, Intel Atom
News items 2009-11-02
MSI Confirms Wind U150 Netbook with Touchscreen and Intel's Next Atom [Notebooks]
Copy this whole post to another site We heard that MSI may release a touchscreen netbook with Intel's next generation Pine Trail Atom platform, and it will. According to MSI, the new Intel Atom chipset is planned to be officially launched at CES. However, Intel tells us that it has...
Tags: Touch Screen, Intel Corp., netbook, Intel Atom
News items 2009-08-26
Teleportation is a reality.(National Institute of Standards and Technology's research on atom transferring)(Brief Article)
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST have demonstrated "teleportation" by transferring key properties of one atom to another atom without using any physical link. Unlike "beaming" of actual physi Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST have demonstrated...
Tags: atom, NIST
Research articles 2005-09-01
ABB ATOM APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT
Stefan Olsson has been appointed as the new President of ABB ATOM AB. At present, he is the general manager of ABB ATOM's Nuclear Fuel Division. He will assume his new duties as of November 1. Mr Olsson, who has a Master's Degree in engineering, majoriStefan Olsson...
Tags: ABB
Research articles 1995-10-06
ACCC alleges resale price maintenance by Netti Atom.
M2 PRESSWIRE-2 August 2007-ACCC: ACCC alleges resale price maintenance by Netti AtomC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01082007 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted legal proceedings against Netti Atom Pty Ltd alleging the company engaged in resale price maintenance in relation...
Tags: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Retail
Research articles 2007-08-02
NIST: NIST physicists demonstrate highly directional atom laser from Bose-Einstein condensate.
M2 PRESSWIRE-12 March 1999-NIST: NIST physicists demonstrate highly directional atom laser from Bose-Einstein condensate C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:110399 Atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate can be manipulated with light to form a highly directional atom laser, physicists at the Commerce ...
Tags: laser, NIST, scientist
Research articles 1999-03-12
Intel Atom: Deal with TSMC Will Expand Market
Sam Diaz submits: Intel INTC and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC) Monday announced a collaboration involving Intel’s Atom processor. Under the deal, Intel will port Atom CPU cores to TSMC’s technology platform, a move intended to expand its market for Atom System-on-Chip (SoC) processors. In a statement, the...
Tags: Chip, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp.
External links 2009-03-02
Apple Splits With Atom Support?
Reports suggest Apple is killing support for Intel Atom chips with the latest software upgrade to Snow Leopard. According to the Apple-focused blog OS X Daily, Apple is expanding its ?Mac software on Mac hardware only? fight beyond iTunes and Palm Pre compatibility in onto the chipset: The company is...
Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Palm Inc., Palm Pre
News items 2009-11-03
RIKEN, NEC, and JST Successfully Demonstrate Laser Emission From Artificial Atom/Superconducting Qubit
Tokyo, Japan, Oct 4, 2007 - JCN Newswire - RIKEN, NEC Corporation, and JST ("Japan Science and Technology Agency") have successfully demonstrated a laser emission from one artificial atom by coupling superconducting quantum bits ("qubits") to a resonator. The lasing effect was achieved by an extremely simple system - a...
Tags: atom, laser, NEC Corp.
Research articles 2007-10-04
Suncom Technologies Highlights New Space-Saving Atom Mouse At E3Expo
WHEELING, Ill.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 28, 1998--Suncom Technologies Inc. marked the debut Thursday of its new Atom Mouse (MSRP $39.95). The new space-saving peripheral will debut at Suncom's E3Expo Booth No. 3062 in the World Congress Center in Atlanta. "With every inch of space...
Tags: Business Wire, HARDWARE, Illinois, Mice, mouse
Research articles 1998-05-28
Suncom Technologies Highlights New Space-Saving Atom Mouse At E3Expo
WHEELING, Ill.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 28, 1998--Suncom Technologies Inc. marked the debut Thursday of its new Atom Mouse (MSRP $39.95).The new space-saving peripheral will debut at Suncom's E3Expo Booth No. 3062 in the World Congress Center in Atlanta."With every inch of space at a premium on the desktop these days, our new...
Tags: Business Wire, HARDWARE, Illinois, Mice, mouse
Research articles 1998-05-28
Cornell University team develop one atom transistor - Brief Article
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-13 June 2002-Cornell University team develop one atom transistor C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The Cornell University in New York has reported that it has built a transistor that is the size of an atom. The new development was made possible by scientists from the university implanting a...
Tags: Cornell University, electrode, HARDWARE, molecule, Semiconductors, team, transistor
Research articles 2002-06-13
Advancing the theory of the hydrogen atom - News Briefs - Brief Article
The hydrogen atom is the most basic atom from the point of view of atomic structure theory. Historically, efforts to understand its detailed properties have led to many advances in understanding fundamental physics. This atom is important not only as a model system that tests the limits of atomic theory...
Tags: hydrogen, NIST, theory
Research articles 2002-03-01
CSR brings Bluetooth connectivity to O2's latest device, the Xda Atom.
M2 PRESSWIRE-27 March 2006-CSR PLC: CSR brings Bluetooth connectivity to O2's latest device, the Xda AtomC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27032006 Cambridge, UK - CSR plc (LSE: CSR.L) the world leader in Bluetooth technology, today announced that O2's latest product, the Xda...
Tags: O2 Plc.
Research articles 2006-03-27
'Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Challenges for the New Millenium: Shaping the World Atom by Atom'.(Brief Article)
The five-star Oak Ridge Chapter of ASM International is offering an Educational Symposium entitled "Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Challenges for the New Millenium: Shaping the World Atom by Atom." This symposium will be held on Thursday, 18 May 2000 at the Oak Ridge Associated University Pollard Auditorium...
Tags: ASM International N.V.
Research articles 2000-05-01
Video: Vstone's Robovie-PC robot gets Intel Atom inside, becomes world's most awesome computer
For a robo hobbyist, the process of developing a creation's custom programming can be a chore. Make a change on a computer, connect the bot, download the change, then set the little guy free and wait for him to fall over. When he does, tweak that custom programming, rinse, and...
Tags: Computer, robot, Intel Atom
News items 2009-10-05
Acer AspireRevo Upgraded: Windows 7, Ion Graphics, Dual-Core Atom CPU [Nettops]
Acer's funky book-sized AspireRevo nettop just got a little better…and a touch pricier. This R3610-U9012 model has Windows 7, a dual-core Atom 330 processor, double the RAM (2GB), and full Ion graphics. It also keeps support for 1080p HDMI output. Other specs remain identical to the Windows XP, 1GB RAM,...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, RAM, Acer Inc., Nettop
News items 2009-10-16
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