The Introduction of Consumer VCRs in the Late 1970s Initiated

question 27

Multiple Choice

The introduction of consumer VCRs in the late 1970s initiated a revolutionized in-home electronic entertainment.For example,assuming the user could learn to set the timer,he or she could tape programs to watch at a later time.The VCR's popularity also gave rise to an entirely new retailing concept,the video rental store.What type of innovation did the consumer VCR represent?

• A)a continuous innovation
• B)a dynamically continuous innovation
• C)a discontinuous innovation
• D)a comparative innovation
• E)none of the above

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Definitions:

Truck Data Bus System

A digital communication network in trucks that carries data between various electronic control units (ECUs).

SAE J1939

Covers both the hardware and software protocols used on the current CAN 2.0 platform for medium-/heavy-truck data bus. A J1939 truck data bus is accessed by connecting to an EST to a nine-pin Deutsch black (pre-2014) or green (post-2014) connector. Post-2014 Volvo-Mack applications require a J1962 connector.

Byte

An arrangement of 8 bits. Each bit can express one of two states such as 0 or 1, high or low voltage, etc. One byte can, therefore, be used to express up to 256 different states.

Bits

Basic units of data in computing, representing a logical state with values of either 0 or 1.