The First Patent on a Living Organism Was Granted in

question 5

Multiple Choice

The first patent on a living organism was granted in

• A) 1790, when the U.S. passed patent law.
• B) 1873, for Louis Pasteur's use of yeast.
• C) 1900, when Mendel's laws were rediscovered.
• D) 1953, when Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA.
• E) 1978, when modern biotechnology began with recombinant insulin.

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Definitions:

System Program

A type of computer program designed to operate, control, and extend the processing capabilities of the computer itself.

Operating System

The software that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer, and provides common services for computer programs.

Arithmetic Operations

Basic mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division applied to numeric data types.

Central Processing Unit

The primary component of a computer that performs most of the processing inside a computer to execute instructions from both hardware and software.