HVAC COOLING LOAD CALCULATIONS AND PRINCIPLES. Sensible Heat Gain â is the energy added to the space by conduction, convection and/or radiation. Latent Heat Gain â is the energy added to the space when moisture is added to the space by means of vapor.
Rise of USB. Developed by a consortium of companies made up of Intel, Compaq, Microsoft, Sony, DEC, IBM, and Northern Telecom, the Universal Serial Bus (USB) was introduced in January 1996. At that time, the USB 1.0 standard was capable of delivering a transfer rate of 12 Mbit/s. In April of 2000, USB 2.0 was introduced with a transfer rate of 480 Mbit/s. More recently, the USB 3.0 standard reaches transfer rates of 4.8 Gbit/s.
Before this time, computers were programmed either by customers, or the few commercial computer vendors of the time, such as UNIVAC and IBM. The first company founded to provide software products and services was Computer Usage Company in 1955. The software industry expanded in the early 1960s, almost immediately after computers were first sold in mass-produced quantities. Universities, government, and business customers created a demand for software.