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.
The first working prototype was produced in 1979, and CD players were released in 1982. Sony introduced the world's first CD player, the CDP-101 on October 1st, 1982. It hit the market with a retail price of about $900 and featured the now familiar slide out tray loading mechanism for the first time.