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Science and Energy

SCIENCE AND Information Technology

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A lthough all STEMfields play an important role in the devel- opment of information technology, inventions would have little chance of success without basic science.The scientific pro- cess of asking questions, conducting experiments, and validating results is the foundation of all technological innovation. Science helps breed this innovation because it builds knowledge over Words to Understand client and server model  centralized computer network where clients request information from servers DNA  deoxyribonucleic acid, the carrier of genetic information innearly all livingorganisms electromagnetic radiation  waves containing electric and magnetic fields that carry energy at the speed of light genomics  study of the complete set of genes in organisms geo-tag  an electric tag assigning a geographic location to a picture or video mutations  genes with altered structures, resulting in variants that may be transmitted to future generations peer-to-peer network  decentralized computer network in which all participant com- puters have equal status and responsibilities, as opposed to the client-server model protocol  a set of rules governing the exchange of information between devices