* The world's technological capacity to store information grew from 2. 6 ( optimally compressed ) exabytes in 1986 to 15. 8 in 1993, over 54. 5 in 2000, and to 295 ( optimally compressed ) exabytes in 2007.

Germany has one of the world's highest levels of education, technological development, and economic productivity.

The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human spaceflight.

At the same time the world's bishops faced tremendous challenges driven by political, social, economic, and technological change.

In a recent study in Science it was estimated that the world's technological capacity to store information in analog and digital devices grew from less than 3 ( optimally compressed ) exabytes in 1986, to 295 ( optimally compressed ) exabytes in 2007, doubling roughly every 3 years.

Other technological and engineering feats achieved during, or as a result of, the war include the world's first programmable computers ( Z3, Colossus, and ENIAC ), guided missiles and modern rockets, the Manhattan Project's development of nuclear weapons, operations research and the development of artificial harbours and oil pipelines under the English Channel.

In order to foster this technological cluster university institutions and research organizations united to create the GIANT ( Grenoble Innovation for Advanced New Technologies ) Innovation Campus with the aim at becoming one of the world's top campuses in research, higher education, and high tech.

* Information storage – The world's technological capacity to store information grew from 2. 6 ( optimally compressed ) exabytes in 1986 to 15. 8 in 1993, over 54. 5 in 2000, and to 295 ( optimally compressed ) exabytes in 2007.

* Computation – The world's technological capacity to compute information with humanly guided general-purpose computers grew from 3. 0 × 10 < sup > 8 </ sup > MIPS in 1986, to 4. 4 × 10 < sup > 9 </ sup > MIPS in 1993, 2. 9 × 10 < sup > 11 </ sup > MIPS in 2000 to 6. 4 × 10 < sup > 12 </ sup > MIPS in 2007.

The world's technological capacity to receive information through one-way broadcast networks more than quadrupled during the two decades from 1986 to 2007, from 432 exabytes of ( optimally compressed ) information, to 1. 9 zettabytes.

It is estimated that the world's technological capacity to store information grew from 2. 6 ( optimally compressed ) exabytes in 1986, which is the informational equivalent to less than one 730-MB CD-ROM per person in 1986 ( 539 MB per person ), to 295 ( optimally compressed ) exabytes in 2007.

In March 2012 the Museum opened the world's first gallery dedicated to exploring the social, technological and cultural impact of the internet.

* Life Online – Life Online is the world's first gallery dedicated to exploring the social, technological and cultural impact of the internet.

It is then used by Islamic extremists in an attempt to destroy the world's oil supplies, thereby taking away the technological advantage of the United States.

In the year 2043, Electrocorp is the world's largest megacorporation, leading the world in many technological and scientific fields including medical research and is breaking more barriers then ever before.

The de Havilland Comet suffered from a series of mysterious and deadly accidents which cast a pall over the market for the aircraft, which as the world's first jet airliner represented an area where the British technological lead might have proved decisive.

Overall, it can be said that Expo ' 93 was a great success, with some of the most memorable technological displays seen at any world's fair.

The company, which leveraged technological innovations and quantitative models, was one of the world's premier market-making firms, trading on 28 exchanges in nine countries.

Bull's technological excellence was recognized when HPCWire – the leading international journal dedicated to computer simulation and High-Performance Computing – named bullx as the world's ' Best HPC server product or technology ” in 2009.

The last major shipbuilding project undertaken by the Commission was to oversee the design and construction of the super passenger liner SS United States which was intended to be both a symbol of American technological might and maritime predominance but also could be quickly converted into the world's fastest naval troop transport.

One of the leading Polish philosophers of Positivism ; novelist and short-story writer, Bolesław Prus ( The Outpost, The Doll, The New Woman ), advised his compatriots that Poland's place in the world would be determined by the sum of her contributions made to the world's scientific, technological, economic and cultural progress.

I make that terse comment well aware that it invites easy ridicule ; but intellectual honesty demands that I make clear that my two years ' study convinces me that in the UFO problem lie scientific and technological questions that will challenge the ability of the world's outstanding scientists to explain-as soon as they start examining the facts.

* the world's technological capacity to store information grew at a sustained compound annual growth rate of 25 % between 1986 and 2007 ;

* the world's technological capacity to compute information with the help of humanly guided general-purpose computers grew at a sustained compound annual growth rate of 61 % during the same period.

Much of the city, including the oil refinery which was the world's largest refinery with capacity of 680, 000 barrels per day, was badly damaged or destroyed by the siege and by bombing.

In 1986, calculators still represented an estimated 41 % of the world's general-purpose hardware capacity to compute information.

* The world's effective capacity to exchange information through two-way telecommunication networks was 0. 281 exabytes of ( optimally compressed ) information in 1986, 0. 471 in 1993, 2. 2 in 2000, and 65 ( optimally compressed ) exabytes in 2007.

The organization argues that the potential of nuclear power to mitigate global warming is marginal, referring to the IEA energy scenario where an increase in world's nuclear capacity from 2608 TWh in 2007 to 9857 TWh by 2050 would cut global greenhouse gas emissions less than 5 % and require 32 nuclear reactor units of 1000MW capacity built per year until 2050.

The world's largest geothermal power installation is the Geysers in California, with a rated capacity of 750 MW.

In the year 1986, merely 1 % of the world's capacity to store information was in digital format, which grew to 3 % by 1993, 25 % in the year 2000, and exploded to 97 % of the world's storage capacity by 2007.

Although he possessed a light voice, he was admired for his lyricism, diction and phrasing — the grace and elegance so prized in his dancing seemed to be reflected in his singing, a capacity for synthesis which led Burton Lane to describe him as " The world's greatest musical performer.

The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity ( 22, 500 MW ) but is second to Itaipu Dam with regard to the generation of electricity annually.

The world's effective capacity to exchange information through two-way telecommunication networks was 281 petabytes of ( optimally compressed ) information in 1986, 471 petabytes in 1993, 2. 2 ( optimally compressed ) exabytes in 2000, and 65 ( optimally compressed ) exabytes in 2007 ( this is the information equivalent of 6 newspapers per person per day ).

Arlington's former secretary, Pierre du Moulin, had after fleeing to the Republic begun to work for William ; in the summer of 1673 he exploited the fears of the English population by starting a propaganda campaign, using one of the Dutch main assets: the world's largest printing capacity.

Fisherman's Village offers a view of Marina del Rey's dominant feature, the Marina, the world's largest man-made small craft harbor with 19 marinas with capacity for 5, 300 boats and is home port to approximately 6, 500 boats.

Since the new oceanic basins are shallower than the old oceanic basins, the total capacity of the world's ocean basins decreases during times of active sea floor spreading.

In addition, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway itself is regarded as the world's largest sporting facility in terms of capacity.

The world's combined effective capacity to exchange information through two-way telecommunication networks was 281 petabytes of ( optimally compressed ) information in 1986, 471 petabytes in 1993, 2. 2 ( optimally compressed ) exabytes in 2000, and 65 ( optimally compressed ) exabytes in 2007, which is the informational equivalent of 6 newspapers per person per day in 2007.

It is estimated that the total amount of the information that is stored on the world's storage devices could be further compressed with existing compression algorithms by a remaining average factor of 4. 5: 1.

Silicon Valley is known to be one of the world's most targeted areas for espionage, though any industry with information of use to competitors may be a target.

The country is one of the world's largest exporters of semiconductor devices, electrical goods, and information and communication technology products.

Mass media, telecommunications, and information technology ( especially computers, paperback books, public education, and the Internet ) made the world's knowledge more widely available.

However, aside from minor details, events in all observed universes seem to be moving in the same direction, and therefore, information obtained from one alternate world's future will most likely be applicable to another.

In an August 2010 report, the Center for Immigration Studies, through direct communication with foreign government officials and analysis of relevant foreign law including statutory and constitutional law, was able to confirm that 30 of the world's 194 countries grant automatic birthright citizenship ( although they were not able to obtain definitive information from 19 countries ).

In 1992, Emtage along with Peter Deutsch and some financial help of McGill University formed Bunyip Information Systems the world's first company expressly founded for and dedicated to providing Internet information services with a licensed commercial version of the Archie search engine used by millions of people worldwide.

The Economist magazine describes Brin's approach to life, like Page's, as based on a vision summed up by Google's motto, " of making all the world's information ' universally accessible and useful.

A protracted 1997 flame war erupted between newsgroup users and Mike Enlow, the self-proclaimed " world's most-respected information broker / technology marketing consultant ", who spammed the newsgroups with an advertisement that included a picture of himself.

For instance, Google, the world's most popular search engine, stores identifying information for each web search.

For instance, Google, the world's most popular search engine, stores identifying information for each web search.

He wanted to incorporate all of the world's knowledge into the Encyclopédie and hoped that the text can disseminate all this information to the public and to future generations.

Mount Augustus is widely claimed in tourist promotional and information literature as the “ world's largest monolith ”, but the claim does not originate from the geological literature, nor is substantiated by any other scholarly research.