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Strange Days: what does SQUID stand for?

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Tim Vitanza

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Oct 23, 1995, 3:00:00 AM10/23/95
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In article <46gu9k$8...@overload.lbl.gov>,
"S. S. Turek" <SST...@lbl.gov> wrote:
>Went to see the movie this weekend, but I can't remember what
>the letters in SQUID stand for....any input?
>

I can't remember the 'S' part, but the rest was "QUantum Interference Device",
I believe.

Roy Sarkar

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Oct 23, 1995, 3:00:00 AM10/23/95
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SQUID stands for Superconducting Quantum Interference Device.
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Chad Irby

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Oct 23, 1995, 3:00:00 AM10/23/95
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S. S. Turek (SST...@lbl.gov) wrote:
: Went to see the movie this weekend, but I can't remember what
: the letters in SQUID stand for....any input?

Superconducting QUantum Interference Device.

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S. S. Turek

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Oct 23, 1995, 3:00:00 AM10/23/95
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Mark M.

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Oct 23, 1995, 3:00:00 AM10/23/95
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S. S. Turek (SST...@lbl.gov) wrote:
: Went to see the movie this weekend, but I can't remember what

: the letters in SQUID stand for....any input?

I believe it stands for Super Conducting Quantum Interference Device. I
also think it is spelled SCQUID; not SQUID.

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George W. Harris

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Oct 25, 1995, 3:00:00 AM10/25/95
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In 23 Oct 1995 20:35:00 GMT of yore, "S. S. Turek" <SST...@lbl.gov> wrote
thusly:

=Went to see the movie this weekend, but I can't remember what
=the letters in SQUID stand for....any input?

In the movie, it stands for Superconducting QUantum Interference Device.
There is, however, a theoretically possible (I'm not sure it's actually
existant) technology called a SUperconducting QUantum Interference *Detector*.
This SQUID is used for things liked detecting residual magnetic fields from
erased media to reconstruct lost (or destroyed) data.

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Andy Diggle

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Oct 25, 1995, 3:00:00 AM10/25/95
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In article <46h1ja$1ek...@tvitanza.usaor.net>, tvit...@vocollect.com (Tim Vitanza) says:
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>In article <46gu9k$8...@overload.lbl.gov>,

> "S. S. Turek" <SST...@lbl.gov> wrote:
>>Went to see the movie this weekend, but I can't remember what
>>the letters in SQUID stand for....any input?
>>
>
>I can't remember the 'S' part, but the rest was "QUantum Interference Device",
> I believe.

Yeah, it's Superconducting QUantum Interference Device. They actually exist -
and are used for detecting tiny fluctuations in electromagnetic fields. You can't
use them to record memories, though...

William Gibson mentions one in the short story Johnny Mnemonic - a cybernetic
dolphin uses one to read a file in Johnny's head. Don't know if it made it into the film.

Andy

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