engineering

Pyongyang Information Center

Pyongyang Information Center is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Pyongyang Information Center rather than just read about it. In short: The Pyongyang Information Center (Korean: 평양정보센터) is a high-rise office skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Built in 1986, the tower stands at 139.9 meters (459 ft) tall and is divided into 42 floors.

Key takeaways

Pyongyang Information Center belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Pyongyang Information Center to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Pyongyang Information Center from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Pyongyang Information Center (Korean: 평양정보센터) is a high-rise office skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Built in 1986, the tower stands at 139.9 meters (459 ft) tall and is divided into 42 floors. It is situated in the proximity of the Pothong River and the Ryugyong Hotel. The building represented the headquarters of the Pyongyang Information Center (PIC), a vital computer-based management center in North Korea and the home to software development center for Korea Computer Center (KCC).

See also List of tallest buildings in North Korea

References

External links Pyongyang Information Center at Skyscraper page

Gallery

Illustrations

Pyongyang Information Center illustration

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Pyongyang Information Center

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Pyongyang Information Center claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Pyongyang Information Center before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Pyongyang Information Center ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Pyongyang Information Center

In research: Pyongyang Information Center appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Pyongyang Information Center in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Pyongyang Information Center is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1986 establishments in North Korea, 20th-century architecture in North Korea, Buildings and structures completed in 1986, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Pyongyang Information Center outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Pyongyang Information Center in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Pyongyang Information Center means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Pyongyang Information Center out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Pyongyang Information Center in simple terms?

Why does Pyongyang Information Center matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Pyongyang Information Center?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Pyongyang Information Center.