Today’s Computers‚ Intelligent Machines and Our Future Hans Moravec Stanford University July 21‚ 1976 this version 1978 Introduction: The unprecedented opportunities for experiments in complexity presented by the first modern computers in the late 1940’s raised hopes in early computer scientists (eg. John von Neumann and Alan Turing) that the ability to think‚ our greatest asset in our dealings with the world‚ might soon be understood well enough to be duplicated. Success in such
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Introduction For my term paper the field I chose was computers. I chose this field because I love computers and it s a field on the rise. When doing my research about computers‚ I tried to stay focused on a few different types of fields. I did this because I thought that doing every different type of field would not help me chose the right field for me. Computers is such a big field that it was almost no problem picking a couple of computer fields to talk about in my term paper. Preparation
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Computer Memory MEMORY IS THE INTERNAL STORAGE AREA OF THE COMPUTER. MEMORY IDENTIFIES THE DATA STORAGE.THE PHYSICAL MEMORY USUALLY REFERRED TO US MAIN MEMORY OR RAM. Different types of computer Memory Hard Disk Drive. The hard disk drives are among the most common types of computer memory. They can store the data and information long term as this is where you store your music‚ games‚ documents‚ and the like. Hard drives work much like records. They are spinning platters that have arms with head
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Computer Graphics When I think of art I think of great artists of the past. Artists that have spent practically all their lives to produce visually stunning pieces of work. Artists such as Michelangelo‚ who spent 15 years of his life to finalize a painting on the ceiling of the St. Peter’s Cathedral. When I think of art‚ I think of the legendary sculptures of the classical era. Artists then envisioned a final work from a block of stone. However‚ It is very difficult for me to consider a person
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Computer Organization & Architecture Lecture #12 Organization and Architecture Computer Architecture Those attributes of the system that are visible to a programmer. Those attributes that have a direct impact on the execution of a program. • • • • Instruction sets Data representation – number of bits used to represent data Input/Output mechanisms Memory addressing techniques Computer Organization The operational units and their interconnections that realize the architectural specifications. Those
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Motherboard The main board of a computer‚ usually containing the circuitry for the central processing unit‚ keyboard and monitor. PCI (Peripheral component interconnect) slot- an interconnection system between a microprocessor and attached devices in which expansion slots are spaced closely for high speed operation. 1-6 slots AGP (Accelerated graphic port)(Advanced graphic port) – an expansion slot found on many motherboards specifically designed for video graphic card. Central processing unit
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22/10/2007 11:28 Page 320 CASE EXAMPLE Lenovo computers: East meets West In May 2005‚ the world’s thirteenth largest personal computer company‚ Lenovo‚ took over the world’s third largest personal computer business‚ IBM’s PC division. Lenovo‚ at that time based wholly in China‚ was paying $1.75bn (A1.4bn‚ £1bn) to control a business that operated all over the world and had effectively invented the personal computer industry back in 1981. Michael Dell‚ the creator of the world’s
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Top 10 Computer Uses in Business Written by: Catalogs.com Editorial Staff December 28‚ 2010 Filed Under Tech and Electronics Tags: Business‚ computer‚ ten‚ top Contributed by Sara Shea‚ Catalogs.com Info Guru Technology has forever changed the business world. In order to stay technically competitive and efficient in today’s information age‚ the majority of businesses now rely on computers. Computer uses in business range from the scanner at the checkout line of the grocery store to the
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Computer keyboard In computing‚ a keyboard is a typewriter-style device‚ which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys‚ to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches. Following the decline of punch cards and paper tape‚ interaction via teleprinter-style keyboards became the main input device for computers. A keyboard typically has characters engraved or printed on the keys and each press of a key typically corresponds to a single written symbol. However‚ to produce some symbols requires pressing
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Overview In the following report‚ "computer viruses" will be explained in detail. A lengthy and informative description of the evolution and history on microcomputer viruses will be given‚ to give you a background of their origin for some understanding of how they came to be. The next segment in the report is on how to combat computer viruses with the development of anti-virus applications. The current status of microcomputer viruses will also be discussed‚ naming the most common types
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