CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND The twentieth century has been filled with the most incredible shocks and surprises: the theory of relativity‚ Communist revolutions‚ psychoanalysis‚ nuclear war‚ television‚ moon walks‚ genetic engineering‚ and so on. As astounding as any of these is the advent of the computer and its development from a mere calculating device into what seems like a "thinking machine." The birth of the computer was not wholly independent of the other events of this century. The history of
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Evolution of Information Technology and its Emergence in India ITM-IB PP6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Information Technology today is what runs businesses worldwide. It is what drives the industries and is an irreplaceable element of our routine lives. But where did it all begin? Why has it gained so much importance over time‚ so much so that we study an entire subject on it? Through this paper we have traced the path of evolution of IT from its nascent stages‚ globally as well as
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Artificial Life “There are three great events in history. One‚ the creation of the universe. Two‚ the appearance of life. The third one‚ which I think is in equal importance‚ is the appearance of Artificial Intelligence (Guzeldere‚ 2005).” Since before the Common Era‚ efficiency in work has been tackled by the scholarly geniuses who have moved us forward into the scientific generation we are today. They have tried to quantify and imitate the infinite processes that our human minds create. Their
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US History Research Paper World War II 5/03/2011 What technology was developed during World War II‚ and how has the technology developed during World War II impacted the world today? Technology played a key role in determining the outcome of World War II. The high military demand for more advanced technology acted as a catalyst for the development of technology in the interwar years of the 1920’s and 1930’s. Scientists and Engineers alike poured massive amounts of research and development
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of the ’first generation’ computers.First generation computers were normally based around wired circuits containing vacuum valves and used punched cards as the main (non-volatile) storage medium. Another general purpose computer of this era was ’ENIAC’ (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) which was completed in 1946. It was typical of first generation computers‚ it weighed 30 tonnes contained 18‚000 electronic valves and consumed around 25KW of electrical power. It was‚ however‚ capable
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Name – Garreth Murphy Student Number – 10386501 IS40530 Weaving the web assessment essay The World Wide Web is today one of the most fundamental platforms across which people use this global network to complete a full spectrum of tasks and activities and is vital to how humanity operates in our modern world. Computers‚ laptops‚ satellites‚ servers‚ tablet devices‚ mobile phones‚ Television networks are all examples of devices which are inter connected and help form what is becoming a more
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dreamlike drives them to creating better emerging technologies. If we can remember history‚ we would know that the Information Technology (IT) world has developed quite a bit. Computers come from the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) — with dimensions of about 9 feet by 3 feet by 80 feet‚ taking up 680 square feet‚ and weighing 30 short tons— to tablet PCs‚ with hundreds of better and faster capabilities‚ that we can hold in our palms‚ or smart phones that we can hold in our pocket
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Terminology[edit] An integrated circuit is defined as:[2] A circuit in which all or some of the circuit elements are inseparably associated and electrically interconnected so that it is considered to be indivisible for the purposes of construction and commerce. Circuits meeting this definition can be constructed using many different technologies – see for example thin-film transistor‚ thick film technology‚ or hybrid integrated circuit. However‚ in general usage integrated circuit has since come
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generation to fifth generation computers. From first generation (1945-1956)‚ second generations computers (1956-1963)‚ third generation computers (1964-1971)‚ fourth generations (1971-present) and fifth generations computers (present and beyond). ENIAC‚ first computer have both hardware and software. Hardware consists of the mechanical and electronic devices‚ which we can see and touch. Software consists of programs‚ operating systems and the data that reside in the memory and storage devices.
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Electrical engineering - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Page 1 of 13 Electrical engineering From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity‚ electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical power supply. It now covers a range of subtopics including power
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