Assignment 1: Computer Archtecture Intro to Info Technology – CIS 106031VA016-1144-001 Professor John Murnane May 4‚ 2014 Von Neumann Architecture Von Neumann architecture is a stored program architecture with no differentiation between data and instruction memory. Both the data and instruction reside on a single chip. The concept of no differentiation between data and instruction memory is accurate‚ but existing on one chip has nothing to do with it. Most computer memories
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Bibliography Atelsek‚ Jean (1993) All About Computers: Discover the World of Computers. Ziff- Davis Press Emeryville‚ California. A computer is a machine that can store and process information. Game machines are special computers that work by sending imagines to the screen and responding to the buttons you press. Computers have existed for many years helping people keep track of information and solving problems. The development of the computer started with the need to keep track of
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provided by the sensor and sending the barcode’s content to the scanner’s output port. Biometrics Biometrics[1] (or biometric authentication)[note 1] refers to the identification of humans by their characteristics or traits. Biometrics is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control.[2] It is also used to identify individuals in groups that are undersurveillance.[citation needed] Biometric identifiers are the distinctive‚ measurable characteristics used to label and describe
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computing | Hardware | * Hardware before 1960 * Hardware 1960s to present * Hardware in Soviet Bloc countries | Computer science | * Artificial intelligence * Compiler construction * Computer science * Operating systems * Programming languages * Software engineering | Modern concepts | * Graphical user interface * Internet * Personal computers * Laptops * Video games * World Wide Web | Timeline of computing | * 2400 BC–1949 * 1950–1979 * 1980–1989
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Types of computers Firstly‚ what is a computer? Well‚ a modern computer is typically an electronic or digital device that manipulates data. Computers can execute a pre-recorded list of instructions know as a “programme”. Large amounts of data can be stored on computers and be quickly accessed‚ edited and stored. When it comes to computers there are several different types: * High Performance System (HPS) * Workstations * Personal Computer * Laptop / Notebook * Palmtop These
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Eng112-1002A-10 Final Project Computer Hacking May 7‚ 2010 Computer Hacking My field of study is Computer Information Security Networking; I chose this field because I enjoy working with computers and creating a safe environment in accessing data. One of the common problems in this field is hacking. Throughout my essay I plan on explaining what motivates hackers‚ what the definition of hacking is? What effects’ hacking has on society? And the solutions that could help
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HISTORY OF COMPUTERS Historical records will tell us that man has invented three types of devices to assist him in calculating and processing data. These devices could be classified into: a) Manual-mechanical b) Electromechanical c) Electronic 2000 BC - MECHANICAL COMPUTER THE ABACUS * Computations are done by sliding beads on a wire arranged on a tray. Came from the Greek word abax meaning flat surface John Napier(1617) – Logs and Bones * a Scotsman‚ invented
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Few industries have changed so much in such a short time as the computer industry‚ and the pace of change shows no sign of slowing. The computer now has a role in almost every aspect of modern life‚ and it has radically affected the way people work‚ play‚ study and organize their lives. As we enter the 21st century‚ computers are influencing ways of teaching and learning‚ as access to computers in schools is becoming more widespread and varied. Their use enables the learner to develop at his or
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known and popularly used types of computer software. These software come in the form of tools that assist a programmer in writing computer programs. Computer programs are sets of logical instructions that make a computer system perform certain tasks. The tools that help programmers in instructing a computer system include text editors‚ compilers and interpreters. Compilers translate source code written in a programming language into the language which a computer understands (mostly the binary form)
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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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