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Charles Babbage
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Father of modern computing. invented anlytical and difference engines
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Ada Lovelace
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mother of computer programming. first efforts at computing programming
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George Boole
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Boolean Algebra. Founded Logic and Probablity
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Herman Hollerith
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Worlds first Statistical engineer
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Vennevar Bush
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Differential Analyzer. International Ballistic Machine
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Alan Turing
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Created COLOSSUS.(crack german code). Created electronic computing machines like HARVARD MARK AND ENIAC
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John Von Neumann
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Game Theory
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Von Neuman Architecture
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Basic computer system
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Algorithm
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Official name for breaking something down into a series of logical steps. Directions
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Jack Kilby
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First Portable calculator. integrated circuits
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CLI
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Command Line interfaces
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GUI
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Graphical User Interface
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GUI
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Graphical User Interface
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Discrete Transistor
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Single Transistor
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What are the 3 leads to Discrete Transistors
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Collector(Source) Emitter(Drain) Base (Gate)
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IC
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integrated circuits
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Doping
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impurities introduced to exposed chip surface.
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UV
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used to etch Chips
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Die
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Silcon square that contains integrated chips
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Chip Carrier
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Pakaging that protects the integrated circuit
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PGA
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Pin Grid Array
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PGA
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Pin Grid Array
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ZIF
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Zero Insertion Force socket
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SECC
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Single Edge Contact Cartridge
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LGA
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Land Grid Array
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7 Basic Gates
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NOT, AND, OR, XAND, XOR,NOR NAND
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NOT gate
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Reverse(little kids argument)
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Complex Logic Sentences
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And OR
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Turing Test
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Machine designed to break down human thought into discrete calculable processes
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John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, William Shockley
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Creator of Transistor
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Ted Holf
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Micro processor in Intel
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Bit
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Single Bit
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Crumb
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2 Bits
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Nibble
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4 Bits
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Byte
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8 Bit
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Word
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Multiple Bytes
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Dynamic Electricity
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Controlled electricity
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ESD
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Static Electricity
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Serial
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1 Bit at a time
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Parallel
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Multiple Bits in paths
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Analog Signal
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Continuously infinitly variable between 2 fixed numbers
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Digital Signal
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on or off, 1, 0
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Emitter
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Drain
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Collector
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Source
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Base
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Gate
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Heatsinks
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keeps CPU cool
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Conditional Statement
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IF THEN
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4 basic functions
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Fetch, Decode, Execute, Write
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Registers
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Workspace to hold the data its working with
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ALU
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Arithmetic Logic Unit
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FPU
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Floating Point Unit
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SRAM
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Static Random Acess Memory
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CPU recieves 2 types of data form the outside..??
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Commands(instructions) & Data
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CISC
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Complex Instruction Set Computers
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RISC
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Reduced Instruction Set Computer
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Back End
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Rapid Excution Engine. Number Crunching
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Front End
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Data Manger.Predicts
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Middle Front section
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Advanced Dynamic Execution Unit(Workers)
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AGU
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Adress Generation Unit
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Hyper Threading
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Allows for Single Processing to act as 2
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Super Scaler
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Multiple Pipelines in parallel
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PDA
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personal Digital assistance
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32 into binary
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