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| Charles Babbage created what machine(s) in the 1800s |
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Difference Engine-Added/Subtracted
Analytical Engine-Multipliclation/Division |
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| Algorithm also Mother of Computer Programming |
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| Boolean Algebra, Father of logic |
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| Created Tabulating Machine, Punch Cards,and his machine did the census in 1890. His company later turned into IBM |
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| Created the Differential Analyzer in 1930's, mainly used for government and war issues, also was 1st working analog computer |
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Colossus-electrical based computer mainly used to crack german code.
Turing Machine-digital apparatus we still use 2day
Turing Test-designed to break thought into discrete calculable steps "if,then statements"-known as algorithm |
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| What two types of technology does the Turing Machine consist of? |
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Logical-programming, and software
Physical-hardware,electrical signals |
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| William Shockley,Walter Brattain,John Bardeen worked at AT&T and created what important piece of technology? |
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| The Von Neuman Architecture Consist of? |
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Calulating Unit
Control Unit
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| John von Neumann created the _____ theory |
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| Who created the term bit? |
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| Jack Kilby worked for texas instruments and created |
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| what was 1st organization who developed intergrated circuits? |
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| produced the 1st microprocessor which was the 4004 |
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| states the number of transisitors on silicon chips should double every 12 to 28 months |
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| Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak |
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| Created apple in 1976 and adapted gui from zerox |
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| Bill Gates and Paul Allen |
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| started microsoft and bill had his hands in the making of dos |
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| Decimal Number System is also called the? |
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| Base 10 System(deca system) |
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| What are the ten unique digits used in the decimal number system? |
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| The Binary number system is also called the? |
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| What are the two unique digits of the binary system? |
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Whats the Binary value of these terms:
bit
crumb
nibble
Byte
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| small numbers or letters that appear at the bottom right of a number to show the system being used |
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| The Hexadecimal System is also known as the? |
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| ASCII is the acronym for? |
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American Standard Code for Information Interchange
numbers 0-127 |
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| used many international character symbols and combines and simplifies other seperate codes |
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| Controlled electricity and flows along wires |
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| Build of a charge that is released creating a "shock" called ESD |
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| Whats the meaning of the acronym ESD? |
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| Lighting is a type of what type of electricty? |
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| Materials that electrical current flow readily travels through |
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| Insulators are Nonconductors? |
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Give resistance
mainly organic materials |
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| material that offers less conductivity than metals,but more conductivity than insulators. |
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| Name some good conductors? |
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| Name some insulators/nonconductors |
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| Continuously and infinitely variable between two fixed values. |
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| discrete pulses representing one of two fixed values |
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| multiple signals syncronized across multiple wires |
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