Running head: Computers COMPUTERS BY Eunice 10/20/13 Introduction An English writer named Richard Braithwaite first recorded the word “computer” in his book entitled “The young man’s gleanings”. Computers are now the most common electronic device among individuals and businesses in the world. Computers serve as a means of solving sophisticated problems easily and quickly. Now the forensic science department also use computers in their investigations. And banks also stopped counting money
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What Is Computer Software? When you think of a computer imagine a machine made of two parts. The first part is the computer hardware‚ the physical parts of the computer that you can actually touch. Some examples of hardware are disks‚ monitors‚ boards‚ chips‚ etc. Hardware does all of the physical work of the computer‚ from memory storage to display. The second part‚ what we call “computer software”‚ acts as the brain of the computer‚ telling the hardware what to do and when and how to do it
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Computer is a processing machine which processes raw data to produce meaningful data. It has tremendous change with comparison to calculator. Characteristics of Computers: - Computers have got their importance due to the following characteristics: - 1. Accuracy: - Computer performs every operation with equal and high accuracy. Errors can occur in a computer due to only human mistakes‚ weaknesses and imprecise thinking. 2. Repeatitiveness: - Once the set of instructions are permanently
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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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Duy Lai EN 110 AI Mr. Schuh 10/15/14 Computer Computer is the most amazing gift of science. Almost everyone have one or more computer. This device was developed by Charles Babbage. Computer is a part of our life today. Computer can be used on many thing like school‚ business‚ government and etc... we can see computer anywhere we go around the world. Computer is so amazing with many functions. Four basic function if computer are input‚ processing‚ output and storage. Input collectively refers to
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Computer is playing vital role in modern life. Computer education has great importance because use of computer has reached almost all spheres of life. The modern life of today includes information and contacts with people all over the world. Computer has helped considerably to achieve this. This is possible through computer education when a person knows the use of computer‚ he can employ in his business‚ for planning and chalking out programmed. Calculations and statical works. The internet
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Roettger Computer Fundamentals for Technology February 23‚ 2014 The History of Personal Computers (Zimmermann) The personal computer in the beginning was not intended to be used for personal entertainment or for email‚ but was intended to be used for solving a number-crunching crisis. By 1880‚ the United States had grown so much that it took several years to calculate the United States census results. They were looking for a faster and more efficient way to get the results. The first computers were
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English Composition II 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
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of the military and industry in the development of electronics‚ computers‚ and information theory. After the 1940s‚ the military remained the major source of research and development funding for the expansion of automation to replace manpower with machine power. Since the 1950s‚ four generations of computers have evolved. Each generation reflected a change to hardware of decreased size but increased capabilities to control computer operations. The first generation used vacuum tubes‚ the second used
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Tomorrow’s Technology and You textbook. Chapter 1 1. What is the most important difference between a computer and a calculator? [RQ‚ no. 2] Calculators perform operations one at a time‚ while computers can process a sequence of operations using provided instructions. A typical calculator requires many interactions to perform a computation‚ while a computer takes a set of instructions. 2. How are computers today similar to those from World War II? How are they different? [RQ‚ no. 3] 3. The way people
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