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Father of modern computing
Inventor of Analytical Engine and Difference Engine |
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Mother of computer programming.
Spoke about the benefit Charles Babage's work |
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Founder of logic and probabilities
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Founder of IBM
Used punch cards to count census data |
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| Inventor if the Diferential Analyzer |
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| 1st Analog computer used to compute ballistic tables |
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| mathematician who served as a crytographer for British Government. Spawned the development of colossus |
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| used to break German secret code in World War II |
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| An abstract machine created by Alan Turing to break down human thought into discreet calcuable processes. Basis for today's casset players, tape drivers, hdd, cd drives, and cpu |
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| Components of the Turing Machine |
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| Structure - tape (any medium), symbols & blank spaces, read head (eyes), and states (action and movement) |
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| Process component of Turing Machine |
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| Instructions given in the form of a conditional "If and then" statement |
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| John Bardeen, Waltaer Bratain, and William Shockly |
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| Developer of Game Theory. Advocated using the BIT as the computer unit |
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| uses logic to analyze the decision-making and strategy processes that take place in a game. |
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| used for calculating balastic tables |
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| early digital computer to compute ballitic tables |
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| first stored program computer |
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| first design for stored progran |
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4 elements
1.control unit - control flow of electricity
2.calculating unit
3. Memory storage
4. bus system - method for input and output of data |
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| invented the intergrated circuit |
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| miniturized electronic componenets |
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| working with Intel created the microprocessor. The 4004 chip |
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| Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniac |
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| Bill Gates and Paul Allen |
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| created microsoft windows |
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| states that the number of transistors on a silicon chip should double every 12-18 months |
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| creator of Moore's Law and one of the founders of Intel |
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