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-almost the worlds first general computer
-designed in 1830's by english mathmatcian Charles Babbage
-introduced numbers of computing concepts
-features include a store and mill, analogous to todays memory and prcessor.
-input and output provided using punch cards |
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-the rules for solving a problem in a given number of steps.
-determined by the # of key operations or steps needed to run the operation
-starting point and ending point |
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-single binary digit
- fundemental data unit of basic computers
-basic unit of measurement for computer storage
-counted in two's |
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| a collection of wires in which connects two or more separate electronical devices and accompany set of technologies that enables the device to communicate |
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| a personal computer based on the design and technology of the first IBM computer introduced to the market in 1981 |
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-developed in during WWII
-code-breaking machine that helped defeat the Nazi's
-Alan Turing helped in the development of this machine. |
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-(Command Line Interface)
-textual means of interacting with the computer
[-user types in command, computer acts on that command then issues a new prompt for the next instruction from the user.] |
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| information to be processed |
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-designed in 1820by charles Babbage
-intended to automatically compute mathematical tables which were previously written by hand and were prone to error |
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-built by Vannevar Bush in 1930
-analog mechanical calculating device designed to perform calculations for the ballistic-trajectories of military artillery |
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| EDSAC(Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) |
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-first actual stored-program computer using mercury acoustic-delay lines to store information
-credited with using one of the first assemblers |
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| EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Calculator) |
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- a descendant of ENIAC
- intended to be the first stored program computer |
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| ENIAC (the Electronic Numeric Integrator and Computer |
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-posed as a better and faster way to do calculators for military firing tables weapons
-Replaced the Harvard Mark |
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-partially developed by John Von Nuemann
-uses mathematics of probability and statics to anaylze human behaviors
-agent maximize their expected outcomes by choosing particular corses of actions |
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-considered to be one of the first digital computers
-consisted of many calculators working on same parts of the calculator under the guidance of a single control unit
-instructions put on paper tape
-read off of punch cards and operated in that sequence |
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| single operarion or command that controls a processor. |
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-another name for a computer chip
-small electronic device made out of a semiconductor material
-used in microprocessors, audio and video equipment and automobiles |
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-the principles of reasoning in propositions
-distinquish from their content and of method and validity in deductive reasoning |
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-the programming and software of the computer
-correct reasoning |
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| rule of thumb that challenges microchip manufacturers to try and double the number of transistors in a silicon chip every 12 to 18 months to increase processing power |
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-the hardware
-components that can be touched and involved the physical flow of electricity |
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-an abtract of a computing device
-consists of a read/write wire that scans a one-dimensional tape divided into squares
-gives combinations of states written in if then form |
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