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CS1308 Exam 1

Texas State / Fall '10 / Preibe

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Programmable Card Processing HOLLERITH, Herman, 1890 US Census, took 10+ yrs to count,
1940-50 BIRTH OF COMPUTERS WWII DRIVEN DEV., ELECTRONIC/GEN. PURPOSE, MARK 1, ENIAC, ABC SYST., COLLOSUS, Z1; "COMPUTERS" = WOMEN OPERATORS, MASSIVE & ROOM-SIZED, HOT.
CODE BREAKING 1940-1950 TURING, ALAN: GERMAN ENIGMA
STORED PROGRAM COMPUTER MODEL VON NEUMANN, JOHN. 1946. BINARY ALGORITHM STORED INTERNALLY. "VON NEUMANN ARCHITECTURE." ALL MODERN COMPUTERS FUNDAMENTALLY VON NEUMANN. EDVAC, EDSAC.
FIRST GENERATION COMPUTING VACUUM TUBES STORED DATA/PROGRAMS. UNRELIABLE. MULTIPLE ROOMS IN SIZE. HOT.
SECOND GENERATION COMPUTING '59-'65. TRANSISTORS/MAGNETIC CORES REPLACE VACUUM TUBES. DRAMATIC SIZE/PRICE REDUCTION & INCREASE RELIABILITY; FIT IN SINGLE ROOM. HIGH LEVEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE.
THIRD GENERATION COMPUTING 1950-TODAY. INTEGRATE CIRCUITS. FURTHER REDUCED SIZE, COST. COMPUTERS = SIZE OF DESK. MINICOMPUTER INVENTED. SOFTWARE INDUSTRY FORMED.
ROSS PEROT 3RD GEN ('50 - '74). IBM.
FOURTH GENERATION COMPUTING '75-85. COMPUTERS = TYPEWRITER SIZE. MICROCOMPUTER, DESKTOP, PERSONAL COMPUTERS COMMON, COMPUTER NETWORKS, ELECTRONIC MAIL, USER FRIENDLY SYST W/ GRAPHICAL UDER INTERFACE (DRAGGABLE DESKTOP ITEMS). EMBEDDED SYSTEMS.
ALTAIR 8800 WORLD'S FIRST MICROCOMPUTER. 4TH GEN ('75-'85)
XEROX FORMED @ PALO ALTO RESEARCH CTR DURING 4TH GEN ('75-'85). INVENTED MOUSE, DRAGGABLE DESKTOP FILES.
FIFTH GENERATION COMPUTING '85-?. MASSIVELY PARALLEL PROCESSORS. PDAs, HIGH-RESOLUTION GRAPHICS, MULTIMEDIA INTERFACES: SOUND, VOICE REC, TOUCH, PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO, TELEVISION, INTEGRATED GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INCORPERATING DATA, TV, TELEPHONE, FAX, INTERNET, WWW, WIRELESS.
HARDWARE PHYSICAL MEDIA, USES ELECTRICAL CURRENT TO PROCESS INSTRUCTIONS. ONE OF TWO MAIN COMPUTING COMPONENTS ALONG W/ SOFTWARE.
SOFTWARE INSTRUCTIONS WRITTEN BY HUMANS THAT TELL A COMPUTER WHAT TO DO. ONE OF TWO MAIN COMPUTING COMPONENTS ALONG W/ HARDWARE.
COMPONENTS OF NEUMANN'S STORED PROGRAM MODEL DIGITAL. MEMORY RAM (RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY). PROCESSOR. INPUT/OUTPUT. --SECONDARY STORAGE.
CTL + Z UNDO
CTL + V PASTE
CTL + C COPY
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