CS 008 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ieee 802.11, High-Level Programming Language, Hdmi
20 Oct 2016
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Joseph lacquered o earliest programmer: charles babbage o analytical engine/calculator o father of computer, ada lovelace o babbage assistant o first programmer. 20th century: alan turing o broke the nazi code o developed early computer. Microprocessors: @ each generation/stage computers have o smaller chips o faster/reliable, 1940"s computers filled up rooms to chips. Moores law: prediction that every two years amount of circuits on an ic doubled o became true o powerful/faster due to less distance, chips smaller than pinhead. Instructions that a cp executes computers are "general purpose", can do many things; with different programs. Computer mistakes: bugs; an error /flaw in a cp program/system o causing an incorrect result. Embedded computers: a computer inside another electronic device o tv/car/printer. Bit: a single 0/1, measures data transferable. 1 byte = 8 bits: ex: 11000101 *called characters= single digits. Asc11: code for character, 8 bits= 1 byte per character; english (words) only.
