LLCU 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Intel 8080, Altair 8800, Edward Snowden

• School: McGill University
• Department: Languages, Literatures, Cultures
• Course: LLCU 212
• Professor: Cecily Raynor

Document Summary

(cid:498)one who computes; a calculator, reckoner; spec. a person employed to make calculations in an observatory, in surveying, etc. (cid:499) (cid:498)a calculating-machine; esp. an automatic electronic device for performing mathematical or logical operations(cid:499) Wikipedia definition: (cid:498)a computer is a programmable machine that receives input, stores and manipulates data/information, and provides output in a useful format(cid:499) Examples of what might be considered a computer: Steve mann: coined term (cid:498)sousveillance(cid:499), which means that you are looking back at the surveyor. Charles babage first described this analytical machine. Ada lovelace: translated from french to english a presentation from babage. She is considered the 1st computer programmer. Conrad zeus in 1939: created a machine called the z1, considered one of the first modern computers. Computers shifting towards a more binary system. Interested in knowing what is and what is not computable. Unix-based: system is oriented towards having multiple users at the same time. Operating system is dependent upon hardware architecture.