NATS 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Family Resemblance, Word Processor, Universal Turing Machine
28 Sep 2016
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Nats 1700 lecture 1: understanding computers, information and society. In today"s word, human activity is constantly described using computer (and machine) metaphors. Examples: brain is like a computer, people multitask and scientists are searching for the human genetic code . Technology = computers in the eyes of many people. Yet ironically, computers were originally people not machines. Computing was a kind of occupation oxford english dictionary one who computes; a calculator specifically a person employed to make calculations in an observatory, in surveying, etc . Aqsa kidwai: according to ensmenger (2012), we cannot underestimate importance of software as this is what defines our relationship to the computer and is what we experience when we interact with the machine . The reason why you are able to do these type of activities, is because these are digital devices. When you use a digital technology, having a common architecture simply means you can store in different platforms.
