MMC-2000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Eniac, Leonard Kleinrock, Communication Theory
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Internet- a global network of interconnected computers that communicate freely and share and exchange information: no one person really controls it, reasons for the internet, the net is the product of the cold war. Psychologist who thought of the idea that computers could be connected all together, which would be useful in sharing information to other people. Foresaw linked computers creating a country of citizens who could be informed about, interested in, and involved in the process of government. His hope was to couple the interaction of the human brain with computing machines together. Other experts jumped on his idea and worked together to develop what we know today as the internet. Produced designs for the first computer that could conduct algebraic computations using stored memory and punch cards for input & output. Colossus: the first electronic digital computer developed by the british to break the.