COMPSCI 1JC3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Binary Number, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Imperative Programming

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: COMPSCI 1JC3
• Professor: Christopher Anand

Document Summary

Mathematical models are created that represent mathematical aspects of the world. The models are explored by stating and proving conjectures, performing computation, creating and studying visual representations, and studying examples of the models. The models are presented in a narration form: engineering thinking. Understanding problems and products in terms of systems. Maintaining public safety and security: scientific thinking. The scientific method as a process of hypothesis formation and experimentation. The formation of knowledge on the basis of empirical evidence and deductive thinking: artistic thinking. Finding inspiration in nature, ideas, past events, imagination, and other artwork. Gottfried leibniz: he developed calculus, developed binary number system, invented the staffelwalze (stepped reckoner), a machine that could do addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and square roots. What computers do: store and manipulate information. Imperative vs. declarative programs: an imperative statement expresses an action to be performed, while a declarative statement expresses a property to be employed.