NATS 1700 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hypertext, Transmission Control Protocol, Instant Messaging

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1700
• Professor: Dov Lungu

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Nats pp1 summary: babbage 1823, analytic engine, steam, straight calculations, difference engine, steam, computer, calculations of complexity. 4. neumann - edvac 1945: memory, calculator, control unit, input/output, stored unit, digital / binary / electronic, vacuum tubes, punch paper tape, general purpose, stored program. 5. mike wilker - edsac 1949 (based off of eniac) Nats pp2 summary: first generation: vacuum tube computer [1947-1954] --experimental, edvac, univac, ibm 650, 701 [ 1951, stored program, 1951 univac - remington rand, binary - first business computer, secondary generation: transistors computer (semiconductors) Nats pp3 summary: origins of personal computers. Apple vs ibm miniprocessors: technological - business and science. Attempting to use computers to simulate human processes. Designing intelligent machines independent of what people thing the science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs. Provide expertise & remember it long term: chinese room by john seattle, chinese into a computer and they translate internally to provide a response in.