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21 Cards in this Set
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Examples of Real-Time Computing
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Taking a census, braking your car, guiding a missile, running an assembly line
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Orgin
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First with military then eventually evolved to everyday use
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Jay Forrester
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Made computers that could simulate any type of aircraft and connect it to a cockpit simulation
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SAGE weapons director console with light gun
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Showed air activity, Let you request info of aircraft by pointing gun at it
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SAGE Defense
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Was made for the airforce
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The SAGE building had four levels
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Telephone and Test Equipment, Computer Floor, Command Post and Display Floor.
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What the SAGE system did
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Linked 23 sites across U.S. and Canada, coordinating weapons systems,and processing radar, weather reports
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What began in the 1960s?
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The use of tactical data sytems came to be
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Why the Naval Tactical Data System was created
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Created because fast planes and missiles were a threat to ship in sea, defending them required processing and coordinating a tidal wave of information
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Reason to build the (NVTDS)
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Navy launched this project to create a fast and flexible computer system for a single ship
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Seymour Cray
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Came up with the computer design for the Naval Tactical Data System
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The Norden Bombsight
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Gave greater accuracy from greater heights, Lasers were then used to guide missiles and bombs
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Minuteman Missile Guidance Computer
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helped guide guided missiles
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Moon Travel
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Came to be from the idea of guiding missiles
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What does the of size of microelectronics do?
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make it easier to integrate computers into our daily lives and household products.
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Real-Time Computing modern day
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Monitoring activity. Reacting to changing conditions
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Bosch ABS-2 Controller
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one part of the anti-lock brake system. It receives speed and acceleration information from wheel sensors
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Why must automated process control system be reliable?
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They are the tasks facing any business’ operations manager.
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1950s
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Doctors in the 19th century discovered that they could stimulate heart muscles electronically.
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Bernie Gordon
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founded Epsco in 1953. A year later, Epsco introduced the Datrac, one of the earliest commercial analog/digital converters
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Foxboro FOX 1
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Foxboro, founded in the early 20th century, specialized in industrial monitoring and control instruments.
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