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    levers. Those awkward machines led to the first digital computers that stored numbers electronically, experimented with by a Harvard professor and mathematicians. Two years later scientists at the University of Pennsylvania built the first fully-electronic computer, used by industry to mass-produce, (Fuller G , R Buckminster, P. 339). They evolved quickly during the 1940s and were used by the military and planes (Fuller G , R Buckminster, P. 339). The development of the transistor made the computer more refined by not relying on tubes within the devices and other hardware. From the 1950s on, transistor use improved the computers a great deal as well as software programs. (Fuller G , R Buckminster, P. 342). An American woman, Grace Hopper made great strides in computer programming, working for the navy and several large companies. (Fuller G , R Buckminster, P. 343). Some of the major Apollo space programs were developed by African American mathematician. She added to the work of Hoppers manuals. She had worked for NASA and IBM. Women still make great computer scientists in modern…

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    I have always liked computers since I got my first one. I am even using a computer to write this paper. There have recently been many advancements in computers in recent years. There have been some very important people and new applications made possible by these people. Computers have been made smaller, faster, lighter, and stronger and have made things in the medical field, military field, and for normal use possible that were not possible a few years ago. We have made more advances in…

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    picture quality has 4k capabilities. The PlayStation has 2 buttons on the console, a disc eject and a power button. The games can either be on disc or downloaded onto the console. The downloadable games have the fastest load time in history because it is directly loaded on the hard drive. Game freezes are virtually extinct thanks to being virtually because dust cannot be on virtual games. The console has no way to upgrade the RAM because the RAM is high enough to no longer be a problem. With…

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    Manisha Shrestha Mrs. Brooke Ciolino ENGL 1213 September 10, 2013 COMPUTER AND ITS GENERATION It is hard to believe that this modern technology has influenced human life and they all are dependent on this from their day to night. There was a time when there were no computers and people used to work by themselves. In past days, people used paper and pencils to do their work but now the world has changed and paper and pencil has been replaced by Microsoft word. This change happened from this new…

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    of people have a work computer, home computer, and/or a lap top, because computers have become affordable for the average person. If you look at the history of computers, it has taken us over a century to get to this point. Computers were first used primarily for businesses and government, because they were too expensive and large for personal use by the average person. According to Wikipedia (2016), “a computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out an arbitrary set of arithmetic or…

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    ECET 340 Week 4 HomeWork 4 Purchase here http://devrycourse.com/ecet-340-week-4-homework-4 Product Description Determine the conversion time for an ADC0804 (8-bit), where 66 clocks per bit are required, if its clock frequency is 50 kHz. 2. If an 8-bit SAR has Vref = 10 V, what is the binary value for an input voltage of 7.28 V? 3. What is the percent error for the binary answer found in Problem #2? 4. Given an 24 MHz bus speed. Write down the line(s) of instruction…

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    Through the 21st century, technology has come so far with making our lives easier and faster. Devices have been specially designed to cater to our needs and help us get the job done in the fastest and most efficient ways. One of the many great inventions of this age is Robotics. This invention has been so diversely used in so many fields from aiding the sick to reinforcing the military forces. Further elaboration will be provided about Robotics in the field of space. What are Robots? Robots are…

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    The control unit of the project is an embedded system as it is embedded into a small circuit with a microcontroller. The software of the project is developed with the knowledge we gained from the software engineering course. The Arduino programming language used in the project is quite similar to C programming and Java programming. Those courses helped us to write the program for the project. The embedded systems course teaches about Pulse Width modulation, analog to digital conversion, and the…

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    ?James M. Atkinson http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmatkinson/ 127 Eastern Ave, #291 | Gloucester, MA 01930?|?(978) 551-1880?|?jmatk@tscm.com Executive Summary Over 40 years of experience with a wide variety of high performance mainframe, desktop, and embedded computers. Component level experience with computers, switching systems, cryptographic, and space communications systems. Comprehensively trained and skilled in TSCM ? Technical Surveillance Counter Measures and…

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    John Mauchly pioneered the field of computer science and built the foundation for all modern computing with the creation of the world 's first fully functional digital computer, the ENIAC. The ENIAC, completed in 1946 at the University of Pennsylvania, occupied 1800 square feet, weighed 30 tons, had 18000 vacuum tubes, and cost about $5,000,000 in modern dollars (ENIAC Definition from PC Magazine Encyclopedia). John Mauchly originally conceived the ENIAC as a tool for statistical weather…

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