Career in Computer Programming Essay

Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace was a mathematician and writer from England who is commonly known as the first computer programmer. Ada worked with Charles Babbage on his Analytical Engine, a proposed mechanical, general-purpose computer and the beginnings of computer programming. Her notes included the first of what is now known as an algorithm. She is the only legitimate child of the Romantic poet, Lord Byron. ==Young Life and Education== Ada Lovelace was born Augusta Ada Byron King on December…

New Year’s 1999 would become known as the end of the world, and referred to as Y2K, “The Y2K bug was a computer flaw, or bug, that may have caused problems when dealing with dates beyond December 31, 1999” (Rutledge et al.). Companies had not thought of this problem, which would muddle up their data. A staff member from Christian Science Monitor, named Laurent Belsie states, “Operated by computers, which may not know how to interpret the year "00," such systems face a risky future. It will cost…

opportunity to create my own games/programs/apps, and I learned more about JavaScript and its role in businesses. With this information I realized that knowing at least basic code is necessary in this day in age, especially if one was to pursue a career in a field of or relating to technology. At first, I was surprised to see that many of the students who attended this year’s coding program were around my age and I began to have serious doubts about my ability to instruct them.…

Hacking A Computer Systems A movie “Algorithm: The Hacker Movie,” illustrates a view of a hacker life and what he or she does because he or she doesn’t care about the privacy and laws. According to the movie, it shows that “The hackers live by one rule: information should be free and everything can be simplified and coded and understood as information” (Documentary Storm). By the statement, we can assume that, the hackers don’t live socially like other people do. They may not go for dates or…

What motivates an individual to commit cybercrime? The six main reasons are: 1. Boredom 2. Challenge 3. Revenge 4. Greed 5. Sexual 6. Political and religious These reasons are all considered to be interference with the lawful use of a computer (Britz, 2013, p.76). Cybercrimes require less planning and resources and lessen the chance of being caught (Motives, 2016). Boredom is a motive that might start off a life of cybercrime. Trying to get into a forbidden system could be seen as a quest…

Computers and technology at large have change the lives of many people in the world both positively and negatively. Computers have unveiled many things which have greatly influenced our lives. This has made many teachers and students to adopt their use in classrooms. However, the use of computers in our classrooms have been characterized by over reliance on them. Cyber space have also played key roles in our lives. For instance there is increase in the number of research paper done each day…

Description of Project: For our project we did a spin off of the book Witches Four by Marc Brown. We called our project Four Witches and followed about 50% of the actual story. We had a total of 38 sprites and 310 scripts. At the beginning of our project we spell out the title with our pencil and our initials by saying who 's it by. The first audio we added was welcoming the audience to the witches home. Then we introduced our characters by saying one witch, two witches and so on. Then we ask…

first general purpose computer, and although he didn't manage to see his work complete and fully working, he managed to set the idea of what was imagined to be a revolutionary machine. Charles Babbage, who was a famous inventor and mathematician, invented two machines which were called the Difference Engines 1 and 2. [1] These machines had one main function which is to work out numbers via repeated additions. The Difference Engine 1 was basically…

Artificial Intelligence, the readers must first know what it is and how it works. First, some important terms need defining. Artificial Intelligence or AI is a, “... subfield of computer science that focuses on creating computer software that imitates human learning and reasoning” (Blackwell and Manar 1). Different from most computer programs, Artificial Intelligence does not use a predetermined step system with instructions, otherwise known as algorithms. However, it does use software, the set…

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. Computer programming has been valuable since the 1950’s to modern times. As technology is advancing each year, more and more computer programmers perform their duties of writing codes to create program software. They must unscramble these codes in order to get the best results; otherwise they must check for errors and try to regulate them. Programmers also work jointly with software developers, and in any…