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Computer Science
Undergraduate 4
09/25/2008

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lovelace
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made hair
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tits
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mcgee
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first generation
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vacuum tubes
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second generation
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transistors, magnetic cores
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third gen
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integrated circuits, transistors
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fourth generation
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pc's workstations
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first gen software
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machine langueage, assembly language and translators
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systems programmers write what?
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assembler
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applications programmers
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use the assembly language
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systems programmers write
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translators for high level languages
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purpose of operating systems
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decides which program to run and when
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what is the center of the language and branc out
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machine language-assembly language-high level language--software
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integer
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natural number, negative, or 0
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rational
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negative, fraction, or integer
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abacus
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early device used to record numeric values
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blaise pascal
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mechanical device used to add subtract and multiply
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joseph jacquard
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loom and the punched card
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babbage
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analystical engine
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ada lovelace
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she was the first programmer and came up with the loop
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alan turing
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turing machine, artificial intelligence tested
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analog
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a continous representation
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two steps of making something digital?
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1. sample
2. quantize
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sampling frequency must be?
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twice the highesst frequency of interest
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quantizing
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converts a continous value into binary
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dynamic range
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maximum range of amplitudes of stored sounds
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cd quality
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44hz
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voice quality
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8 bits, 5-10 hz
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