Difference between revisions of "CSC103 Weekly Schedule 2013"
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** <font color="magenta">The Binary System</font>: a system where the only two numbers available are 0 and 1. Every operation that we can do in decimal, with 10 digits, we can also do in binary. | ** <font color="magenta">The Binary System</font>: a system where the only two numbers available are 0 and 1. Every operation that we can do in decimal, with 10 digits, we can also do in binary. | ||
** <font color="magenta">The Transistor</font>: A switch controlled by electricity. | ** <font color="magenta">The Transistor</font>: A switch controlled by electricity. | ||
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*** <font color="magenta">George Boole</font> (1779-1848): logic expression = boolean expression. Logic: creating formulas where variables are combined by operators. The variables are ''boolean'' variables, the operators are ''logic operators''. Any formula can be represented with a combination of just three operators: '''AND''', '''OR''', and '''NOT'''. | *** <font color="magenta">George Boole</font> (1779-1848): logic expression = boolean expression. Logic: creating formulas where variables are combined by operators. The variables are ''boolean'' variables, the operators are ''logic operators''. Any formula can be represented with a combination of just three operators: '''AND''', '''OR''', and '''NOT'''. | ||
Revision as of 19:08, 2 September 2013
--D. Thiebaut 10:23, 1 April 2013 (EDT)
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Week 1 9/3 |
Antikythera mechanism, oldest computer
(start at 1min 47sec)
Harvard research: 1.8 zettabytes in 4 grams of DNA
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Week 2 9/10 |
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Week 3 9/17 |
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Week 4 9/24 |
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Week 5 10/1 |
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Week 6 10/8 |
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Week 7 10/15 |
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