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When did computer science become a new field of study?

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Around 1940

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How long has traditional science been around?

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Hundred or thousands of years

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What are the three themes of computer science?

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Hardware, software, and theory

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True or false?

Scientific community were slow to notice the importance of computer science

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True

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True or false?

Government and industry were against computer science

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False. They accepted them

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When did college and university acknowledge computer science as a field of study?

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1970s or 80s

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Why were scientific community slow to accept computer science as a different field of study?

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Because computer science is similar to math or engineering

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What is computer science?

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Study of computation

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What does computation mean?

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Computation means problem solving (algorithms and executing programs)

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What are the 4 steps of the scientific method

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Hypothesize
Design
Experiment
Analyze

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Fun fact: computer science uses the scientific method for designing effective algorithms

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😀

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Define artificial science

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Study of things made by humans

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Define natural science

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Study of things created by nature

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Who created the term artificial science?

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Herbert Simon

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What was the alternative name for computer science? (Hint: Donald Knuth)

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Algorithmics

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What is hardware?

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Physical components of the computer

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What is software?

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Programs that execute on the computers

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What is theory?

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Understanding the capabilities and limitations of computers

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Who’s design were modern computers based on?

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Von Neumann

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What are the three main hardware of a computer?

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Central processing unit (CPU)
Memory
Input/output devices

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Define throughput

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Amount of work finished in a given time

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Define parallel processing

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Computer’s computation burden is split between multiple CPUs

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Give examples of the different type of software workers

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Programmers, Stanton analyst, and software engineer.

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What are the three type of software?

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System software
Development software
Applications software

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Define system software and give an example

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Programs that control hardware components

Examples like programs that run printers or mouses and also manages files

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Define development software and give an example

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Programs that help develop other programs

Ex. Microsoft. NET helps develop Java

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Define applications software and give an example

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A program that encompasses all other programs to perform a wide variety of task.

Ex. Web browser like internet explorer

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What is the most common software expert?

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Programmer who design algorithm and create programs

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Fun fact: theoretical computer scientists’ work is related to mathematics and formal logic

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😉

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When was the Turing machine created and by who?

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1930, Alan Turing created the Turing machine

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What is the Turing machine?

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An abstract computational machine that can read and write on an infinite tape. It was also programmable

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Fun fact: Turing machine is as powerful as modern computers and is a good tool to study computation

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Wow

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What were three thing Alan Turing proved with his Turing machine?

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  1. There are problems that even computers cannot solve
  2. You cannot write a program that determines whether another program will terminate. (Halting problem of 1930)
  3. It is impossible to write a program that will identify all infinite loop within other programs
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What is the Halting problem of 1930?

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Turing proved that you cannot write a program to determine whether another program will terminate

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Definite infinite loop

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Program that includes repetition and it’s condition remains the same which results in a program that never terminates

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Fun fact; computer science involves

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Math, engineering and natural science

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Who created the alternative term for computer science? (“Algorithmics”)

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Donald Knuth

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