Lecture 9 Building A Smarter Planet Flashcards
What is autonomous computing
The concept of a self-healing self configuring & self managing system this is based on human nervous system
Often involves a high degree of artificial intelligence
What are the three Is of the smarter planet initiative
Instrumented interconnected intelligent
What is fault tolerance or failsafe modes
The ability to continue working in event of a fault
What is redundancy
Duplicates of the system that can step in when needed
What is cloud computing
Computing resources that operate in data centres and are connected via the Internet or other networks
Allows an on demand model of computing
Name some interconnections
Global interconnections
Personal area interconnections
Metropolitan area
Automatic interconnections
Name some problems with global interconnections such as the world wide web
Time zones
Language barriers
What is the semantic Web
And interconnection that allows machines to share information
Name some personal interconnections
Bluetooth
Zigbee
RFID
near Field communication
Name examples of Metropolitan interconnections
Telephone
Instant messaging
What is the D I KW model
Wisdom and knowledge and information and data
What is data and where does it come from
Data is assumed to be simple isolated facts and comes from observations and measurements
What is information
Information is analysed data
What is knowledge?
Knowledge is created by using the information for action
What is wisdom
Wisdom is created through the use of knowledge