Lecture 9 Building A Smarter Planet Flashcards

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What is autonomous computing

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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

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What are the three Is of the smarter planet initiative

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Instrumented interconnected intelligent

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What is fault tolerance or failsafe modes

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The ability to continue working in event of a fault

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What is redundancy

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Duplicates of the system that can step in when needed

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What is cloud computing

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Computing resources that operate in data centres and are connected via the Internet or other networks

Allows an on demand model of computing

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Name some interconnections

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Global interconnections
Personal area interconnections
Metropolitan area
Automatic interconnections

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Name some problems with global interconnections such as the world wide web

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Time zones

Language barriers

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What is the semantic Web

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And interconnection that allows machines to share information

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Name some personal interconnections

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Bluetooth
Zigbee
RFID
near Field communication

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Name examples of Metropolitan interconnections

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Telephone

Instant messaging

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What is the D I KW model

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Wisdom and knowledge and information and data

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What is data and where does it come from

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Data is assumed to be simple isolated facts and comes from observations and measurements

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What is information

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Information is analysed data

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What is knowledge?

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Knowledge is created by using the information for action

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What is wisdom

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Wisdom is created through the use of knowledge

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What are some smarter planet initiatives

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Energy monitoring within the home
Smarter energy efficient buildings
Smarter cities: education and health care travel and transportation