MSCS Test 2 Flashcards

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Hard drive

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long term memory

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2
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RAM

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short term memory

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3
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What’s Quantum Computing

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A field of computer science that used quantum mechanics to preform calculations on specialized hardware

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4
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advantages of quantum computing

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speed, memory, and simulation

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5
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disadvantages of quantum computing

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security, error correction, and hardware challenges

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6
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what is machine learning

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the study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed

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7
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what happened in 1956

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Claude Shannon, John McCarthy, and Marvin Minsky organized an invent on the artificial intelligence subject

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8
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Who came up with the word artificial intelligence

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John McCarthy

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9
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about the maker of the word A.I

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he won the A.M Turing award four years in a row

he invented the list language program, the program that became the standard tool of A.I research and design

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10
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About Alan Turing

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he described a computing machine with infinite memory and a scanner that moves back and fourth

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About Allen Newell

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known for his work with the theory of human cognition and complex information systems of computer software and hardware

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12
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about John McCarthy

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helped make the internet, programming languages, and robots

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13
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about Marvin Minsky

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he specialized in engineering intelligent machines

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14
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about Herbert A. Simon

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he researched the nature of intelligence and focused of problem solving

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