Search results for "History of computer science" - New World Encyclopedia
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- or ecobook) is the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book ... in information technology and information science, the availability of low ...12 KB (1,743 words) - 21:37, 25 September 2020
- that attempts to reduce diverse forms of knowledge including concepts ... psychologism on the ground that principles of logic are universally true ...7 KB (1,004 words) - 23:31, 2 December 2022
- strategic program led by the U.S. Library of Congress to preserve digital ... The preservation of digital content has become a major challenge for ...13 KB (1,802 words) - 04:11, 11 March 2023
- that offers direct access to another section of the same document or to another ... == Types of links == ===Embedded link=== An embedded link is a navigation ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 13:21, 4 February 2023
- arts college in 1928 and commenced a program of graduate studies in 1955. Affiliated ... Nicknamed the "University in the Forest" because of the ...19 KB (2,571 words) - 17:43, 30 January 2024
- Computer graphics, a subfield of computer science, is concerned with ... Today, computer graphics can be seen in almost every illustration ...34 KB (4,961 words) - 02:33, 8 January 2024
- component that incorporates the functions of a central processing unit ... Microprocessors made possible the advent of the microcomputer in the ...25 KB (3,612 words) - 17:30, 9 November 2022
- Read-only memory, usually known by its acronym ROM, is a class of ... More modern types of ROM—such as PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory ...21 KB (3,125 words) - 19:08, 16 April 2023
- Center in Hampton, Virginia, for most of her career, starting as a ... After 34 years as a NASA engineer, she become manager of both the ...16 KB (2,224 words) - 08:41, 10 March 2023
- was an American mathematician and human computer who worked for the National ... Vaughan prepared for the introduction of machine computers in the early ...15 KB (2,076 words) - 17:29, 30 January 2024
- is a flat disc that stores data in the form of pits (or bumps) along a spiral ... in the digital reproduction and distribution of music in the form of compact ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 10:36, 11 March 2023
- an American linguist. Originally a student of Semitic languages, he is best ... ” indicates his parents were the followers of Sabbatai Zevi or Tsvee (1626 ...15 KB (2,104 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- discipline that deals with the development of technologies for generating ... Electrical engineers may work on such things as the construction of ...26 KB (3,608 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of complex ... then behaves, with all this in service of a goal or goals. This "circular ...22 KB (3,161 words) - 06:51, 12 January 2024
- Information science (also information studies) is an interdisciplinary ... Information science focuses on understanding problems from the perspective ...37 KB (5,078 words) - 17:20, 15 April 2021
- A citation index is an index of citations between publications, allowing ... in academic journals, starting with the Science Citation Index (SCI), and ...17 KB (2,536 words) - 22:25, 10 December 2023
- A library classification is a system of coding and organizing library ... Library classification forms part of the field of library and information ...25 KB (3,639 words) - 22:33, 25 October 2022
- is commonly regarded as the fundamental unit of counting and measurement. For ... known as the "identity element" of multiplication (or multiplicative ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
- discipline that involves application of the principles of physics for ... The beginnings of mechanical engineering go back to the craftsmen ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2022
- It provides a simple and standardized set of conventions for describing ... and "core" implies the possibility of expansion. In 1995, the OCLC ...13 KB (1,902 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
